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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's 2026 and they're STILL mad a black man dared to kneel (a world wide agreed upon position of respect) during the national anthem. Talk about brain damaged sad people.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't he also doing a lot for black communities? I bet they hate that a lot

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

They probably just hate him for being black tbh

[–] schwim@piefed.zip 60 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Another option is to stop idolizing people that play a child's game for fame and profit.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago

Y'know what? I'll cheer anybody who risks a lucrative career and public vitriol to quietly, elegantly bring attention to systemic civil rights abuses.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

…While intentionally shortening their lives and destroying their bodies.

Contact sports! Yay!

[–] Watermark710@piefed.social 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are a lot of people who destroy their bodies and shorten their lives for less than a multi-million dollar paycheck. I don't blame the players, I blame the system that leads them to this end. A poor kid who is good at football can pull their entire family out of poverty by taking a few blows to the head. It's not an individual's fault for choosing that.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The problem is that it's easier to be a brain-damaged, ex-player millionaire than a brilliant scientist millionaire. This country shits on intelligence and worships entertainment

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Define easier... Being a brilliant scientist (or engineer) will get you comfortably a mid-6-figure job in and research lab. That will make you a millionaire in about a decade if you are responsible with your savings, and there's tens of thousands of those in the world, maybe hundreds.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Folks who point at football players as proof of what we value miss the mark entirely, you and I have more in common with the football player when it comes to percentage of value they generate vs receive.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Brain damage: it's what children crave!

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago

They may crave brain damage, but what they yearn for is the mines and you know it.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Gridiron football is NOT a child’s game, unsafe for them.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same could be said for adults. We've created incentives for people to hurt themselves purely for entertainment. It's pretty barbaric.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

And they make a pittance relative to their output while the owners institute socialism for themselves, it’s a microcosm of economic woes.

Fun to watch though

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

American Football is not for children!

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately this is a nation made largely of spectators. They don't do anything. They watch to live vicariously and make their whole identities celebrating the accomplishments of sportsballers, actors, and lately politicians 🤮.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I disagree. Morons need a healthy and safe outlet for their tribalism. When they don't get it, they instead indulge in culture war and politics as a way to go ugga bugga me vs you. Look around at how that plays out. I'd rather have drunk footballers and fistfights than the literal end of the world.

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I don't think you're supposed to point out the bread and circuses so blatantly

[–] MrGabr@ttrpg.network 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"In a world of black people, be white"

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

In a world with black people...

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Racist crybabies: "protests shouldn't be disruptive, don't block streets"

Colin Kaepernick and some other NFL players: "Sure, we'll do something different"

Racist crybabies: "No, not like that either!"

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Kneeling is so disrespectful!

Proceeds to go to church and kneel for communion.

[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who dat, what they doin, why it matter?

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Dart, football player for Giants, recently introduced Trump at a rally.

[–] Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip 7 points 1 month ago

I'm guessing the guy on the right is Colin Kaepernick.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago