Posted on 09/24/2016 5:18:25 AM PDT by Kaslin
After spending a week at work, hearing about the liberalism being forced on their kids at school, having liberalism shoved in their face by their local newspaper and being harangued by TV shows portraying people like them as creeps, a lot of conservative men like to relax by watching sports. Sports is a place where politics shouldn’t even be on the agenda….but IT IS.
Now, watching a football game requires you to put up with spoiled, pampered, privileged, obscenely wealthy man-children disrespecting America during the national anthem. As if that isn’t bad enough, you turn on ESPN or somewhere else discussing sports and what do you hear? Liberals talking about how great it is that these football players are crapping all over the country that made them rich and famous.
Forget about rushing for 100 yards and throwing 4 touchdowns in a game; if you really want people to talk about you, just tell everyone about how racist America is and how awful the police are because the latest criminal who was “about to turn his life around and go to college” gets shot after doing something insanely stupid and dangerous with a cop around.
Know what the penalty for putting America down in the NFL is right now? Nothing. The same NFL that banned pro-cop helmet decals and stopped Titans linebacker Avery Williamson from wearing cleats that honored the victims of 9/11, supports players who refuse to stand for the Pledge. Moreover, spoiled mediocre quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s jersey became a best seller AFTER he held the flag in contempt. On a personal note, I wouldn’t even shake someone’s hand who is wearing a Kaepernick jersey, much less hire him. But, when people who hate America will reward you for doing the wrong thing, while the good people just shrug their shoulders, you shouldn’t be surprised when NFL players keep flipping off the whole country.
The reason they feel free to do that is because of conservatives. Let me repeat that: CONSERVATIVES are why these overgrown jackasses can continue to be unpatriotic. That’s because you’re the people who are offended by their behavior, but you won’t do anything about it. That’s the same reason conservatives have lost the schools, Hollywood, the mainstream media and it’s why the NFL is turning into a bigger, even dumber version of the Daily Kos. If liberals are going to reward you for trashing America and conservatives aren’t going to punish you for it, a certain percentage of people are going to take advantage of that. That’s just the way of the world and as we see again and again and again, it’s a slippery slope. Today it’s the NFL; tomorrow it’ll be the NBA and MLB. Next thing you know, the NFL will be making kids listen to a lecture from Al Gore before they start the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick program while the adults will be forced to watch anti-gun lectures at half time. Why wouldn’t they do that if liberals will swoon over them in the press and conservatives will keep giving them money?
You know, as a columnist, one of the things you hear all the time is, “You’re just writing about these problems. Well, big deal. What are you DOING to fix them?” Of course, then every time you try to get people to take action, you hear, “Oh, I don’t want to do THAT.” The reality is that when it comes to shaping the culture, boycotts are the single most effective tool conservatives have. At the end of the day, nobody in Hollywood or the NFL gives a damn about what’s good for the country or what offends conservatives. On the other hand, they care a great deal about their bottom line. So, A&E executives would have been perfectly happy to kick Duck Dynasty off the air…until they realized it would cost them a lot of money. Studios are happy to churn out left-wing crap like the all-female Ghostbusters movie….until the movie bombs and costs them 100 million dollars.
If the NFL loses enough viewers, you may be surprised at how quickly it starts to love America again. The good news is it has already started.
According to Austin Karp of SportsBusiness Daily, Monday night’s Eagles-Bears snooze-fest generated an overnight rating of 8.3. That’s an 11-percent drop from last year’s Week Two Monday night matchup between the Jets and the Colts, and it’s also the lowest Week Two Monday Night Football rating “since at least ’09, and likely further back.” The league has now seen an apple-to-apples ratings drop in each of the seven prime-time games this year.
If you found that encouraging, take a look at this.
A Yahoo survey says that 44 percent of Americans report a likelihood of shutting off NFL games should players continue to kneel for the national anthem.
Encourage this movement every way you can. Start by skipping the next game. Then LET PEOPLE KNOW that you’re not watching and WHY you’re not watching. Stop buying their merchandise. Trash them publicly for being unpatriotic and disrespectful to America. Hit them where it hurts, in the wallet. If you’re sick and tired of the way NFL players are behaving, that’s how you can change it. If you love football, no one’s saying it has to be forever. If the NFL does the right thing and starts putting heavy fines on players that disrespect America, feel free to tune back in. But, in the interim, if you want things to change, YOU have to be willing to change your behavior. As for me? I’m not watching a game this year, including the Super Bowl and you know what? I’m not going to miss it one iota. Not every conservative will join me in doing that, but if enough conservatives decide they’ve had it with football and turn the TV off, the NFL will change in a hurry.
I agree. Boycotting NFL and NCAA is nothing compared to the sacrifices others have made.
Me too. I’m way ahead of them. I never thought I would ever turn off NFL. So far, not one game watched.
let’s not forget the MLB too. They just suspended Steve Clevenger without pay for tweeting about black lives matter
While black football players who support hate groups still have their jobs.
Slow down, you’re making to many typos
For the past few years I’ve grown increasingly disgusted with all of the crap the networks keep loading onto the games, including the endless promos the announcers do for the network’s other shows, the wall to wall commercials, the over the top graphics and sound effects, the snotty little leftist political digs and outright rants a la gun grabber Bob Costa, October pink because they care so much, etc. etc. etc. Kapernick and the NFL’s response to him was the last damn straw. I haven’t watched a single game since, and I used to watch all 3 games every Sunday. I don’t even miss it.
Trump insist on National Anthem being played when told it’s to late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfe1s4HpJQ0
Entire Indiana Fever Team Kneels During Anthem Before Playoff Game
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/sports/basketball/indiana-fever-kneel-national-anthem-colin-kaepernick-cam-newton.html
Richard Sherman says people are ignoring message of NFL players’ protests
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-richard-sherman-statement-20160921-snap-story.html
Flag-stomping teacher has no regrets, wants student punished
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/09/21/flag-stomping-teacher-has-no-regrets-wants-student-punished.html
Student athletes join US national anthem protest
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37410064
Eagles Players Raise Black Power Fist During National Anthem
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/09/wow-eagles-players-raise-black-power-fist-national-anthem
Roger Goodell praises player demonstrations for going from ‘protests to progress’
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2016/09/18/roger-goodell-commissioner-national-anthem-protests/90633952/
Howard University cheerleaders kneel during National Anthem
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/howard-university-cheerleaders-kneel-national-anthem-article-1.2800225
Reason, need for Kaepernick’s protest keeps getting clearer
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/sports/20160921/commentary-reason-need-for-kaepernicks-protest-keeps-getting-clearer
Eagles players plan protest during anthem Monday
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20160918_Eagles_players_plan_protest_during_anthem_Monday.html
Sponsors Are Now Pulling Endorsements From Players Protesting National Anthem
http://yournationnews.com/sponsors-are-now-pulling-endorsements-from-players-protesting-national-anthem/
Florida Sheriff’s Office Will Not Escort Miami Dolphins Until They Stand for National Anthem
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2016/09/18/florida-sheriffs-office-will-not-escort-miami-dolphins-stand-national-anthem
Broncos’ Brandon Marshall loses 2nd endorsement, will meet with Denver police chief
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17531965
As Kaepernick’s protest spreads, SF prep team takes a knee
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/As-Kaepernick-s-protest-spreads-San-Francisco-9226081.php?t=cba73a852e
http://thebiglead.com/2016/08/30/kaepernick-anthem-military-chargers-49ers-salute/
Rapinoe kneels for anthem again ahead of U.S. national team game
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/rapinoe-kneels-for-anthem-again-ahead-of-u-s-national-team-game-003056979.html
Apparently he does not live by his statements. He was fined for using the N word.
http://deadspin.com/why-did-colin-kaepernick-receive-an-inappropriate-lang-1634796683
15 yr old refuses to stand, teacher gets fired
http://ijr.com/2016/09/690220-america-sucks-15-year-old-refuses-to-stand-for-pledge-but-the-teacher-gets-suspended-over-it/?utm_campaign=morning-newsletter&utm_medium=owned&utm_source=email
School District: Betsy Ross Flag Symbolizes “Hate”
http://www.toddstarnes.com/column/school-district-betsy-ross-flag-symbolizes-hate
High School Players Follow Kaepernick’s Lead (Photos) Waggener High School in Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/high-school-players-join-kaepernick-national-anthem-protest-photos?Fb=ns#comments
Chargers Will Greet Kaepernick and 49er’s With Most Patriotic Pregame in History
Seattle Seahawks Might Protest National Anthem...On 9/11
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/09/08/tool-academy-seattle-seahawks-might-protest-national-anthem-as-a-teamon-911-n2215801?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=
Seahawks’ Doug Baldwin, Bobby Wagner considering expanding national-anthem protest (including 9/11)
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/seahawks-doug-baldwin-bobby-wagner-considering-expanding-anthem-protest/
5 players join 49ers Kaepernick in Monday Night Football protest
http://www.azfamily.com/story/33077830/5-players-join-49ers-kaepernick-in-monday-night-football-protest
RNN) – San Francisco backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem on Monday night, and was joined by teammate Eric Reid.
The game was the second contest of a Monday Night Football doubleheader. The 49ers are playing the Rams.
Teammates Eli Harold and Antoine Bethea each raised a fist in the air.
Four Dolphins take knee - Seattle team unified
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3468475/posts
National Anthem spreads HS: Maury High School football players take a knee during national anthem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3467838/posts
Same goes for Hollywood and the overpaid airhead actors who think their political opinion is golden. When people ask if I’ve seen the latest movie, I usually give them a polite shake of the head. Ditto for TV shows. I have zero interest these days, especially since they’ve become one big all encompassing advertisement for the dangerous homoerotic lifestyle. With the exception of a few, carefully vetted, family friendly movies and documentaries, they get none of my attention or support and haven’t for a long time. If more people felt that way, we could shut them down. Just like with the NFL, they are nothing if no one is watching and all their millions will vanish overnight.
Race has not been the same since Dale Jr had to stop racing. But they still put on a good pre race respectful Flag and National Anthem program.
I’m not into sports, hubby is you can’t change a 77 yr old man, he no longer turns on games until after the Anthem is played as he doesn’t want to hear me GRIPE. I stick my nose in my Kindle and tune the crappers out. He wants to see some one take the idiots out is his excuse.
I won’t go near a Panera’s or McD as they won’t let me take my CCW piece in. Don’t do Happy Holiday places either. Buy gift cards and let the grand/great grands kids mom’s do the shopping.
My quilting days are basically done with eye sight ruined and hands that don’t work from OA and neck disc nerve damage.
I generally only watch a game a week and they have no way of knowing whether I’m tuned in or not since I have one-way satellite service.
I generally only watch a game a week and they have no way of knowing whether I’m tuned in or not since I have one-way satellite service.
I tried to watch a couple football games but can’t do it without seeing someone wiping their feet or burning a flag. It’s just an invasive image I can’t shake, like seeing a car wreck or ISIS burning someone alive. I’m ruined for watching football.
posting from phone without reading glasses......
I not actually watched an NFL game in years, let alone almost any professional sport. That said, the places I think I can make a difference are the media that supports them (Radio stations and any talk shows with sports talk) and companies that advertise on the NFL. Has anyone complied such a list?
I might agree if I knew who it was. I will have to look her up.
I was on the bleeding edge of this.
Navy.
Ya know, that Nort Dakoota State is purty good. Weather-tough turf chewers, those bison.
On the bright side, I saw today that the owner of the Dallas Cowboys has announced that anyone who does not stand respectfully with their hand over their heart during the national anthem will be summarily fired.
Bump
I know. Was watching. Joe must still be on the sauce. What a cockamamie thing to say.
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