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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMegan Rapinoe: 'Lending Your Platform to Others Is Cool'
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This is what allyship looks and sounds like. Thank you, Megan!
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)Tanuki
(14,893 posts)handmade34
(22,755 posts)CousinIT
(9,151 posts)off the roster. And SHE can KICK. TRUMP'S. WHINEYBITCH. ASS.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)different context, but it would bite her in a presidential campaign.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)But as much as Im a fan, no.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)What an awesome speech by Megan Rapinoe, and she uses her platform to praise so many others.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Sancho
(9,065 posts)brush
(53,471 posts)and "wokeness" of the need to fight the inequality inherent in the white, male supremacy that the country was founded on.
Her parents did a great job instilling all of that in her as they raised her. She floors me every time I hear her. She'd do well in politics if she stepped into that arena.
BigOleDummy
(2,260 posts)and heartfelt speech. Yes, we owe Mr. Kaepernick much more than some acknowledge and for her to bring his name and accomplishments into her speech was nice to hear. Praising the fighter and the fight. Extraordinary speech from an extraordinary woman.
(I know some in here are very against football as a sport)
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)I love Megan Rapinoe. She is a national treasure in the very real sense of that term.
May I please vote for her? For something? I mean, when she's done with football...
cp
(6,543 posts)Duppers
(28,094 posts)...in so many ways. I hope she has many other platforms in her life. Megan. 🎉💃👏
Thanks for posting this, my friend.