In a July 12th tweet, UFC star Jorge Masvidal slammed former NFL player Colin Kaepernick for wearing a Fidel Castro t-shirt while claiming to protest oppression.
According to reports, the Cuban-American UFC fighter commented on a post from Turning Point USA via his Instagram story. The post showed Kaepernick from 2016 parading around in a Fidel Castro shirt adjacent to a picture of the protests in Cuba. Before his Instagram post, Masvidal posted a tweet that included a video.
In this video, Masvidal said: "My father escaped Cuba when he was 14-years-old and I've only heard the horror stories since I could process thoughts of how (expletive) this communist regime, killing machine is. So, I just wan to shed some light on Cuba −big SOS signal for them."
He added: "This oppression has been going on for 61 years. This is not just because of the pandemic or it's not just because they ran out of medicine — they've been out of medicine and they've been out of resources and food because of the corrupt government and the extreme corruption over there where only a few at the top eat and everyone has to suffer Those days have to end."
Later, in an Instagram post, the UFC fighter recalled how Kaepernick wore a t-shirt praising Cuba's communist dictator, Fidel Castro. In his post, he added that "cowards" like Kaepernick should be sent to live in Cuba so they can experience real oppression. He was referring to the time in 2016 when Kaepernick wore a t-shirt praising Castro at a San Francisco 49ers press conference. At the time, the former NFL quarterback praised Cuba for its education and health care systems.
He was reportedly criticized at the time for wearing the shirt. At the time, he stated that he agreed to Castro's "investment in education" and "investment in universal health care." Via an article in Sports Illustrated, Kaepernick said: "I agree with the investment in education. I also agree with the investment in free universal health care as well as the involvement in helping end apartheid in South Africa...I would hope that everybody agrees those things are good things. And trying to push the false narrative that I was a supporter of the oppressive things that he did is just not true."
Kaepernick then used the opportunity to bash the United States by saying: "We do break up families here. That's what mass incarceration is. That was the foundation of slavery. So, our country has been based on that as well as the genocide of Native Americans."
He even claimed that the nation's education system was as great as it was because Castro spent more money on schools than on prisons. Kaepernick should have done some research of his own before sharing his knowledge.
One report in 2021 found that Cuba had the sixth-highest rate of imprisoning its people per capita in the world and many of those behind bars were political prisoners placed there for openly defying the communist regime.
Recently, Masvidal showed his support for the people of Cuba fighting for their freedom while describing the Cuban government as a "killing machine."
He wrote: "I use my platforms to do what I feel is correct and I feel everybody should be doing which is fighting against oppression, dictatorships, communism, and anything of that nature."
He added: "So, I think it's time for the whole world to rally behind Cuba. Let's go, spread the messages online, we gotta protest, we gotta get together, get attention."
He finished by saying: "Maybe the local media channels in American won't cover this or in other parts of the world, but I think it's up to us to put the word out there. It's people against the corrupt governments. Let's defeat these evil communist mother (expletive), man. God bless everybody watching and thank you."
According to reports, the Cuban-American UFC fighter commented on a post from Turning Point USA via his Instagram story. The post showed Kaepernick from 2016 parading around in a Fidel Castro shirt adjacent to a picture of the protests in Cuba. Before his Instagram post, Masvidal posted a tweet that included a video.
In this video, Masvidal said: "My father escaped Cuba when he was 14-years-old and I've only heard the horror stories since I could process thoughts of how (expletive) this communist regime, killing machine is. So, I just wan to shed some light on Cuba −big SOS signal for them."
He added: "This oppression has been going on for 61 years. This is not just because of the pandemic or it's not just because they ran out of medicine — they've been out of medicine and they've been out of resources and food because of the corrupt government and the extreme corruption over there where only a few at the top eat and everyone has to suffer Those days have to end."
Later, in an Instagram post, the UFC fighter recalled how Kaepernick wore a t-shirt praising Cuba's communist dictator, Fidel Castro. In his post, he added that "cowards" like Kaepernick should be sent to live in Cuba so they can experience real oppression. He was referring to the time in 2016 when Kaepernick wore a t-shirt praising Castro at a San Francisco 49ers press conference. At the time, the former NFL quarterback praised Cuba for its education and health care systems.
He was reportedly criticized at the time for wearing the shirt. At the time, he stated that he agreed to Castro's "investment in education" and "investment in universal health care." Via an article in Sports Illustrated, Kaepernick said: "I agree with the investment in education. I also agree with the investment in free universal health care as well as the involvement in helping end apartheid in South Africa...I would hope that everybody agrees those things are good things. And trying to push the false narrative that I was a supporter of the oppressive things that he did is just not true."
Kaepernick then used the opportunity to bash the United States by saying: "We do break up families here. That's what mass incarceration is. That was the foundation of slavery. So, our country has been based on that as well as the genocide of Native Americans."
He even claimed that the nation's education system was as great as it was because Castro spent more money on schools than on prisons. Kaepernick should have done some research of his own before sharing his knowledge.
One report in 2021 found that Cuba had the sixth-highest rate of imprisoning its people per capita in the world and many of those behind bars were political prisoners placed there for openly defying the communist regime.
Recently, Masvidal showed his support for the people of Cuba fighting for their freedom while describing the Cuban government as a "killing machine."
He wrote: "I use my platforms to do what I feel is correct and I feel everybody should be doing which is fighting against oppression, dictatorships, communism, and anything of that nature."
He added: "So, I think it's time for the whole world to rally behind Cuba. Let's go, spread the messages online, we gotta protest, we gotta get together, get attention."
He finished by saying: "Maybe the local media channels in American won't cover this or in other parts of the world, but I think it's up to us to put the word out there. It's people against the corrupt governments. Let's defeat these evil communist mother (expletive), man. God bless everybody watching and thank you."
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