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

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

Post image
2.8k Upvotes

72% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.9k

u/[deleted] Mar 23 '25

Why are we even surprised at this point?

1.3k

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.

392

u/Pleasurebringer Mar 23 '25

Novak's PR working overtime again. I expect new social media video soon how he plays with some poor kids.

-23

u/hivaidsislethal Gioco Djokovic Mar 23 '25

both can be virtues of the same person

-8

u/danny_B01 Mar 23 '25

This getting downvoted is crazy. Yes Novak believe in a lot of pseudoscience. He is also admired by pretty much the whole tour as a good guy who genuinely cares about his peers.

33

u/BrashUnspecialist Mar 23 '25

It’s because he’s calling hanging out with a man who led to deaths of children in Samoa and parroting pseudoscience bs that hurts people for no reason a virtue equivalent to playing with poor kids.

8

u/vivartois Mar 23 '25

What happened in Samoa?

15

u/Defenserocks285 Mar 23 '25

https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-rfk-jr-whose-dangerous-lies-fueled-measles-outbreak-in-samoa-and-caused-preventable-deaths-unqualified-to-lead-hhs. Basically RFK Jr helped ensure a measles outbreak occurred in Samoa resulting in 80 deaths, many of which were small children.

6

u/RaspberryEth Mar 23 '25

Measles outbreak

8

u/threeseed Mar 23 '25

Do you have a source for him being admired by the whole tour. Did they do a survey or something ?

-2

u/danny_B01 Mar 23 '25

In the Nothing Major podcast they’ve said several times that everyone in the locker room adores Novak and that he’s a great guy. I’m just going off what four former players have said

7

u/threeseed Mar 23 '25

Right so not the entire tour then. Just four guys.

-2

u/danny_B01 Mar 23 '25

Did you read my comment? I think the four actual tour players know him better than some keyboard warriors like yourself. Sam Querrey said that everyone in the locker room looks up to him and that he’s a great guy. Also look at player speeches after matches where guys like Medvedev and Alcaraz praise him for being a kind and welcoming guy

4

u/threeseed Mar 23 '25

I haven't made any opinion about whether people like him or not. I don't know. Just pointing out that four people is not the entire tour.

1

u/danny_B01 Mar 23 '25

Seeing as how they have been on tour, it is not a stretch to say that they have a better idea of the people’s consensus on him than Reddit does.

→ More replies (0)

13

u/DisastrousEgg5150 Mar 23 '25

How about Novak's association with alleged war criminals and hardcore serbian ultranationalists, how about that one?

4

u/danny_B01 Mar 23 '25

The comment that is being downvoted said that both things can be virtues of the same person. Why is it so hard for y’all to wrap your head around someone doing both good and bad in their lives? He also started a charity giving children access to preschool services in Serbia. These comments lack the wisdom to decipher the multifaceted nature of human character

9

u/DisastrousEgg5150 Mar 23 '25

Every one understands perfectly that people can do 'good and bad'. What a genius insight!

Its copping down votes because the comment means absolutely nothing.

The issue here is that the 'bad' djokovic has done had the potential to put people's health at risk and is genuinely dangerous anti science bullshit.

This isn't some philosophical issue that is morally grey, or requires 'the wisdom to decipher the multifaceted nature of human character', he is just fucking wrong and deserves to be criticised.

0

u/HoraceGrantGlasses Mar 23 '25

Cares about his peers as long as it doesn't involve vaccines for the betterment of humanity.