I have never seen a bigger bunch of grown men aka "real men that actually like full contact sports" act like a bunch of sniveling snowflakes.

"We don't want politics in our sports."

GTFO, politics is in everything!

If Trump announced a rally/speech during the Super Bowl halftime stage, the same "get politics out of sports" types here would be screaming MAGA



Even my biggest MAGA friends are bewildered why so many on social media (and here) are clutching their pearls/passing out on their fainting couches simply because of some easily ignorable nonsense.

"Oh my, we must boycott the NFL, this is just tooo much...giving me the vapors!"



And please, stop with the sanctimonious "I was OUTRAGED, I was in the stands and THREE people near me were sitting down during the anthem!  I'm a vet and that angers me!"


Excuse me? Have any of you actually hung out on a typical Marine Corps base when it's time for Colors? (and yes, I was an 03)

Half the unit is staying inside the entrances of buildings because they DON'T want to be caught outside/having to stand through it. Then you have the other groups outside that start to hear the beginning of colors and make a dead sprint to any nearby doorway so NOT to be caught outside. This isn't the shitbirds, this is EVERYONE.

This happened daily on many Marine infantry battalion bases I was stationed on or visited. I saw on Camp Horno, Mateo, Margarita/1st Recon, 29 Palms, Oki, etc..  And yes, this was 2005-2010, not some garrison peacetime. The only time you rarely saw it was on mainside or near 52/infantry school simply because you used to have terrorizing figures like SGT MAJ Vines patrolling.

I don't want to hear any recent vets become all sanctimonious because we all did our best to avoid it too. This is just the daily....not even the dreaded Friday medley.  


I still can't figure why there is so many threads about it. Why are you all so damn upset? If it bothers you so much, simply start watching the game at the kickoff? Do you avoid movies because the upcoming previews piss you off?

Who gives a shit what goes on before??? By being a bunch of "OMG, time to boycott" you sound like a bunch of triggered old ladies clutching their knitting balls. Fuck the non-football bullshit, I came to watch modern day gladiatiors trying to kill each other. If a bunch of players kneeling hurts your sensitive feelings, go watch figure skating or something. I seriously cannot believe this place and the level of butthurt.  


One last thing. Like I said earlier, my MAGA friends can't wrap their heads around why so many conservatives are literally pissing themselves over this situation (as you can see here with the 30 various threads that give up to the minute drama queen updates: "OMG Buffy, did you see that? The dolphins are now kneeling too. Better tell everyone ASAP!!" It's like you're all going out of your way to be offended just like your typical SJW pansy liberal.

My diehard MAGA friends can only assume that the usual culprits are fanning the flames: Hannity and Limbaugh. None of us watch Hannity or listen to Rush but by the amount of just pure rage/emotions over something so trivial, I can only assume Hannity/Rush are making this a BIG deal and really laying down the rhetoric (and I'm assuming they're doing the "Boycott NFL because of the thugs" since that seems to be the usual parroting/talking point here).

Everyone take a deep breath and chill out. Football is still awesome and this is the best sport in the US, hands down. We know this "protest" is just current flavor of the month and will be as relevant as Livestrong bracelets in the coming months. Meanwhile when you all realize you made a mountain out of a mole hill, you'll sit back and realize how much NFL you missed and really regret it.

This forum was the absolute last place I figured on seeing such pearl clutching over something so nonsensical. These "protestors" are like children acting up, the more you give them attention, the more they're going to push. If Trump could keep his mouth fucking shut we wouldn't have all the extra "now we need to double down!" needless drama this weekend. All he did was flame the flames and gives these kneeling fucks even MORE ammo,



In case we haven't forgot....



WOW, great idea huh? Let's stop focusing on nonsense, huh, Trump????

This ought to go well.

So a couple lines in a speech is a "focus"?

Sorry your girl lost.

Your girl lost, get over it.

Its called the NATIONAL football league, so the cock sucking over paid performers can atleast show a little respect for the NATIONAL anthem and act like adults and stand up for it.

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LOL @ OP.

Seattleite?

Or maybe we just see the NFL is full of shitheads who are anti American and we arent so addicted to a game that we sell out our country and beliefs.  /It's just a game get over it.

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No shit.

But tl;dr, so whatever.

Fuck the NFL and any product that associates with them.

He mad.

The cry of the fucking Liberals that seem to be taking over this Site lately.

i agree to some extent, but the thing I like about this whole sitting/kneeling thing is it seems to be pissing off your average joe bum, its getting them sick of the lefts shit.    

So I say let it all burn, its nice to see your average american finally getting fed up with the shit

This is the worst most amateurish trolling thread I have ever seen I am so ashamed

Great points, OP.  But this is GD, where double standards abound.

Not up to your standards of trolling, eh?

"Sorry your girl loss."

You guys really going to run with that one for a rebuttal? Might as well throw in a Budweiser WASSSSSSSSSUPPPP!!!! and some Chuck Norris jokes too since it appears we're going for "let's beat tired jokes into the ground some more" trend.

As long as the little monkeys dace when the music starts I don't give two shits what they do before that

OP makes some good points. It's a game. If you give them attention, they will keep doing it. I watched two NFL games all the way through yesterday, and once the Anthem was over, the announcers never even mentioned the protests.

Y'all are acting like children, making a fuss over nothing.

I'm not reading that entire wall of text but Op sure seems upset about other people being upset.  

All well and good, OP.

But don't expect me to shell out $2-300/game to support people "who don't like what I like". (And this includes the spineless owners who would sell their sister into slavery to make a buck.)

The magic of the internet allows you to hear my opinion instead of just my barber or bar mate as in days of old.

TC

"Giving me the vapors?"

What? Are you like in your 80's or did your great-grandmother raise you?

That phrase is old as a death (as I hope to be).

China is a far more substantial threat the US than a few professional sports players. So I can assume that you are boycotting

*All products from China
*All products which contain a part made in China
*All products from any company with any association to China

Anything else would be inconsistent.

So any opinion different from yours is trolling?

No one expects you to shell out 2-300 bucks per game.

This.   OP didn't think this one through very far.  My panties aren't in a bunch.   I just decided not to watch anymore.  

Pretty simple really.

This is a culture war, and Trump trolled the left into openly displaying their hatred for America while simultaneously actually arguing for employment protection against contentious free expression.

The point the poster was making is your vernacular.

1) You refer to "MAGA friends" and "conservatives" but don't actually identify as one in your manifesto.
2) Your post attacks Trump
3) Your post attacks Trump supporters
4) You hail from Washington state and are a 2016 member.

Pretty safe to say you did not vote for Trump given what you posted and a strong possibility you voted for Hillary.

Your MAGA friends?  LOL

Here, let me help you out.

Football used to be a red-blooded American sport, like baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie.  Tacitly included in that list is family, duty, and patriotism.

Football is shitting on those values, so many are quitting football.  The "pearl-clutching" is part of the process of divorce.  

Divorces are often messy.

Those flag-disrespecting, multi-millionaire, moron-puppets are worth my disdain at the moment.

They showed enough respect to stand for British National Anthem

This didn't start with the president and didn't start with the NFL.  I get pissed whenever I see someone disrespect the National Anthem or the flag.  Pop Warner, little league, school events, whatever.  I draw the line when someone's freedom of speech insults the very symbol that protects their rights.  I choose to associate with those who share my values.  If that means my panties are in a bunch or I'm clutching at pearls, then you don't fucking get it.

This is where I'm at. It is making those that maybe don't pay much attention choose sides. It is the line in the sand that can't be overlooked.

I'm making fun of all these "boycott" types that I imagine looking like some Lindsay Graham Southern Belle type.

Re-read the middle section about my time in the Marines and you can pretty much figure out my age bracket.

They have the right to protest. But that doesn't mean protest is free of consequence. I'll be damned if I'm going to contribute to an organization who is trying to spin the "taking of a knee" as positive. Especially when it's obvious that they all started this phony "support" only in response to President Trump. Screw the NFL and it's disrespectful and traitorous employees

The flag and the National Anthem are "nothing"?

singlebird

OP's just a burner account.

Preach it brother!

Pres needs to focus on what he campaigned on, which wasn't micro-managing everyday lives and chiming in on everything like a flaming Blue Falcon. By giving a fuck and getting all pissed about kneeling - IT FUCKING WORKED!!

And as added bonus - Pres got to skate by another couple weeks on twits, without actually getting a single fucking thing done. Sounds more like white obama. 

So I can assume that you are boycotting the Chinese, as they were responsible for the deaths of 33,652 American Servicemen between 1950 and 1953?

Why would I make the decision to watch a program or sporting even whose participants have chosen to protest the United States of America?

This one truth must never be forgotten.

Fuck the NFL and fuck burner accounts.

And that's fine.

I'm talking about the types making 50 threads about it or whining all over social media about a boycott.

If you want to boycott, DO IT. Just simply don't watch and move on with your life.


It's like drama queens that have to make huge threads on forums about "needing time off" or whining about some issue that is "forcing them to leave."

If you want to leave, just walk away. Stop acting like an overly emotional 14 year old girl that has to make leaving this big dramatic fiasco.

I actively seek alternatives when I find products made in China.  Sometimes I'm successful, sometimes I'm not.

Sometimes I walk past a television set and an NFL game is on.  I don't scream like a bitch.  I move on with my day.

hey OP,  men who are obsessed with a game where other men grab each other



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Accepting and tolerating leftist propaganda is how we got to the sorry state our government is in. Your argument for continued support of the NFL is weak, pathetic, and based on an emotional appeal.

OP's right. I remember guys like him that would avoid getting caught in colors. They were called shitbirds. Then they got out after barely getting an honorable discharge, took the G.I. Bill given to them, went to college and now act like they are fucking enlightened. Same shitbirds bitched about every hump, every field day, every duty and watch. I remember joining the fleet and having assholes that deliberately wouldn't allow you to walk in step with them to look like fucking shitbirds. They thought this was funny, to look like an asshole so if a civilian saw them they would be like "What the fuck? These are our military?" I know OP's kind way too well.

I'm not a Trump guy. I agree with a lot of his views but not his personality/demeanor/diarrhea of the mouth. I have MAGA friends and get along with them great.

I personally like conservatives like William F. Buckley and Goldwater.

Tl:dc

Too long, don't care.

Here's the problem snowflake: Remember the Dixie Chicks? They were a country band right around the time you were born back when G.W. Bush was the president. They went overseas and shit talked the president. Ordinarily that wouldn't be an issue, hell all the stars do it, right?

Well what political persuasion typically listens to country music? Here's a hint: It's not liberals.

So they shit on their primary audience. In a week they went from a top ten band with their music on every station to total fucking obscurity.

The NFL finds itself in much the same situation. Who is the primary consumer of their product? Hint: It's not liberals. Liberals want to get rid of football. Conservatives are their primary audience and statistically are close to 70% of their audience which is also predominantly men.

So by allowing these ingrateful shit necks to have their shitty platform to protest a non issue (that being whites killing blacks, also statistically insignificant as blacks kill more whites in a week than the other way around in a year) the NFL is pissing off their primary audience.

And now they're wondering why they're set to lose 400 million dollars in advertising this year because people just turned it off. Blaming hurricanes, politics, etc instead of the real reason people turned their backs on the NFL is intentional delusion.

We all agree that the players have a first amendment right to do whatever the fuck they want, but so too does the audience. Trump is a businessman above all else, and he is right. You might have the right to say what you want, but if you do, the boss has the right to fire your silly ass.