Current Events > "Get politics out of sports/award shows" is code for Trumpists

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FursonaNonGrata
09/22/20 9:23:29 AM
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Slayerblade11 posted...
People watch entertainment to escape from real world problems not be constantly reminded of them.

How do you feel about the national anthem and military jet flyovers before games?

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Slayerblade11
09/22/20 9:26:48 AM
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FursonaNonGrata posted...
How do you feel about the national anthem and military jet flyovers before games?

I'm not that patriotic so I don't care about them or really understand the significance of them.
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MaxEffingBemis
09/22/20 9:27:28 AM
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Its 2020; most of America has become hyper-politicized. Those who arent political are few and far between. Therefore generally when people say they want politics out of sports or whatever are usually conservatives that dont agree with said politics being injected. Now if Lebron was wearing Trump 2020 on his jersey, these same people wouldnt be having this issue

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ledbowman
09/22/20 9:27:34 AM
#54:


FursonaNonGrata posted...
How do you feel about the national anthem and military jet flyovers before games?
they also suck

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KnightofShikari
09/22/20 9:28:20 AM
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didn't trump just declare that he would throw the first pitch recently? huh

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WashYourHands
09/22/20 9:28:52 AM
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scar the 1 posted...
The analogy isn't that "you need both these things to live", it's that "you can't avoid either of these things if you're alive".

You can't avoid politics. You can't avoid breathing oxygen. That they are alike in this one way does not mean that they are alike in every way, and that's not what an analogy implies
Well I can avoid the politics in sports by not watching sports. I did watch the Tyrone/Colby fight and after seeing what an above user posted Im glad I didnt watch the press conference. He could have used it to provoke critical thoughts about his views but instead just came across as a broken record

ApoorHollow posted...
https://youtu.be/Dtc2-k3W9Hw


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scar the 1
09/22/20 9:29:39 AM
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WashYourHands posted...
Well I can avoid the politics in sports by not watching sports.
Yeah but you can't avoid politics period

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The Trent
09/22/20 9:34:52 AM
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so then leftist are into this type of shit?

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lightwarrior78
09/22/20 9:48:29 AM
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M_Live posted...
Yes, we do need people with voices that can potentially reach millions to speak out against injustices, because average people generally go unheard.
Wow, it's a good thing these multi millionaires are making things known because so little attention got paid to George Floyd's death otherwise.

These "protests" are people with far more resources and contacts trying to tell the average paycheck to paycheck guy to feel bad because they would rather a mob decend on Washington than ask how much good their salaries could do in direct philanthropy.

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Lysandear
09/22/20 9:51:39 AM
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do they do military flyovers + national anthem at esports events
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WashYourHands
09/22/20 9:53:58 AM
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Lysandear posted...
do they do military flyovers + national anthem at esports events
https://youtu.be/XqHHTS70NDg

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creativerealms
09/22/20 9:56:10 AM
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It's ignorance to the fact these things always embraced politics.

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BarneyBosco
09/22/20 10:23:39 AM
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WashYourHands posted...
https://youtu.be/XqHHTS70NDg

Look at all those racists lol.

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The Trent
09/22/20 10:25:45 AM
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Lysandear posted...
do they do military flyovers + national anthem at esports events

virtual flyovers

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ViewtifulGrave
09/22/20 10:38:30 AM
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Some of yall act like they stop the game every five minutes to preach to the audience.

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Heineken14
09/22/20 10:42:27 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...

Which sporting event or fictional movie/TV show is currently nothing but anti-Trump/pro-Democrat propaganda? How many times is "Trump bad" mentioned per NFL quarter?


Watching football last night and I rember the geico presents the fuck Donnie he's a piece of shit and Democrats are awesome half time report.
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ThunderTrain
09/22/20 10:48:26 AM
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Get politics off your lawn then Trumpers. Im just going for a nice drive I dont want to see flags and signs plastered everywhere. Although it is nice to see what neighbors are racist and never worth talking to.

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FortuneCookie
09/22/20 11:18:02 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Which sporting event or fictional movie/TV show is currently nothing but anti-Trump/pro-Democrat propaganda? How many times is "Trump bad" mentioned per NFL quarter?

Sorry, I don't watch football. A lot of movies have a Trump stand-in as their villain or a group of Maga types are their bad guys.

I don't mind seeing Trump get eaten by a velociraptor, but I'm not interested in watching a show where the hero goes toe to toe with white supremacists in red hats either.

I'm not offended, mind you. It's just "I hate the same people as you do," is not a selling point for me. I'm more of an "I'm entertained by the same things you are," type of guy.

It also doesn't help that I usually find the villain to be the most entertaining character and that I don't find Trump and his cult particularly interesting. It's like taking a movie where the heroes fight Nazis and asking, "What if the Nazis were all rednecks instead?" I don't know about you, but I'd much rather see an Indiana Jones type punch out a Nazi officer than Billy Bob who loves fishin' and hates inclusion.

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IShall_Run_Amok
09/22/20 11:23:42 AM
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Yeah, its code for "stop saying things which are probably true but I don't want to hear them because they threaten my weak, useless view of the world."

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winstonthewhite
09/22/20 11:34:54 AM
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Solid Snake07 posted...
Or people who don't want to hear about politics everywhere they turn.
Its always strange when people like the TC think there's some kind of hatred deep inside you when the reality is all you want is simply this. We know that racism is bad, you don't need to hear it every fucking hour of every fucking day

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scar the 1
09/22/20 11:37:04 AM
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winstonthewhite posted...
Its always strange when people like the TC think there's some kind of hatred deep inside you when the reality is all you want is simply this. We know that racism is bad, you don't need to hear it every fucking hour of every fucking day
We also know that blowing up civilians is bad yet the government are literally telling you to support it before every football game

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winstonthewhite
09/22/20 11:37:59 AM
#72:


Slayerblade11 posted...
People watch entertainment to escape from real world problems not be constantly reminded of them.
This too. Grow up instead of assuming anyone with this mindset is the worst possible person your mind can create. Its childish

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Lysandear
09/22/20 11:38:34 AM
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lmao mans got a permasig
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Geisterdrache
09/22/20 11:39:02 AM
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scar the 1 posted...
We also know that blowing up civilians is bad yet the government are literally telling you to support it before every football game
the glorious US military isnt political!

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southcoast09
09/22/20 11:39:12 AM
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No, its people who are sick of hearing liberal diatribes every time an award is given out.

Ricky Gervais won the entire year when he preemptively shut down those people at the awards show.

The truth is the at nobody cares what some unintelligent actor or athlete thinks about politics.
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scar the 1
09/22/20 11:41:09 AM
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southcoast09 posted...
The truth is the at nobody cares what some unintelligent actor or athlete thinks about politics.
Donald Trump is some unintelligent actor and people seem to care what he thinks about politics. The actual truth is people don't want to hear about things they disagree with

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I4NRulez
09/22/20 11:42:26 AM
#77:


winstonthewhite posted...
Its always strange when people like the TC think there's some kind of hatred deep inside you when the reality is all you want is simply this. We know that racism is bad, you don't need to hear it every fucking hour of every fucking day

If i have to deal with racism every single day as a minority then you can hear about it. When people stop being racist then we'll stop talking about it.

Just because you want to be ignorant doesnt mean problems dont need talking about. A lot of athletes are minorities too

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Dathrowed1
09/22/20 11:42:53 AM
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News flash people, a lot of people don't like to be preached at all the time. Also they don't idolize athletes to the point they need them to tell them what to believe and what's going on

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Proto_Spark
09/22/20 11:43:19 AM
#79:


scar the 1 posted...
Donald Trump is some unintelligent actor and people seem to care what he thinks about politics. The actual truth is people don't want to hear about things they disagree with

This. There's a reason saying a person is male or political is a meme.
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winstonthewhite
09/22/20 11:44:51 AM
#80:


I4NRulez posted...
If i have to deal with racism every single day as a minority then you can hear about it. When people stop being racist then we'll stop talking about it.

Just because you want to be ignorant doesnt mean problems dont need talking about. A lot of athletes are minorities too
Nothing ignorant about not wanting to hear the same thing every day

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scar the 1
09/22/20 11:50:35 AM
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Dathrowed1 posted...
News flash people, a lot of people don't like to be preached at all the time. Also they don't idolize athletes to the point they need them to tell them what to believe and what's going on
More specifically they don't like to be preached to about messages that fall outside their norms. Like several people (including myself) ITT have pointed out, US sporting events very commonly feature the national anthem, statements of support to the troops, etc. The US is a country that has been at war for all but a couple of years of its entire existence, and people that "don't want politics in their sports" seem perfectly fine swallowing continued statements of support of this enormous war effort

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DarkProto05
09/22/20 11:54:56 AM
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"Keep politics out of sports"

Except for the national anthem and military stuff. That's the hypocritical right for you.

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RchHomieQuanChi
09/22/20 11:56:40 AM
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I don't want politics in my sports, yet the championship teams always end up visiting the White House and nobody complains

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scar the 1
09/22/20 12:00:47 PM
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Messages like "support the troops" are so ingrained into what's normal in America, so people don't think about it. It's absolutely political though. So when people "don't want politics" in their sports or games or whatever, what they're really saying is that they don't want something that is so far from their norm that they see it as politics rather than some natural confirmation of their world view. To them messages of supporting the troops or the national anthem aren't political.

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The Trent
09/22/20 12:02:25 PM
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is there no distinction between supporting troops and supporting war efforts?
can i not be against the iraq war, but want to support the troops who are actually having to fight it?
is that a thing?

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Lysandear
09/22/20 12:04:26 PM
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i dont see a meaningful difference between those but it's not something i'd argue about
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scar the 1
09/22/20 12:05:07 PM
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Similarly people aren't outraged at all when Pentagon funds movies that glorify military service (like Captain Marvel) because to them it's just a depiction of the military but they're outraged af when movies feature women slightly stepping outside of the norm (like Captain Marvel) because that then seems somehow more deliberately political. When actually both things are equally political, it's just that one doesn't challenge norms and the other one does. Guess which one people are provoked by the most

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FursonaNonGrata
09/22/20 12:05:48 PM
#88:


The Trent posted...
is there no distinction between supporting troops and supporting war efforts?
can i not be against the iraq war, but want to support the troops who are actually having to fight it?
is that a thing?

No one ever had to fight the Iraq war. There was never a draft. Especially in the last 10+ years its been voluntary. Hard to say you dont support a war but support the people who choose to invade countries and hunt brown people for sport.

But youve literally never made a post here in good faith and this is another one of your mindless shitposts.


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The Trent
09/22/20 12:06:36 PM
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what if my cousin is a guy who wanted to go to college but had no money, so he enrolled for scholarship money and then got pushed to some desert rock country, where i don't think we should be at all?

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The Trent
09/22/20 12:07:36 PM
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FursonaNonGrata posted...
But youve literally never made a post here in good faith and this is another one of your mindless shitposts.

you should block me ASAP

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scar the 1
09/22/20 12:08:25 PM
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The Trent posted...
is there no distinction between supporting troops and supporting war efforts?
can i not be against the iraq war, but want to support the troops who are actually having to fight it?
is that a thing?
Not really sure why that distinction is necessary to make since it doesn't make the military spectacles at sporting events any less political. But then again you're one of the most bad faith posters on this board so

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Theon_Greyjoy
09/22/20 12:08:45 PM
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Both Sides flip their shit when they see the opposing politics in sports

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FursonaNonGrata
09/22/20 12:09:00 PM
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The Trent posted...
what if my cousin is a guy who wanted to go to college but had no money, so he enrolled for scholarship money and then got pushed to some desert rock country, where i don't think we should be at all?

I thought you were rich and lived in a gated community. If youre so morally opposed to war then why wouldnt you help your family member out financially?

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The Trent
09/22/20 12:09:20 PM
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oh i'm not in support of military flyovers, they're asinine and a waste of time and money
but the anthem? what country DOESN'T sing their anthem before a sporting event?

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The Trent
09/22/20 12:09:33 PM
#96:


FursonaNonGrata posted...
I thought you were rich and lived in a gated community. If youre so morally opposed to war then why wouldnt you help your family member out financially?

you should block me ASAP

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DD Divine
09/22/20 12:09:45 PM
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Unless some C level celebrity praises trump then its Okay!

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scar the 1
09/22/20 12:11:30 PM
#98:


The Trent posted...
oh i'm not in support of military flyovers, they're asinine and a waste of time and money
but the anthem? what country DOESN'T sing their anthem before a sporting event?
Similarly I'm not sure how "most countries do it" somehow makes something apolitical. Most countries also have elections, does that mean that elections aren't political?

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The Trent
09/22/20 12:15:05 PM
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that's fair, it was a shitty point more about controversy than political-ness and i'm not arguing the right thing

so then we're deciding you CANNOT support the troops without also supporting the horrors of war and i'll go away

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Ruvan22
09/22/20 12:51:09 PM
#100:


southcoast09 posted...
No, its people who are sick of hearing liberal diatribes every time an award is given out.

Ricky Gervais won the entire year when he preemptively shut down those people at the awards show.

The truth is the at nobody cares what some unintelligent actor or athlete thinks about politics.
Trump and Jared Kushner sure seem to care...
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