These days you gotta watch what you say. Laila Ali is learning the hard way.
The retired boxer is receiving a lot of social media heat after posting a statement defending people who do not wear masks and are unvaccinated, Revolt TV reported.
Ali’s comments were posted on her Instagram story but were eventually taken down. But we all know the delete button isn’t that fast, and when the damage is done, the damage is done.
Ali believes that the people refusing to masks or get vaccinated aren’t denying that the virus is out there but that they are choosing to “trust their own immune system like they have been doing their whole lives.” And adding that they are exercising a “God given choice” and were displaying “a kind of faith” that is “impossible for some to comprehend.”
She also feels that her followers shouldn’t judge people who don’t want to get vaccinated. “Before you claim they are ‘putting others in danger,’ you should do your own research to learn if that’s actually true.”
She ended her posts by encouraging her fans to exercise their free will in choosing to get vaccinated by saying, “YOU DO YOU!”
But of course, Ali’s opinion was met with widespread critique. One Twitter user screenshot her story and responded by saying Ali was “wildin with anti-mask, anti-vaxx, anti-science and conspiracy religious rhetoric.” Many other users felt the same.
Another posted a picture of Ali’s later father, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, getting vaccinated. It also attached a statement released by the Muhammad Ali Center, which honored those who died of COVID-19 while also thanking those who helped to develop the vaccines.
Others called her out for using her “faith” as a way to argue her stance against science.
Nevertheless, she did have supporters who believe her comments were justified. One Twitter user said that there is “nothing wrong” with allowing people to let the virus run its course with no protection.
Thoughts?
I swear yall work for the Biden administration and for that I’ll no longer be a supporter of this “fake news” blog. Nothing she said was wrong and as usual you follow it up with ignorant posts blasting anyone that chooses to think differently than your slave master