Posted on 06/14/2020 8:54:59 AM PDT by Stravinsky
Donald Trump has long had two cherished American institutions standing beside him as he railed against athletes taking a knee during the national anthem: NASCAR and the NFL.
This week, they both started to walk away.
Bending to the cultural moment, NASCAR and the NFL in recent days reversed course on their approach to athletes protesting racial injustice. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he had been wrong for not listening to protesting players earlier and encouraged all to speak out and peacefully protest. Meanwhile, NASCAR relaxed rules barring kneeling during the national anthem and banned Confederate flags from its events. Within days, a NASCAR driver was circling a track in a race car emblazoned with #BlackLivesMatter and a NASCAR official was taking a knee during pre-race ceremonies.
The moves came in response to the protests that have erupted across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died at the hands of the Minneapolis police. And they reflected shifting cultural attitudes polls show an increasing percentage of the population view racism as a big problem in the country and the protests as a justified response.
Yet Trump stood his ground. He attacked Goodell, wondering whether the commissioner was telling players that it would now be O.K. for the players to KNEEL, or not to stand, for the national anthem, thereby disrespecting our Country & our Flag? And he separately lashed out about a blossoming discussion about renaming military bases named after Confederate leaders.
The changing tenor from the two leagues could be pivotal for Trump, though. The president has long leaned on the front offices of each organization as he has publicly attacked athletes who took a knee during the national anthem, and privately pressured some team owners to change anthem rules.
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Yeah, well if you look at the title of this thread, you’ll see that it concerns the NFL and NASCAR, not Seattle. If you’re going to make silly statements about how it just isn’t possible not to support the NFL because it’s just too darn important and how even Trump can’t be expected to avoid it, then back them up with something, or just stop posting nonsense.
A little while ago I saw a so-called public service announcement with a number of FAGCAR drivers calling for racial justice, equality, etc.
Up yours, FAGCAR over-paid punk drivers.
You should have read ny initial post on this thread. It was about the NFL not Seattle. My main point was that it will be a hard promise to keep indefinitely.
But I view this as a really trivial example of a bad habit that Trump has. Seattle was my example where it really counts. He made a prediction that I dont think he will want to keep. I happen to believe that making that prediction was a mistake. It is being used against him by the Dems and a bunch of dimwitted Generals.
So I dont believe Trump will send the Army to Seattle to invade that now famous country of CHAZ where the Summer of Love is just getting rolling. They will self-destruct and I believe the President understands that.
Not everything in Trumps world is as it appears on the surface, he’s a smart guy who instinctively knows his enemy better than they know themselves.
Trumps announcement was taking advantage of the Lefts reflexive response to oppose whatever he says.
In this case it caused them to immediately dig in to support the Anti-American occupiers.
Everyone knows how it will turn out, they occupiers will most likely slink away and Trump will be proven right once again.
Snort. NFL is pure leftist crap. Has never supported the President. And NASCAR is not the social influence they used to be. Those that still like it will support the President rather than the weak kneed pukes in charge of it.
And over 300,000 signed up for the next Trump rally
,,,and did I mention 82 million Twitter followers.
Isn't it exactly the REVERSE?
They just LOST TRUMP and his support for them.
I don’t care about your thoughts on Seattle. You jumped in this thread with the express purpose of discouraging any resistance to the NFL and, to that end, used the ridiculous claim that Trump himself couldn’t possibly stay away from the NFL even as they crap on the flag. I’m not exactly sure what your game is, but to me you’re either a troll or a fool.
but to me youre either a troll or a fool.
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Give me a break. This is a FORUM where we exchange ideas. You obviously dont agree with that. Thats your right.
We happen to disagree on what I believe is a trivial issue. You believe that it is very important. You could be right, I just dont think so. As I understand it, your position is that you believe we should boycott the NFL and I assume all their advertisers. I think that is totally impractical and I happen to like football. And I like Trump, the best President in decades if not more. I just think that encouraging a boycott was a small mistake.
But I and many others here at FR believe Trump occasionally makes mistakes. He is good, very good but still human. For example, it is taking him a long time to choose a clean house guy like Barr to head up the FBI. If you dont agree with that you must like Chris Wray - which I seriously doubt.
Stay well. I am not the enemy nor are you. There are plenty of those out there that really threaten us.
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