They are:
- It's idiotic to protest the national anthem.
- It's idiotic for President Trump to call for firing those who protest the national anthem.
- Trump will make bank off this issue.
- Democrats will make bank off this issue.
- Our cultural fabric is eroding. Quickly.
- The NFL will lose most from this nonsense and they deserve to.
I will reprint what he has to say under point number five:
In February 2017, I wrote a column titled, “Can The Super Bowl Save America?” The basis for the column was simple: America needs to take a breath from politics every so often. Football is one of those breaths. As I wrote:
Hollywood and pop culture would do well to remind themselves that if they don't want to alienate half their audience and exacerbate our differences, they can allow us room to breathe. The Super Bowl did that this year. For that, we should be just a little grateful, even if it didn't solve any true underlying problems. Those will require a bit more time and a bit more space.So much for that rosy notion. The NFL has become ground zero for the culture wars. Which means that we can’t see movies anymore, watch TV shows anymore, or even watch sports anymore without feeling that we’re being judged. That means our common spaces are disappearing. And we have so little political common space already that cultural common space was our last relic of togetherness.
That is the gist of everything I write at this site in a nutshell. This nation is cracking up.
We've obviously learned nothing from scriptures warnings of what happens when a specially chosen city or nation thumbs its nose at that status and openly mocks almighty God.
All you howling conservatives are missing the major point: an arrogant bully insults people and they do not do his bidding. Instead, they double down. That's why more players than ever protested and most of the owners did too. Trump apparently never learned you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And, you get what you give. And do not fool yourself that NK and Iran are cowering in fear from his UN speech written by a 31 year old. They are and will double down too. At least Ronnie quoted the Tao Te Ching once, which states that government should be run like cooking a small fish--as little as possible. Same goes for the world. We do not need to be pushed around by an arrogant egotist who may be psychologically ill.
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ReplyDeleteAnd who openly mocked Almighty God by kneeling on one knee or staying in the locker room while the National Anthem played? You are getting so Pat Robinsonish in your Christian infancy.
No, it's one of two main points - along with the one I have no problem acknowledging your correctness in pointing out. The other is the grandstanding by the knee-takers. There is a palpable push to mainstream America-hatred.
ReplyDeleteKnee takers, freedom haters, right wing rednecks, labeling in general seems lazy for me. Where is the legislation? Is it just reduced to poll taking labels?
ReplyDeleteMaybe all students, while still young in the future might study more the art of negotiated compromise.
What kind of legislating would you like to see pertaining to this issue?
ReplyDeleteSure this nation is cracking up and it is because of Donald Trump!
DeleteNo, the crackup started about fifty years ago.
DeleteThat's real freedom to be, huh, not what you think we ought to be, right?
DeleteWe already have the legislation. It's called freedom of speech.
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