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rustysgurl

(1,098 posts)
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 07:57 PM Jan 2022

You Know What's Not Helping The Conversation, Aaron Rodgers ??

Saying "And you still have this fake White House set saying that this is the pandemic of the unvaccinated, that's not helping the conversation." Rodgers' statements were in response to President Biden telling a woman in Kentucky wearing a Packers hat and shirt to "tell that quarterback he's gotta get the vaccine."

Rodgers went on to add, "When the president of the United States says, 'This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,' it's because him and his constituents, which, I don't know how there are any if you watch any of his attempts at public speaking, but I guess he got 81 million votes." Does any of that word salad make sense? I think Rodgers has taken one too many hits to the head and thinks that because he makes a gabillion dollars it somehow makes him smart and stuff and people should listen to him.

Here's what's not helping the conversation ... idiots and punks like you who aren't vaccinated.

I couldn't detest him more.

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You Know What's Not Helping The Conversation, Aaron Rodgers ?? (Original Post) rustysgurl Jan 2022 OP
Oh he's embarrassed because the president United States called him out Walleye Jan 2022 #1
In WI he is better than Jesus. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #2
Wow! I'm beginning to understand how Ron Johnson beat Russ Feingold twice. Marcuse Jan 2022 #14
the man is sickening Skittles Jan 2022 #3
One man isn't enough to make me turn my back on the only NFL team House of Roberts Jan 2022 #29
rooting for the team is one thing Skittles Jan 2022 #33
Apparently for you. I have much more toxic people to dislike than Rodgers. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #44
people who care about sports more than public health make me sick Skittles Jan 2022 #55
The whole NFL knew he wasn't vaccinated. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #57
agreed NoRethugFriends Jan 2022 #58
HAHAHA FUCK AARON RODGERS Skittles Jan 2022 #70
Seriously, how can one be a fan of Rodgers and still be a Democrat? Not snark, I'd like to know Tommymac Jan 2022 #60
I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything LakeArenal Jan 2022 #64
HEH Skittles Jan 2022 #71
What Aaron said about the POTUS just broke my heart......I have NEVER written on his facebook a kennedy Jan 2022 #4
Dick Butkus agrees... Cha Jan 2022 #5
He's one person on our team, sadly he is the face of the Packers team. Greybnk48 Jan 2022 #6
Uhhh no. CrackityJones75 Jan 2022 #8
I've heard that about his family, but they seemed to be Greybnk48 Jan 2022 #50
I think you and I live in the same city Poiuyt Jan 2022 #54
We do. I live off Meade by AMC Greybnk48 Jan 2022 #67
I know you're an old timer too because you call it AMC! Poiuyt Jan 2022 #68
Aaron Rodgers should stay in his lane... dixiechiken1 Jan 2022 #7
A Compound Problem He Has... ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #9
Thanks for saying it for me Ferrets are Cool Jan 2022 #20
Kind of ironic, isn't it? forthemiddle Jan 2022 #52
"Ironic" isn't exactly the word I would choose for someone who flat out LIED... dixiechiken1 Jan 2022 #62
All unvaxxed athletes immediately need to be banned from every playing again Anti-Racist Hero Jan 2022 #10
Yeah yeah he's an ass luv2fly Jan 2022 #11
I can no longer watch pro football Tribetime Jan 2022 #18
Like fake wrestling??? Lol, ok! Nt USALiberal Jan 2022 #66
Exactly. Good football is chemistry. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #38
Absolutely luv2fly Jan 2022 #43
Agree! Go Pack Go! n/t Greybnk48 Jan 2022 #51
Here's what's behind the "pandemic of the unvaccinated" claim Shermann Jan 2022 #12
But Covid stats are not interesting to Aaron Rogers Generic Brad Jan 2022 #34
Airhead RODGER'S AT IT AGAIN ! FAKE WANNA BE BRETT ! KNOW WAY ! NO CLASS ! monkeyman1 Jan 2022 #13
He isn't a wanna be. Did you forget Brett's unsolicited dick pics? LakeArenal Jan 2022 #39
"him and his constituents" ?? stollen Jan 2022 #15
Jeopardy. kairos12 Jan 2022 #16
A lot of Packerland wishes he would just shut up...he won't though. He will be gone soon. Augiedog Jan 2022 #17
yup Skittles Jan 2022 #56
Who? nt stage left Jan 2022 #19
Clearest case of CTE if there ever was one. Ray Bruns Jan 2022 #21
Biden does not have a lisp. Sogo Jan 2022 #25
Which requires a slowed, deliberate cadence to manage zaj Jan 2022 #30
Yes, and that's not a lisp.... Sogo Jan 2022 #31
Agreed zaj Jan 2022 #32
My bad. I know he had a speech impediment. Couldn't remember what it was. Ray Bruns Jan 2022 #53
At least he doesn't have a BRAIN impediment like Rodgers! N/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 2022 #63
Now the NFL has a top QB who is buddies with Trump, and another who's an anti-vaxxer. C Moon Jan 2022 #22
I had always been a Packers fan SCantiGOP Jan 2022 #23
I am a Packers fan. milestogo Jan 2022 #45
Whatever team plays the Packers, I'm for.... Sogo Jan 2022 #24
Well shit Traildogbob Jan 2022 #26
There is a reason they call it a douche knot. Bristlecone Jan 2022 #27
He's preparing to run for office. zaj Jan 2022 #28
Once his career is over, WI will never see him again. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #46
If you are right, then I'm 💯 wrong. zaj Jan 2022 #59
Woodley stated she wants them to move to Hawaii xmas74 Jan 2022 #65
GEEZ Rogers--#STFU!! riversedge Jan 2022 #35
Right? LakeArenal Jan 2022 #40
Fucking idiot Botany Jan 2022 #36
"I must retake that #1 slot from Novak Djokovic as the biggest dick in sports!" bullwinkle428 Jan 2022 #37
FAR nt oasis Jan 2022 #41
Fuck Aaron Rodgers jcgoldie Jan 2022 #42
As a Seahawks fan, I used to be quasi-neutral on Rodgers. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #47
Seahawks fan, but I once nursed a soft spot for the Packers Maru Kitteh Jan 2022 #48
Today I'm a 49ner fan Johonny Jan 2022 #49
I despise him as much as I do TFG. PittBlue Jan 2022 #61
My SF49ers won! You lost Aaron Rodgers, so sit down and shut up! lucca18 Jan 2022 #69
FUCK THAT PIECE OF SHIT Skittles Jan 2022 #72

Walleye

(44,797 posts)
1. Oh he's embarrassed because the president United States called him out
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 07:59 PM
Jan 2022

He can’t believe that Joe Biden is even more important than the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
2. In WI he is better than Jesus.
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 08:08 PM
Jan 2022

But he’s gotten to believe his own press.
Another human ass going to the Hall of Fame.

House of Roberts

(6,525 posts)
29. One man isn't enough to make me turn my back on the only NFL team
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 10:50 PM
Jan 2022

that isn't owned by oppressor-class rich fucks who help fund our political enemies at all levels of government.

I started pulling for Green Bay when Starr was the QB as soon as I was old enough to understand he played at Alabama. I might pull for Miami now because of Tua, or New England because of Mac Jones, or even the Cowboys because of Amari Cooper, and I like Dak Prescott too, even though he played at Mississippi State.

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
44. Apparently for you. I have much more toxic people to dislike than Rodgers.
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 11:16 AM
Jan 2022

Packers are a team. Rodgers might even get MVP. All public rage won’t take anything from Rodgers. It just eats at haters.

Go Pack. Including Aaron Rodgers.
A Brady fan said, people don’t like them cuz their so good. All the rest is just ground noise.

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
57. The whole NFL knew he wasn't vaccinated.
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 06:12 PM
Jan 2022

Not one player on the team spoke out against him. Probably because they are not vaccinated either. Rodgers got caught that’s all.

People who love sports can care about public health whether you are over and out or not.

Like I said, I have much more virulent health offenders to dislike than one of many unvaxed sports personalities.

Tommymac

(7,334 posts)
60. Seriously, how can one be a fan of Rodgers and still be a Democrat? Not snark, I'd like to know
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 07:07 PM
Jan 2022

I understand supporting the Team, but one could reasonably do that and still not support him.

Especially in light of him lying to everyone, and then insulting The President. 10 years ago I would give a pass on this - but not in today's political climate.

Hell, I've disowned relatives because of their RW anti-vax anti-mask views.

The man is a total narcissistic dickweed ashole. Has been his whole career - not just the past year. Ask any player, media person or locker room worker who has had contact with the jerk.

He is a good athlete, but that is not nearly enough in my mind to support such a sorry person.

Disclaimer: I really really dislike Peyton Manning - same reasons I dislike Rodgers. I have been a Broncos fan since 1975. In my mind, I still refuse to give the Broncos credit for the most recent Super Bowl win with that utter asswipe behind center.







LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
64. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 09:07 PM
Jan 2022

I stand by Rodgers as one of the greatest football players ever.

I think, not asking you to, pointing at Rodgers is pointing at the whole NFL.
Because they were all in on it. Banning one guy as a scapegoat seems unreasonable to me. Especially when he’s one of the best ever.

Same with Clapton. I’m going to play his music.
I’m going to play Wild Nights by Van Morrison because I love that song.

They are crazy dilwads. Stupid and humanly dangerous to health.

But I think, not asking you to, Rand Paul and MTG, are worth getting all hetup over.
Much more dangerous than any football celebrity.



a kennedy

(35,977 posts)
4. What Aaron said about the POTUS just broke my heart......I have NEVER written on his facebook
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 08:12 PM
Jan 2022

page, (I am a Packers fan), but today I wrote that he really pissed me off with that statement…… 🤬 🤬 🤬.

Greybnk48

(10,724 posts)
6. He's one person on our team, sadly he is the face of the Packers team.
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 08:16 PM
Jan 2022

Our last quarterback texted pictures of his wang all over the place. These super star QB's don't seem to end well for us since Bart Starr.

BTW: We knew Favre was a wild child and a bit of a pig because he would carry on at the bars in the town I live in, and say all kinds of things that were repeated. This behavior out of Rodgers though is new, and radically different than he's consistently presented himself. It's really jarring. I can't believe he was always this obnoxious and combative and was able to hide it all these years. I just don't see how this isn't new behavior.

 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
8. Uhhh no.
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 08:20 PM
Jan 2022

This is nothing new for Aaron Rodgers. The guy has ALWAYS been a prick douchebag. His own family can’t stand him.

Edit to add: I have done some NFL media work, pressbox, field access, and postgame locker room stuff. Guy is a fuggen jerk and always has been.

Greybnk48

(10,724 posts)
50. I've heard that about his family, but they seemed to be
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 01:19 PM
Jan 2022

put out that he wasn't giving them money. I really didn't follow that drama and it was years ago.

Greybnk48

(10,724 posts)
67. We do. I live off Meade by AMC
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 11:08 PM
Jan 2022

and I think you told me once you live near City Park. We probably hear the same gossip, lol!

Go Packers!

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)
7. Aaron Rodgers should stay in his lane...
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 08:19 PM
Jan 2022

Talk about football all he wants. That, he knows. But he's crawled so far up his own ass that he thinks he knows more than anyone else about everything else. On top of that, he's a lying sack of shit.

Aaron Rodgers can go fuck himself with a rusty farm implement. Sideways.

ProfessorGAC

(76,695 posts)
9. A Compound Problem He Has...
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 08:27 PM
Jan 2022

...is that he thinks he's always the smartest one in the room AND he thinks everyone else is stupid.
It's a toxic mix, because he's not as smart as he thinks he is.
He's the smartest in the room when he's alone.

forthemiddle

(1,459 posts)
52. Kind of ironic, isn't it?
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 02:18 PM
Jan 2022

Especially considering your screen name.
Sound kind of like Republicans boycotting the Dixie Chicks.
“ Shut up, and sing”, right?

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)
62. "Ironic" isn't exactly the word I would choose for someone who flat out LIED...
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 08:35 PM
Jan 2022

About his vaccination status and flouted league protocols, endangering who knows how many immunocompromised people (&/or their immunocompromised families, friends, etc) by going maskless on the sidelines and at live press conferences. The choice of whether or not to get vaccinated is certainly his to make. The choice of risking his own health or life is certainly his to make. But he took that choice away from others when he chose to lie. And then, worse yet, he doubled down on the lie.

Comparing someone who peddles falsehoods, mistruths and LIES - and knowingly endangers the health and lives of others in the process - with someone who voiced a political opinion that, at most, might hurt someone else's feelings is a false equivalence. It's apples and oranges.

So, no, "ironic" isn't the word I would use.

 

Anti-Racist Hero

(28 posts)
10. All unvaxxed athletes immediately need to be banned from every playing again
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 08:28 PM
Jan 2022

And return all their pay since the mandates were put in effect, as well as fined for the cost of every positive test that their team endured.

Tribetime

(7,145 posts)
18. I can no longer watch pro football
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 10:25 PM
Jan 2022

Every game is a life-or-death situation everything is just over the top I just can't watch pro football anymore it's like watching fake wrestling... but it seems to me like in Wisconsin the Packers are more important than anything else in life

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
38. Exactly. Good football is chemistry.
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 01:03 AM
Jan 2022

He may be a human jerk.
He’s a Football Hall of Famer.

I can’t wait to watch the game.

Go Pack.

luv2fly

(2,673 posts)
43. Absolutely
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 02:41 AM
Jan 2022

Last edited Sat Jan 22, 2022, 02:24 PM - Edit history (1)

All the Aaron hate is laughable. Yeah he's a jerk, but so are Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos and a slew of other people that many here idolize through the use of their products. I'd wager Facebook is responsible for far more injury to people than one Aaron Rodgers, and Amazon is in a whole different category altogether.

Shermann

(9,062 posts)
12. Here's what's behind the "pandemic of the unvaccinated" claim
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 08:32 PM
Jan 2022

Counting. Counting is what's behind it.

You can count the number of vaccinated people in the hospitals versus the number of unvaccinated. You can count the number vaccinated people in the public versus the unvaccinated. Then you can compare those two ratios and see if there is a statistically significant difference (hint: there is).

kairos12

(13,587 posts)
16. Jeopardy.
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 10:19 PM
Jan 2022

That's the game show where he places his idiot apologists in danger with with his anti-science views.

Skittles

(171,704 posts)
56. yup
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 06:03 PM
Jan 2022

he can BE a zero-class piece of utter fucking shit but as long as he wins GAMES all if forgiven

Ray Bruns

(6,356 posts)
21. Clearest case of CTE if there ever was one.
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 10:29 PM
Jan 2022

For your information, Aaron, Biden has a lisp and still speaks better than you.

SCantiGOP

(14,719 posts)
23. I had always been a Packers fan
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 10:40 PM
Jan 2022

But now I’m pulling for karma and the 49ers to kick their ass.

milestogo

(23,078 posts)
45. I am a Packers fan.
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 12:59 PM
Jan 2022

But Rodgers makes me cringe. I wish he would shut up about anything other than football.

I hope the Packers win, but not for Rodgers. There are other players on the team who are good people and great athletes. Aaron Jones is a star, and he lost his father to Covid complications in the spring. If Rodgers had any respect he would realize that people all around him are losing family to Covid, and his remarks are actually harmful and hurtful.

He has a strong streak of self-pity and entitlement. He thinks that its everyone else's fault he only has one superbowl ring. But he hasn't performed well in playoff games. He is a talented player, but he is not as good as Tom Brady - who has the superbowl rings to prove his dominance in the sport. I don't like Brady much, but he's not out there saying stupid stuff.

Traildogbob

(13,017 posts)
26. Well shit
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 10:42 PM
Jan 2022

I admired his talent. Then the Vax lie. Pissed me off but I thought, you have that choice, but this shit, stolen election, And trump is cognitive in HIS speech. Fuck him. Go Niners, if they can’t do it, next up. Anybody but Rogers. Not a Brady fan either, but hope he kicks Rodgers ass for MVP. All I gotta do is pull for the Packers. That will guarantee they loose. Look what it has gotten me as a 50 year Cowboy fan. The past 20………………..🤢🤮🥵. Go packers. You go Rodgers.

maxsolomon

(38,711 posts)
46. Once his career is over, WI will never see him again.
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 01:00 PM
Jan 2022

He will join Woodley in LA. He is CA all the way.

 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
59. If you are right, then I'm 💯 wrong.
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 07:06 PM
Jan 2022

Cause he's not going to win anything in CA.

xmas74

(30,055 posts)
65. Woodley stated she wants them to move to Hawaii
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 10:45 PM
Jan 2022

Next to her friend Miles Teller, who is also an antivaxxer.

Botany

(77,319 posts)
36. Fucking idiot
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 11:05 PM
Jan 2022

What was the CDC study say today that 0 out of 100,000
Cases of twice vaccinated people who had their boosters ended up in the hospital?

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
42. Fuck Aaron Rodgers
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 01:35 AM
Jan 2022

Lying asshole should have kept his head down when he made a fool of himself the first time. But he just keeps doubling down on stupid and proud of it.

maxsolomon

(38,711 posts)
47. As a Seahawks fan, I used to be quasi-neutral on Rodgers.
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 01:02 PM
Jan 2022

Unless we played them, I had no issue with Green Bay.

All the Trumpist code words in that statement are forcing me to root for the Niners.

It is now a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated. For the majority of the vaccinated, it's no worse than a bad cold or flu. People, and not just Trumpist Whipipo, are dying from ignorance. Get the fucking shots.

Maru Kitteh

(31,759 posts)
48. Seahawks fan, but I once nursed a soft spot for the Packers
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 01:13 PM
Jan 2022

No more, till that azzhole is gone, either way.

Also, fuck that guy.


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