What They're Saying: Alex Morgan

“I don’t stand for a lot of things the current office stands for."

-- U.S. women's national team star Alex Morgan, saying she would not go to the White House if President Donald Trump invited her and her teammates if they won the Women's World Cup. (Time)
12 comments about "What They're Saying: Alex Morgan".
  1. Wooden Ships, May 24, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

    Specificity? Never mind, your type don’t dwell in details. It’s the office, not the individual. Knit wit.

  2. Ric Fonseca replied, May 26, 2019 at 1:04 p.m.

    Ships, "offices" are occupied by individuals, and in many instances it (in this scenario tru to form) the individual that occupies "the office where the person is suppopsed to attend to the matters of state and manage our country" is what she is referring to.  BTW, anyone read the recent Time magazine article that bears her image as part of the main magazine cover???
     

  3. Jeff Rozic, May 24, 2019 at 3:49 p.m.

    'Your type?' Hahaha.

    By that do you mean, ridiculously accomplished and thoughtful role models for young athletes everywhere?

    1963 called and it wants it's not so vaguely misogynistic pronoun back!


  4. Wooden Ships replied, May 24, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

    Yes, she’s a role model for young soccer players of both genders and a good one. She needs to stay in that sphere for she like many are talking point depth only. And, Jeff, how did you deduce misogyny? You could have accurately deduced celeb (cause), generational, safe spacers. 

  5. Jeff Rozic replied, May 24, 2019 at 9:12 p.m.

    Yeah, I jumped to misogyny!
    'Your type' must be what I objected to...
    At least people hiding behind pseudonyms have an unquestionable right to weigh in on celebrities' right to weigh in! 
    ;)

  6. Cristian Deseanu, May 24, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

    First, she has to win the World Cup..

  7. Bob Ashpole, May 24, 2019 at 7:03 p.m.

    I wish that we could discuss soccer instead of politics.

    She would not visit the White House if invited. Neither would I. (There hasn't been a President in the White House I would have liked to meet since #41.) Her rationale doesn't matter, except to herself.

  8. Jeff Rozic, May 24, 2019 at 9:14 p.m.

    And oh yeah...talking point depth?
    this role model has actually put her considerable earnings power at risk by speaking up articulately on key issues!
    https://www.google.com/amp/time.com/5594356/alex-morgan-world-cup/%3famp=true
    Do your homework before trolling successful people in the comments!

  9. John DiFiore, May 24, 2019 at 10:11 p.m.

    Oh brother! Libs getting all up in arms... Ships made a legitimate comment. 

  10. Bob Ashpole replied, May 25, 2019 at 11:10 a.m.

    Legitamate? Hardly, the entire world considers ad hominem "comments" to be fallacies, regardless of the speaker's politics.

  11. Ken Garner, May 26, 2019 at 6:28 p.m.

    I don’t fault any athlete or celebrity who chooses not to attend a White House photo op if they don’t support the current President. The “it’s the office” argument seems trite when the officeholder in question has so little respect for the position he holds. My problem is this — isn’t it incredibly premature to be asking about White House visits before the team has played its first group stage game? They haven’t exactly been inspiring confidence in their warmup matches....

  12. Bob Ashpole replied, May 26, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

    It is Time magazine reporting about what it is interested in.

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