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Agrajag@scribe.disroot.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab

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Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab

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Agrajag@scribe.disroot.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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In the 1980s, the professional wrestler portrayed himself as an all-American hero—but he was really a “jabroni” the entire time.
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    All I can say is that he brought enough joy to my childhood that I will not add his grave to my list of bathroom break stops when road tripping across the US.

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      I can agree with this. It was a real shame he turned out to be such a shitheel.

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    “I mean, I am a racist, to a point, fucking n*****s. But then when it comes to nice people and shit, and whatever. I guess we’re all a little racist. Fucking n****r.”

    • Terry Bolea (Hulk Hogan)
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      Buddy. You’re a whole lot more racist than I am.

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        Buddy. You’re a whole lot more racist than I am.

        Hmm, must not be a nice person then

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    Unfortunately, a lot of wrestlers are Republicans. When the bosses are also MAGA, it’s a pretty toxic environment.

    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      I’m sure the cte helps

    • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world
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      D list actors is what they are.

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    Yeah, a real shame Ozzy died. RIP.

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    It is gratifying, however, that last Thursday is, in addition to the day of Hogan’s death, the 10th anniversary of the National Enquirer’s publishing audio of Hogan going on an n-word-laden tirade.

    Interesting that the national enquirer was breaking news and informing people about who somebody truly is. I wonder what other information they held 10 years ago that we never found out about. 🤔

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      Ask Trump. He and The Enquirer had a long relationship of “catch and kill” for stories detrimental to Trump.

      It smells a lot like extortion.

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        Wooosh

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      Not directly relevant, but back in the '80s two of my cousins grew up in Lantana FL, where the National Enquirer used to have its headquarters. Hilariously, the Enquirer sponsored a little league baseball team there and my two cousins were on the team. It was always weird to see them with their National Enquirer baseball jerseys on.

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    I just finished watching a video from the GOAT Star Trek YouTuber Steve Shives on his eventual realization what a scumbag his childhood hero turned out to be. He’s one of the good ones, Steve is, check it out! https://youtu.be/Jq3pdXIQnfM

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      Holy shit. Haven’t seen Steve in forever. He’s a Star Trek YouTuber now? Crazy.

      Edit: just checked his channel. I guess it’s been longer than I thought. He’s done Star Trek content for years. Time is weird.

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        Another Steve Shives fan!? Holy shit! There are dozens of us! I just started watching him maybe 5 years ago, but I love the dude. He’s been doing a lot of political commentary stuff in that span of time as well and yeah, the man is a G. He’s very earnest but also speaks his mind with no fuck given and I can’t find an instance I’ve disagreed with him

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          I used to watch his critiques of Christian literature. Dude wears many hats. Lol

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      I remember when Hulk Hogan got hurt, but I never thought the entire act was a fake. I’d always presumed that it was a legit injury from a performance mistake because a dangerous move was either served or received incorrectly, and the marketing machine just used this turn of events to its advantage.

      My little brother was genuinely concerned and sent him a letter. If the injury was faked, coercing young fans into a letter writing campaign is pretty shitty.

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    well yeah

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    Hulkamania has finally come to an end, rest in piece chief.

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    I hope his last moment was immensely painful as his heart gave out and ruptured. Rest in piss, Terry.

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      I hope your last moment is peaceful and full of love. Even if you’ve done some bad things. You don’t get to pick much that determines the ride.

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        You can pick not being a union busting, life ruining, nazi, these are just a few of the many things within all of our control. Fuck universalism, he was a terrible fucking human being on a level of conscious choice.

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    No wonder he’s a polished turd the right wing loves.

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      Such a shame he didn’t grow old and rule over your polished turd of a nation.

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    And he can’t hurt you anymore.

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    Congratulations Hulk. You are going to remembered first for things outside the ring.

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      Nope.

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      Fuck that.

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      I don’t know that he had that many layers.

      Feel loss of nostalgia maybe

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        He was a two layered onion: onion on the outside, rotten onion on the inside.

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