streetsahead123
Banned
Basically this is a culmination of his undeniable racism and his decades-long grudge with the NFL. Pretty funny how badly its backfiring on him though.
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Trump takes shots at Kaepernick, Get that son of a bitch off the field
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I grok the point of the article, but I'm not comfortable equating Trump's behavior to that of dogs, as dogs are far better behaved and admirable than Trump is on his best day.
SolidSnakex
Member
What is his long-standing grudge with the NFL? Was he in on the XFL with his bff Vince Mcmahon?
paperboywriter
Member
trever noahs take was 100% on point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2kqHuOniv0&t=0s
Close. Trump tried to compete against the NFL during the 80's with the USFL.
Back in the 80s he was a driving force in making the USFL switch from a spring schedule to a fall schedule to directly compete with the NFL, and possibly merge with the NFL the way the AFL did in the 60s.
Also he tried and failed to buy the Buffalo Bills a few years back.
I think he's implying that it's the only way for the NFL to get out of this media firestorm/controversy. Like he somehow thinks most of the US is taking Trump's side on this matter, so it's on the NFL to set the ship straight.
"You fuckin wot m8?"Holy shit at the look Randy Moss is giving Rex when he says he supported Trump
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Yeah, his face was amazingHoly shit at the look Randy Moss is giving Rex when he says he supported Trump
No I hope Trump tweets more about it, NFL gets alot of eyeballs so a good place for protests
Holy shit at the look Randy Moss is giving Rex when he says he supported Trump
Yeah that was gold
Holy shit at the look Randy Moss is giving Rex when he says he supported Trump
Lol this should get a lot of use
Whelp, I've finally been milkshake ducked. Austin St. John (OG Red Ranger) is "pissed off" about taking a knee. He doesn't support it.
Matt Austin-Sadowski (SPD Green) called him out on it.
https://twitter.com/mattyaustin/status/912423165288226816
Matt Austin-Sadowski (SPD Green) called him out on it.
https://twitter.com/mattyaustin/status/912423165288226816
Saint Gregory
Member
Rex doesn't just support Trump, he appeared at and spoke at Trump rallies... which is now he's dead to me now.Holy shit at the look Randy Moss is giving Rex when he says he supported Trump
They'll side with him, yet still watch the NFL games.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Trump supporters have absolutely no problem being the biggest hypocrites in the world so they will side with him and talk shit about the NFL and pretend to boycott it but still watch.
The "They can do free speech on their own time" comment is just ridiculous.
Like there are pockets in US society where the 1st amendment does not apply. Gross.
Trump could probably say he rapes children and his supporters would do Olympic level mental gymnastics to paint that as a positive.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
On an NPR segment today they were talking to Arizon fans in Phoenix. They interviewed one older married couple and the wife was adamant this would be the last game they watch this season, pretty angry. Then they go to the husband who's chuckling and says something akin to "uhhhh we'll play it by ear lol"
I think the only thing Trump can do that would make his base turn on him is if he took a hard stance against white supremacists and started attacking them.
More_Badass
Member
Oh, theyll watch, just yell and sigh and curse at the screen in anger about these knuckleheads and disrespecting the real heroes when they see players kneel
Etrian Oddity
Member
Buttery
::edit::
Major daps to this chick who took a knee during the Georgia Tech game, that took some courage:
He like many fans root for laundry. It duwsbt matter who is actually on the field - we'll as long as the coach, QB, and middle linebacker are white.
Damn that is disappointing
Look at how hard the dude stressed "White is the purity of america"
It's not about equating dogs with Trump as much as it's about our tendency to project complex emotions on creatures without the necessary level of self-awareness to have such emotions.
Dogs are clearly far less narcissistic than Trump.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Who gives a shit either way. We are not dictated by mob rule in this country. Peaceful protest will always bring out the worst in people who choose not to know better.
This is damn good.
Bounceounce
Member
Why wouldn't you expect it to not be unpopular?
Of course it is.
TheContact
Member
Facebook posts from NFL related content is filled with boycotting the NFL now responses. Kraft has a post about hurrcaine relief and the responses are the same. They say kneeling is disrespectful but flooding boycot nfl posts regarding hurricane relief is one of the most disrespectful things Ive seen on that site. These people are scum; its not about disrespecting the flag to them. Its about their inability to have compassion and their blind allegiance to the worst president this country has ever had.
VenomousCoffee
Member
I'm convinced a lot of Americans watch football to see Black men injure each other. (Although this might be a better explanation of college football than the NFL.)
Mr_Antimatter
Member
Oh, this is a known thing though, plenty of stories about his love of underage sex.
His followers ignore it as fake news, media lies, etc.
Yeah this is pretty annoying, like the NFL power rankings posts aren't full of the usual smack talk, instead it's a bunch of jackoffs claiming "the NFL sucks, I'm not watching anymore, yada yada yada!" Like, can't we go back to smack talk, go back to talking about how the Patriots suck?
Saint Gregory
Member
Not sure if posted but CNN asked some Trump voters how they feel about him taking on this issue.
Now while I have to applaud them for actually being introspective and noticing the stark difference between how Trump is handling this issue compared to Charlottesville I don't have enough LOLs in me to cover the fact that each and every one of them pulled a ¯\_(ツ
_/¯ when asked why they believe Trump had harsher language for the NFL players than the Nazis.
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Now while I have to applaud them for actually being introspective and noticing the stark difference between how Trump is handling this issue compared to Charlottesville I don't have enough LOLs in me to cover the fact that each and every one of them pulled a ¯\_(ツ
_/¯ when asked why they believe Trump had harsher language for the NFL players than the Nazis.SureJan.gif
TheContact
Member
What is actually hilarious is they keep talking about boycotting the NFL...on the nfl page, on the nfl social media pages, yesterday during the game they were attending and watching. Come Sunday, theyll be yelling for 3 hours at the TV how theyre boycotting the NFL as they watch it.
Woah. I want to see more of that guy tackling other issues. Great presence and points.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
This has been without question the dumbest few days of Facebook ever. And that includes Chewbacca Mom.
Saint Gregory
Member
If there's anything at all positive to take from this trump presidency it's the collapse of the right wing worldview. Trump has effectively exposed the stupidity and hypocrisy of these folks on practically every issue since taking office.
Damn straight, he's on point.
Stick to ____ became dead when a reality television host became president.
streetsahead123
Banned
He was a team owner in the USFL and strong armed the league into competing directly with the NFL, which never happened because the league went broke after he pursued an anti-trust case against the NFL, which he won but was only awarded $3.
Also he tried to buy the Bills a few years ago but the league pretty much blocked him.
Retrofluxed
Member
Yeah, apparently I'm related to a bunch of racist shit heels. I have a bunch of relatives on my Grandmother's side I've never met, and she keeps liking all these posts they are making about the protests. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills and I'm the only one out of all my friends and family that supports taking a knee.
demosthenes
Member
I don't think the league blocked him, I thought he was just flirting with the idea the whole time and would never actually commit?
OriginofHysteria
Banned
The great thing about this whole protest is that logically, it doesn't bother anyone. They aren't infringing on anyone's right to stand or whatever. It doesn't effect those negatively speaking out against it either. They're essentially pissed at someone that has a right to do said thing BECAUSE of the flag.
Thats like everything that upsets conservatives. They are upset at gay people for existing, upset at minorities for protesting, upset at transgender people for choosing their own destinies. Theyll always turn the ability for other people to live freely into some kind of assault on their rights.