For me the straw that broke the camel's back was the comment by Cam Newton of the Charlotte Panthers that Colin Kapernick had made "the ultimate sacrifice". This was not just stupid and insensitive but deliberately insulting to the families and friends of those who have died defending the flag and the nation that has given him the opportunity to be a very rich and self indulgent asshole.
I have been deliberately silent of late. Not for lack of opinion but out of pure disgust. As my son told me white some time ago "You might still love your country but your country no longer loves you.
That said this whole NFL business has driven me out of my self imposed exile, at least for a brief moment. It's not just disgusting, it's revolting. What we are being forced to deal with is a group of people, 99.9% of whom have been spoiled and pampered and catered to since they were in high school if not sooner, simply because they had a talent of throwing or catching a football or running around hitting people. Ask yourself what do they really contribute to society as a whole? Watching them celebrate making a touchdown or a tackle like they had just singlehandedly cured a disease or saved the world from some impending disaster makes me want to puke.
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The observations on football players is accurate and applicable however, the other side of the coin that is equally appropriate demonstrates ‘Merika conservativism displayed in the photo circulating about the Internet showing a section of an audience in a football stadium during the playing of the National Anthem. Some are standing, some standing with hands over hearts and some standing holding signs saying “Stand Up”. What a display of utter hypocrisy! There is your common run of the mill ‘Merica conservatives!!!!! They pay the outlandish ticket fees to attend the games (and thus support and pay the players’ salaries) instead of boycotting and hold up cheapo signs they probably purchased from some rag head in the parking lot. That’s ‘Merica today in a nutshell folks!! Fake conservatism!!!
ReplyDeleteThat’s ‘Merica today in a nutshell folks!! Fake conservatism!!!
DeleteSad, but true.
At work, every Thursday and Monday, coworkers are still tuned into pro football on desktops, smart phones, and tablets.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
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