As boxing fans chatter about whether Conor McGregor - the first fighter in UFC history to hold two world titles simultaneously - will face down with Floyd Mayweather Jr., the boxing champ has something to say about American politics. McGregor, who is Irish, is using the attention to speak out after he found himself in Manhattan after President Donald Trump was elected.
I guess seeing a bunch of kale-eating, Starbucks-drinking, man-scaped liberals crying about how unfair the world is might politicize any of us.
Yahoo News reports:
UFC 205 took place in New York City and came on the heels of Donald Trump becoming the president of the United States. McGregor saw plenty of people protesting Trump getting elected while he was in the city, and the Irishman feels the protesters shouldn’t be placing the blame on politicians.
“I feel like you’re in charge of your own situation,” McGregor told Zach Baron in a GQ cover story. “When you start blaming others for your situation, like I see all these people screaming at these politicians and I was like, ‘It’s the wrong mindset!’”
"The wrong mindset" is the polite way to put it. But he had more to say, this time about unions... basically he's not going to be on the picket line anytime soon:
“I saw this union thing they tried to do––they reminded me of the people that march about the politicians,” McGregor stated. “It’s you gotta do it. You’re in control of yourself. People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that’s it … Like all these fighters: ‘This union is gonna save us!’ What do you mean, it’s gonna save you, exactly? … I just think it’s a crazy thing to spend energy on … standing on a [expletive] picket … I don’t know.”
It's gratifying to see that someone like McGregor isn't afraid to speak out. But I guess if you're the first fighter in UFC history to hold two world titles at the same time, you aren't really afraid of the pajama boys crying in the streets of Manhattan about their political luck.
