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Topic	"Get politics out of sports/award shows" is code for Trumpists
DEKMStephens 09/22/20 9:09:53 PM #128:	Yeah the get politics out of sports seems to me to be a dog whistle of complacency if not endorsement of what is ever being protested. In NZ once upon a time there were massive protests against South Africa's apartheid policy when the Springboks (south African rugby team) came to play in nz. Admittedly this was somewhat more overt because south Africa was trying to export apartheid demanding the new Zealand team basically be whites only for the matches, but you still had "keep politics out of sports" types even back then despite the fact south Africa had already brought the politics into it --- ----- ------- <cite>DEKMStephens posted [p:944963209] in "Get ... [t:78992073]...</cite> <quote>Yeah the get politics out of sports seems to me to be a dog whistle of complacency if not endorsement of what is ever being protested. In NZ once upon a time there were massive protests against South Africa's apartheid policy when the Springboks (south African rugby team) came to play in nz. Admittedly this was somewhat more overt because south Africa was trying to export apartheid demanding the new Zealand team basically be whites only for the matches, but you still had "keep politics out of sports" types even back then despite the fact south Africa had already brought the politics into it --- ----- -------</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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