So I live in Dallas Ft Worth area and the local teams subreddits are full of people praising them for not playing out of protest. I know it’s just two days but I find myself less and less interested. I’m all for free speech and take a knee if you want to but the narratives are absurd. Painting America as some evil racist country is ridiculous.
Maybe the cops in the Blake and Floyd case weren’t totally in the right but the fact is that Floyd and Blake chose to put themselves in those situations.
As an almost 40 year old black guy I’ve been attacked for saying that maybe if we focused on the disturbing stats about black crime rates there wouldn’t be as many issues with cops. Or why not tell people to comply and not violently resist.
Finally it’s too bad the owners of these teams can’t say protest on your own time like my job would.
I was a big sports fan two years ago. Watched hundreds of games a year. I haven't watched even a minute this year, and I doubt I'll ever go back. Some of the athletes are useful idiots. Some of them are anti-white racists (LeBron). Some are just going along to get along. I don't care. I can't generate interest in watching people who propagate the false and hateful ideology of critical race theory.
It's clear that black violent crime is at the root of these policing issues. We're supposed to believe that cops are magically not racist towards Asians, Hispanics, and Indians but fly into a rabid, hate-fueled shooting spree the moment they see a black dude? No. Per capita, blacks are wildly overrepresented among violent criminals, and violent criminals are far more likely to resist arrest and get themselves shot.
What do all of these police shooting videos have in common? Suspects who ignore lawful orders and resist arrest. Maybe leftists are actually ignorant or maybe they're playing dumb to facilitate political advantage, but ignoring lawful orders from police immediately puts everyone's lives in danger. Police don't know what you're doing when you resist arrest, and they have to assume the worst in order to protect themselves and the community. You don't fight the charges in the street - you fight them in the courtroom. The reason so many of these people are choosing the former over the latter is obvious: they're guilty, they have priors, and they're going to go to prison.
Look at Rayshard Brooks. He was totally cool for 40 minutes. Then he found out he was going to jail and decided to run from the cops. Stole a taser (a weapon declared lethal by the Atlanta DA just two weeks prior), fired it at a cop, and got put down. If you polled the ghetto on "the quickest ways to get shot by police", stealing a cop's weapon and firing it at him would top the list. Yet everyone acted as if some unbelievable tragedy had unfolded in Atlanta - including the black DA who charged the cop with murder.
So here's where we're at right now: black people can do whatever they want, any attempt by police to stop criminal behavior will be met with resistance, and any black person who gets himself killed will trigger riots. I guess that's one way to put your own racial demographic above the law. Just pretend that your race is disproportionately and uniquely targeted by police (false), let a dishonest and partisan leftist media spread your narrative (because they want to destroy the status quo by any means available), and then get to looting, I guess.
I feel bad for all of the decent law-abiding black people in America. They can't address the glaring issues in their own communities because the race hustlers and democrat politicians and black supremacists and violent criminals all depend on large chunks of black American culture remaining toxic. This creates terrible public perception for the whole racial demographic, with cops and republicans and conservatives all reacting with rational disdain - and the anti-black racists crowing "we told you so". No one is helped. Nothing is fixed. It sucks.
And totally agree. If whites were rioting and looting they would be correctly condemning the violence. This absurd mentality that it’s racist to demand black people not act like fools. If I was a white supremacist I would encourage the lowering of standards and encourage destructive behavior.
Well said. I said these rioters are feeding every negative black stereotype.
Perfectly put.
I've been all over the fucking world. We're the least racist goddamn country and white people are the least racist goddamn people. On the planet. Probably in the galaxy. I am absolutely exhausted by the white guilt being shoved in my face by millionaire, privileged, black athletes.
Why is everyone in the NBA wearing BLM branded clothing? These black allstars are revered by their fans across the country. They are showered with praise, money, and pussy. What do they know about oppression or injustice? Fuck you and your stupid orange ball and your dumb hoop.
Sports? No I've never watched sports.
Whites might be the least racist as a whole, but white progressives are the most racist. Their out group preference is because they see the POC as worthless but loyal tools.
That and they feel they can and need to save everyone from oppression that either doesn't exist or they created and claim someone else made. They'll follow whichever tale of oppression the media tells them too because they need someone to fight to feel like they're making a difference.
They're radical calvinists. Everyone is equal, but white people are the elect and predestined by god to lead.
And try lecturing people about your opinions at work.
Orange ball bad Orange man good
NHL has been my #1 sport for several years now. I've been to at least a couple hundred games. I've got all kinds of autographed stuff, jerseys, etc.
I'm just not sure I can do it anymore. All I wanted is just a few players, guys l thought I liked to have a spine and stand up against this pandering. They say they want to start a discussion yet actual discussion about facts, assumptions, what is good, what might could be better, next steps, etc. is totally shunned. The only accepted option to these people is to support riots, destruction, looting, and to vote for people that at the very least hunger for power and that you believe want to destroy the country you call home. If you don't submit to these things then how you've treated people and carried yourself your entire life is totally irrelevant, you are now evil. Period.
I just can't get my head around supporting organizations and people that stand behind this. It hurts to let go because I was so invested. I've met some of these guys and I respected some of them. Hell, video games are about the only thing I did for entertainment before that's even left--and who knows where that's going. If you'd call it a sport I've gotten a lot more into Formula 1 lately. Always followed a bit. Breath of fresh air honestly. There's some cuckery but the broadcast isn't constantly reminding me to support BLM and wear a mask. I have a huge respect for the drivers that stood up for themselves and said they would never condone racism, but that they will not kneel to show support for a group that is responsible for violent riots. That is the hard and "brave" stance to take. Not falling in line with BLM.
I know quite a few players. Most oppose it but are quiet for PR reasons.
The big problem is female fans and some of the guys from Toronto. They're actually really racist, a lot of players will see attacks on their black teammates from their date/girlfriend or her friends. They see that and assume there's other issues which no one talks about.
The weird thing is NCAA basketball is decently conservative/libertarian but the NBA is strictly progressive.
The main reason I got into hockey 2 years ago was precisely because they don’t push this nonsense. But now I’m disappointed. I’m glad to see some players don’t bend the knee to BLM. I love baseball too. They aren’t as obnoxious
Yep. I don’t see how they won’t. More rioting.
I grew up on Magic Johnson Showtime Lakers basketball. The Celtics/Lakers rivalry was the best. I had to quit watching after I saw how star players were allowed to bend rules at will. No, taking 3 steps while palming a spinning basketball is not legal(Jordan). No, switching pivot feet in the post is not legal (Ewing).
I would watch Superbowl games like everyone else, but the National Felon League never interested me.
Lately my refuge had been watching baseball and Hockey, but after the way both leagues have pandered to Burn Loot Murder, NOT FUCKING EVER will I watch or pay to attend ANYTHING THEY DO.
Like I used to tell every black dude running his mouth on the playground court back in the 90s, #SHUTUPANDPLAY
I haven't watched over the air TV in years, and now, after all the BLM virtue signalling, I NEVER will.
FUCK_THEM_ALL
Not really. It's kinda been like the 90's baseball strike all over again for me. I generally prefer college football to the NFL anyway, but after the last couple years of political horseshit, I've just kinda moved on to other things.
My mother-in-law is a huge NASCAR fan and she's mad as fuck right now because of the Bubba Wallace stuff. There's just no escape from the agenda pushing in any form of entertainment right now.
I watch what you people call 'soccer', but only when national teams play in a World Cup.
However, seeing how corrupt FIFA is and how they are pushing this 'racism' obsession down our throat, I think it would be nice to curtail my watching of even that.
I cancelled my gamepass (football) subscription the other day. If I watch any sports this year, it will be with an antenna using a tuner that doesn't phone home. But they won't get a cent from me.
That's a no from me, dawg.
Only Impact Wrestling. I can tolerate two guys with blm on their tights since no one in the promotion talks about it. Like at all.
well football season starts in a week, as a season holder yes
I will as well but this is getting annoying. The narrative is set in stone and woe unto anyone who challenges it.
Man I've been a lifelong NFL fan and I tuned off this entire offseason, had no idea it started up again so soon.
Waited decades for a 49ers championship window to reopen...and then this bullshit ruins it.
It's pozzed as fuck now
I don't have the attention span to watch a full game of any of the major sports, but I used to (and still do) check up on the subreddits of the NBA, baseball, hockey, et c. because I like the narratives going on: something to spend a part of my time on. However, with things like the boycotts in the American major sports leagues, it's getting tiresome to hear about things like social justice when I know the revolution going on here isn't all that it seems (which makes things like Jonathan Isaac being the only one to stand up for the national anthem during a game a breath of fresh air).
Because of all this confusion and politically-charged chaos-causing, I'm pretty much frequenting only r/soccer until further notice since that sub covers lots of other association football leagues that don't get duped so much by the alt-left/globalist platform.
Just the UFC fights
formula1, the only sports i watched on tv: gone.
cs:go, the only e-sports i followed: so far not watching any game involving a north-american team ever again. just one single sign of european teams starting to bring virtue signaling for that genocidal deathcult into the streams: byebye.
for bigger-than-life events like the olympics: i stopped watching them when the commentators didn't even introduce teams or athlets because they were to busy spreading government propaganda and outright warmongering hatred during the russian winter olypmics.
I’d have to have TV service. I don’t, nor do I have any streaming services other than Amazon Prime Video (which I only get because I’m a Prime member; the day I stop- goodbye. Though I’m also a credit card holder, and get lots of bonuses for spending).
I mean, I suppose I could put up an antenna to get local broadcasting, but when was the last time there was ANYTHING good local?
Not for over 10 years.