Rapinoe Really Bugs Me. Why?

Rapinoe really bugs me.  Even just looking at pictures of her bug me.

Why?

This article neatly sums it up: her arrogance.

The arrogant, in-your-face, I'm-the-best, bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you attitude that oozes from her, even in pictures.

I think those who hate America so much should just leave.  They should go spend some time in countries where you have almost no rights.  Where women are forced to cover from head to toe.  Where they can't drive.  Where acid is thrown on them when they offend some man.  Where homosexuals are executed.  Where you don't get to vote for your leaders.  Where you are not allowed to speak out in the media.  Where you are prosecuted for saying anything against your country or leader.

Go visit those countries for awhile ... and see if you don't come crawling back on your hands and knees, begging America to let you back in again, kissing the ground of the country that treated you so well.  That pays you so well.

If you don't like America ... then leave!

And, Rapinoe, try to remember that you aren't out there saving lives like doctors are.  You aren't serving on the front lines, risking your life for our country like our brave military men and women.  You aren't rushing into burning buildings like heroic fire fighters.  You aren't taking in homeless children like the many adoptive parents out there.  You aren't protecting and defending the citizens like the police do.  You aren't helping to fix broken people and broken families like the compassionate counselors among us. 

You're just playing soccer.  

And this isn't the "Rapinoe Show."  

You're playing soccer for America!  

You might not like our country or our President.  But you'd better darn well be thankful for what this country has given you and start treating us with a little more respect, especially since you're supposed to be representing us.  Stop disrespecting this country that's given you so many rights and privileges, so many freedoms that others died for and that people in other countries would kill for. 

Either start representing America with some more respect, dignity, and class ... or move to another country and represent them.  That is, if they'll even want someone who spits on the country they're supposed to represent.



[I never clicked on this site before and never heard this guy before, but he says a lot of truth here: "Jon Miller: Megan Rapinoe, no one wants an 'anti-American hobbit'".  Love it!  Also see (warning: lots of bad language) "Women's Soccer Player F-Bomb Videos."  In my opinion, this very disgraceful, un-sportsman-like behavior - along with Rapinoe's disrespect for America and her arrogant self-worshipping attitude - will ultimately be what costs them the respect they want, which will affect the sport they play.  It's hard to have respect for people who shove their agendas in your face, insult your country, demand to be respected, and yet who act this way.  If that's how they represent America, we ought to be ashamed of them, not cheering them on!]