Literally the only thing I watch on TV is sports. If hockey, boxing, MMA or
the occasional football game is not on the tube, I cut the thing. This is
for many reasons, but especially because it is & # 8212; until recently & #
8212; the sports world was my only way to escape the traditional media
non-stop left against the right cultural holy war.
Since Trump was elected, the media entertainment industrial complex in
America has turned into non-stop political propaganda machine 24 hours a
day. awards degenerated into little more than a platform for artists to
find new ways to say "fuck Republicans," with the MTV Video Music Awards
become essentially a paean three hours to white guilt & # 8211 ; if a
session of outright Maoist fight broadcast in 200 million homes. Even the
commercials have become arrogant, self-righteous homage to the leftist
cause, with Proctor and Gamble trying to sell soap somehow walked painfully
to the time of racial violence segregation.
With movies, television, news, cartoons, video games and comics all become
shameless social justice warrior agitprop, sports were the only mass
entertainment form that has not been affected by the anti cultural jihad
-law. Sports & # 8212; all his faults and foibles & # 8212; remained
non-political realm, the only sector of popular culture that could rightly
be called a meritocracy. tirades against stubborn racism, homophobia,
misogyny or police violence has no place in the figurative and literal
sports arena. The NFL, NBA, MLB and remained constant cultural remains
outside the defilement of contemporary social issues.
But everything changed when Colin Kaepernick decided to protest against
the "systemic racism" and "police brutality" in 2016. For some reason,
Colin & # 8212; including black father abandoned his white mother while
still in utero, and should his life be adopted by a well to do couple white
middle class instead of being left to stagnate in the single poverty
maternity & # 8212; FIGURED knees during the national anthem would be the
best way to symbolically stand against blacks shooting cops, city schools
is so crappy, and non-blacks, saying the word "nigger", I suppose.
Of course, Colin never explained how the refusal to participate in the
League ceremony at the scale that is explicitly prefaced as a "tribute to
our men in women in uniform" had something to do with police brutality in
default of African American students or white in Arkansas using the
term "rabbit of the jungle", but somehow it took. Instead of showing
respect for the 1.8 million people who lost their lives defending the
country since 1776 & # 8212; among them, the 300,000 Union soldiers who
literally gave their lives to end slavery, not to mention nearly 8,000
black soldiers who died in Vietnam & # 8212, a litany of (almost
exclusively black) players NFL and NBA began to take a knee or sitting on
the bench during the performance of "the Star Spangled Banner."
This is their way oh-so-special to say "fuck the system", and that the
media kindly reminded us time and again, any and all black dissatisfaction
screens are both valid and meritorious proxy "we wuz slaves. "
In fact, Colin K. has a lot in common with Malcolm X. Like the fact that
they're both very bad to play football.
Of intersectionality in interceptions
During the last year, it was impossible to detach the world of sports world
of Dom warrior social justice. Even ESPN turned into de facto Antifa
branch, with the antenna guests Trump publicly berating the administration
to support so-called "white supremacy" and SportsCenter episodes do not
start with a rundown of the football and baseball scores, but a call
fastest of all the multimillionaire ballplayers who bravely refused to
stand for the national anthem.
And September 24, 2017, the NFL finally went full retard.
Two days earlier, Trump made some pretty caustic remarks about professional
athletes who refused to stand for the national anthem, indicating how he
might think it would be great if the owners finally grew a set of balls and
told their players to cut the commie crap and do what they are paid to do &
# 8211; give each other concussions and serve as currency for publicly
funded stages.
If a player wants the privilege of making millions in the NFL and other
leagues, it should not be allowed to disrespect & # 8230;.
& Mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) On September 23, 2017
& # 8230; our great American flag (or country) and must report to the
national anthem. Otherwise, you & # 39; RE FIRED. Find something else to do!
& Mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) On September 23, 2017
Of course, the media do not take too kindly to the comments of Trump, and
NFL & # 8212; which, as evidenced by the impressive estimates of impaired
driving each year and family violence League is about three-quarters
African Americans & # 8212; -went full blown SJW mode, even with his
commissioner Roger Goodell universally hated issuing a statement that once
the POTUS had gone too far.
The final result? Almost every week 3 game of the NFL season featured
predominantly black players linking arms and knees during the national
anthem, with several teams refusing to leave even the locker room during
the performance. This time, the message was clear: players are not sitting
and kneeling to protest against "injustice" or "racism", they refuse to
honor the dead soldiers as a figurative way of saying "fuck the president. "
Great show of unity. Enjoy tonight & # 39; great matchup #DALvsAZ
https://t.co/CAI05JHHTq
& Mdash; Roger Goodell (@nflcommish) September 26, 2017
Of course, the commentators for the game spent more time talking about the
events that the land on the action. The game of football had become
secondary to the politics of the day, and this is a direct violation of the
contract between the athlete and spectator sports provider. We watch
football to get away from the rest of the cultural orthodoxy, and by
interposing their maddening, anti-law drivel on the show, the games
themselves have become unwatchable.
Welcome to the post-Obama America; which makes for STANDING national anthem
is considered controversial & # 8221.
A silver lining?
At some point Oakland Raiders vs Washington Redskins game Sunday night,
Cris Collinsworth commentator wondered aloud if the crappy Raiders
performance could be attributed to the team to spend more time figuring out
what to do during National anthem being prepared for the game itself. Of
course, he walked quickly as soon as the words escaped his mouth, but he
was dead on the money.
Instead of offering hyper-violent escape us millions of dollars, the NFL
players are now more concerned about the signaling virtue of winning games.
They think their big platform of television time given free rein to spout
any nonsense identity politics they want, and we as consumers faithful have
no choice but to suck. If you want the action gridiron, they seem to say,
then you will accept our heavy hand bloviating as part of the package.
It's a funny thing. Just a day earlier, I remembered watching the
University of Georgia college football game against Mississippi State.
Nobody protested away. Commentators were not a litany of pop cultural
references. He was, for all practical purposes, totally apolitical. The
game was as it took place in a timeless vacuum, away from the rest of the
television landscape. This is a game that could have occurred in 2007, 1997
or 1987. He was devoid of external signs of modernity, and in a word, it
felt really out of time.
Fan burns his NFL Equipment
This is a crucial variable NFL is sacrificed with all this
nonsense "Protestant". The games are overshadowed by the current policy of
the day, and die-hard sports fans do not pay money to see partisan
propaganda. More National Football League is trying to present itself
as "politically conscious," the more it will distance the average
apolitical football spectator.
The game is already the case; Raiders as above / tilt Redskins first time
attracted 10 percent fewer viewers than its premium counterpart time of
this time last year. Once sold out 8 times a year, teams from the NFL
guaranteed now struggling to meet even half capacity on Gameday. And as the
ultimate light against the attempt of the NFL to politicize the product
after week 3 events the player's jersey the most sold in the Alejandro
Villanueva League belongs to & # 8211; the only member of the Pittsburgh
Steelers to come out of the tunnel to show his respect for the military
before a game on September 24 against the Bears.
In fact, Villanueva & # 8212; a former Army Ranger who served three tours
of duty in Iraq & # 8212; has issued what I believe is the most convincing
rebuttal to the phenomenon of national protest anthem.
I'll be the first to hold hands with Colin Kaepernick and do something
about minorities Presentation are processed in the United States, injustice
happens with police brutality, the justice system, wage inequality,
Villanueva said ESPN, rather appropriately, when the hubbub of any
demonstration started this time last year. You can t do it by looking away
from people who try to protect our freedom and our country. I don not know
if the most effective way is to sit for the national anthem with a country
that's offering you freedom, offering you $ 16 million a year & # 8230;
when there are black minorities dying in Iraq and Afghanistan for less than
$ 20 000 per year ".
The NFL and its players happy protest might want to consider Villanueva's
words. After all, it is the most popular player for a reason of the League.
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