the closet Ali haters really came out after his death on this board

I dont get what people are upset about Ali was a product of his time, his environment and was a young man. You learn a lot over the span of a lifetime. He was in an era where you couldnt eat, ****, talk to who you wanted to in the USA yet you can fight their wars or represent them in the olympics My mom was born in the 50s and endured a lot of the bigotry of the time. It took her years to soften her feelings towards the police, the government and white people. She grew up in segregated alabama. She remembers going to the back of buses, restaurants, coloreds only signs, the whole 9 yards. Growing up in a military town, and me and my siblings having multi-racial groups of friends helped soften her feelings. as a child I agreed with his position. Why fight overseas when we have a war going on in our own country. I dont agree with some of the things he said but most of them he backed up with experience. Ali was human, he made mistakes but he became a hero of mine because he stood by his principles How many people do you know that will jeopardize their livelihood, ability to make money, to stand by their morals? I dont know many. if you hold a gun to most peoples head or tell them all your earnings are gone if you dont denounce your God, they'd happily jump ship as long as they can keep their money Ali was a stand up guy, made his mistakes and I hope he can rest in peace now.