I went to a family dinner yesterday, and this game was on. My in-laws are huge Patriots fans. When my father in law started telling me what was going on in the game, I told him I was not interested and I was not watching the NFL any longer, and told him why. I told him when the owners backed their employees over their customers while insulting us, I turned them off. He basically just tried to brush it off by saying the owners “just made a business decision.” I responded by saying it was a stupid business decision, and that TV revenue will and is plummeting as a result. He’s not a dumb guy by any stretch but he looked at me as if he didn’t understand what I was talking about.
Not going to watch something that insults my values. I don’t watch recent sit-coms or drama that promotes sexual deviancy or immoral behavior. I don’t watch most TV news. I have stopped watching the NFL. I am not claiming moral purity, but the media has de-sensitized our culture to immorality and empty values. I am doing my best not to help them succeed, although sometimes I fail. I guess I am fighting my own private war.