TimHauck

You don’t know Pablo Torre formerly of ESPN? The guy is from Venezuela, so more likely that a Venezuelan paper (and you know, the actual team he was affiliated with) would have more info of him. I’m not answering any more of your questions until you answer mine though. (But don’t worry, you haven’t gotten rid of me, I’ll still continue to point out the many times you’re wrong and occasionally still bring up how you still refuse to admit you fell for fake news from CBS about the kid in North Dakota). So, one more time. Do you think entering the country illegally (which this guy didn’t) should be punishable by being sent to a terrorist prison?

Pablo Torre and someone from his show interviewed his former coach, showing photos and videos of him playing. Looks like it was a pretty low level team so I presume you’ll say that doesn’t count and refuse to answer my question. It also shows photos and videos of him with the youth team he helped coach. It talks about the reasons he left Venezuela as well. He participated in protests against the Venezuelan government (and included videos of him there) and was detained, so sounds like he had a legit asylum claim. And here is a post from when he was sent to CECOT from the team he helped coach, which also posted several after he returned. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16gxEKQfCV/?mibextid=wwXIfr He also played for the team under that league as well, this article from a Venezuelan newspaper includes a photo, as well as lists other teams he played for earlier. https://eldiario.com/2025/07/18/rehenes-del-cecot-caso-jerce-reyes/ Translated to English - During his time in Venezuelan football, Jerce was part of several teams — one of them being Caroní, a first-division team between 2011 and 2012; Fundación Atlético Maracaibo (FundaUAM), a second-division team between 2012 and 2013; and later Perijaneros FC, a third-division team between 2023 and 2024.

Lol that Strike must think all professional soccer players are rich or something

Hey @Strike are you going to tell @TBayXXXVII here not to depend on AI?

C’mon Jerry, don’t tell me you actually think they were “sipping margaritas,” lol

If I provide evidence he was a professional soccer player, will you answer the question?

I asked first.

Since Strike refuses to answer, I’ll ask you, but I doubt you will either: Do you think entering the country illegally should be punishable with being sent to a terrorist prison?

So are you doubting he was a pro soccer player at all? Are you going to answer my question? Do you think entering the country illegally should be punishable with being sent to a terrorist prison?

And here is DHS saying definitively that he was a terrorist

It doesn’t say the team he played for was here. And you still haven’t answered my previous question. Do you think that entering the country illegally (which of course this guy didn’t), should be punishable by being sent to a terrorist prison? The concern here is that he (and now we know several others), were sent to CECOT because of the Alien Enemies act because of dubious at best claims that they were in Tren de Aragua. You shouldn’t be asking me for evidence of his employment, you should be asking the government for more evidence than a tattoo of a crown that he’s in Tren de Aragua.

Professional soccer player that entered the country legally and had no criminal record and was sent to CECOT because of a tattoo inspired by Real Madrid and a photo on social media, tells of being beaten and used for propaganda (more evidence the “margaritas” were propaganda if anyone needed any). Bukele may be a piece of sh1t, but he’s not dumb. He didn’t want all these guys with no criminal record in his terrorist prison. https://abcnews.go.com/US/dreaming-soccer-coach-deported-tattoo-celebrates-release-cecot/story?id=124075548

And if I made the thread title something like ”Nazis are getting more comfortable showing their faces these days” …you’d probably say I was race baiting or something

I’m still a bit confused about this reply. Are you doubting the legitimacy of the video of the Israeli hostage being held by Hamas that was forced to dig his own grave?

By “baiting,” do you mean trying to get people to open the thread? If so, you got me. Yes I want people to open the thread I started. My point in bringing up Sweeney was, again, agreeing that neither she nor American Eagle are Nazis. So I agree that any outrage against that ad (which wasn’t a common leftist opinion, but yes some were saying it) is misplaced. And it should instead be directed at the real Nazis out there, who seem to be getting more open with it. Edit: Of course you are free to post whatever you want in whatever thread you want, but since there is already a specific thread where there is specific discussion about Sweeney, your link would probably be better served in there.

Bump

Yes. And like I said, I realize you probably can’t see the x post from the OP anymore but it was not about Sweeney, so I’ll excuse your initial post about her, and also the second if you made that one before seeing my first reply to you. The thread title and first sentence were saying that Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle are NOT Nazis, but that it seems like more people are becoming more comfortable sharing that they are one. The x post from the OP was an example of a woman who makes repeated Nazi comments.

Wrong thread

Also @Strike this was the post that seemed to start @supermike80’s tangent. He was trying to make it about the first amendment, and I was simply stating that taking away her (or anyone’s) verified status wouldn’t violate the first amendment. Nothing about whether or not I was “ok with it.”

I know the x post from the OP can’t be shown now, but it wasn’t about Seeeney.

Actually that part wasn’t really a question. I answered the only part of the post that had a question mark. HTH

I said they can do it.

I didn’t say I would like it. And I’d call Musk a hypocrite since he also said x would be “politically neutral.” But he’d be free to do it. I can’t remember exactly what happened but there were similar discussions on here when something happened to a lefty on Twitter after Musk took over and posters here said things like “ha now how do you like it libs!” And I pointed out the hypocrisy because they were basically acknowledging that there was still a bias, but now it went the other way.

Yes.

Sure, and no one is forced to pay her. Like Elon said from the beginning, he wanted x to have “freedom of speech, not freedom of reach.” The girl in the OP had a verified account. That means 1) her posts get boosted by the algorithm, and 2) she is eligible to be paid for them. It wouldn’t violate anyone’s freedom of speech if Nazi’s (or anyone x decided for that matter) couldn’t have verified accounts.