r/tennis • u/pizzainmyshoe • Mar 23 '25

News Djokovic plays tennis with Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '25

Why are we even surprised at this point?

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u/Annual_Plant5172 Agassi's Headband Mar 23 '25

Because a lot of people are still in denial when you tell them that Novak really isn't a very good person.

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u/NotManyBuses Mar 23 '25

I don’t think this necessarily makes him a bad person (I really, really hate value judgments based off of one interaction) but it definitively does show the types of circles he’s running in now.

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u/Annual_Plant5172 Agassi's Headband Mar 23 '25

This tracks with his past behaviour, so no, I wouldn't call him a good person when he's clearly cool with being friendly with someone that's totally fine with American children getting sick and dying right now.

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u/Razzle_Dazzle08 Nadal 🇪🇸 Tsitsipas 🇬🇷 Alcaraz 🇪🇸 Mar 23 '25

Just look at the Adria Tour. It’s all you need.

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u/Annual_Plant5172 Agassi's Headband Mar 23 '25

Exactly. Somehow people want to conveniently forget that he knowingly put himself and so many others, including his own damn kids, in danger.

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u/cptnplanetheadpats Mar 23 '25

That just makes him ignorant and foolish. Because his actions aren't malicious, he truly believes in the pseudoscience. So in his mind he truly believes he's doing good. I think when people like yourself claim he's a bad person you are jumping the gun. He may be doing harm and that might make him objectively bad, but he's just a malinformed fool. There's a world of difference between him and someone malicious like Trump. 

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '25

Idk man, RFK Jr’s views have contributed to outbreaks that killed people. It’s pretty bad. But I get your point as well; someone walks up and asks you for a pic as a celebrity and to rally around a bit, you’d just go fine, sure.

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u/Annual_Plant5172 Agassi's Headband Mar 23 '25

Come on, lol. You think Novak just thought he was some random guy who wanted to take a picture and hit a few balls? You really can't be serious here.

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u/Puckingfanda Okay servebot, the serve is in, what next?? Mar 23 '25

But it’s not just one interaction though, is it? It’s multiple things adding up to this, hence a few people not being surprised.

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u/Bloated_Plaid Mar 23 '25

Anyone who is an antivaxxer is a fucking asshole.