“Most team sports”? Do rugby league, rugby union, cricket, [field] hockey, handball, water polo and volleyball not count, or something? The American leagues are the “place you play” American sports. You might as well argue that Ethiopia is the world leader in restaurants because it has the most Ethiopian restaurants.
mhendo
November 22, 2017, 8:04pm
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Actually, simply having a team called the Redskins is what makes NFL owners racist.
What was it that DC’s basketball team used to be called?
Why not the Minnesota Whiteboys? Sure, some are, some aren’t. but it makes just as much sense as the Redskins. And Vikings?
“Oh, look, the Vikings are here for a surprise visit! Yay!” said nobody ever.
Rick_Kitchen:
The Bullets.
They went from a name that evokes death and inner city violence, to one that evokes the Klan. Smooth move.
So one team name makes all of the NFL owners racist?
mhendo
November 23, 2017, 8:35am
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No, idiot. When i said owners, i meant the owners of the Washington Professional Football Team.
Although the fact that the other owners, and the League, allow the name to remain suggests that they’re OK with a little bit of racism.
mhendo:
No, idiot. When i said owners, i meant the owners of the Washington Professional Football Team.
Although the fact that the other owners, and the League, allow the name to remain suggests that they’re OK with a little bit of racism.
No asswipe. The author of the article was obviously referring to the entire League, no just the owners of one team.
As the year winds to a close, Newsweek makes a valiant effort to win the thread. And damned if I don’t think they will win the Liberal Idiots Of The Year Award for 2017.
Publishing an article about how Trump teamed up with the Nazis to steal Christmas is certainly indicative of massive drug and alcohol consumption. It sure isn’t indicative of anything even remotely resembling journalism. As usual, Stilton says it best:
Worst liberal idea?
Diane Feinstein for saying that a shooter will put down his gun if he notices no one else is armed.
The fact that many shootings happen in a “gun free” zone debunks her theory.
scr4
December 29, 2017, 4:58pm
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Cite? I searched Google News for “Dianne Feinstein gun” and nothing like that came up.
Clothahump:
As the year winds to a close, Newsweek makes a valiant effort to win the thread. And damned if I don’t think they will win the Liberal Idiots Of The Year Award for 2017.
Publishing an article about how Trump teamed up with the Nazis to steal Christmas is certainly indicative of massive drug and alcohol consumption. It sure isn’t indicative of anything even remotely resembling journalism.
Lemme guess, you only read what Stilton had to say and didn’t bother with the actual article:
“Because Americans have enjoyed a relatively stable political system, Christmas in the U.S. has been relatively immune to the overt politicization of the holiday,” Joe Perry told Newsweek. He is the author of the book Christmas in Germany: A Cultural History, which examines the way Nazis used Christmas to spread fascism.
“But not completely immune. The far right’s engagement in the ‘war on Christmas’ explicitly posits that there is one single true or correct Christmas. The holiday’s true nature is somehow under threat from outsiders and liberals who act as forces of degradation, multiculturalism and secularization,” Perry continued.
In this context, Trump has been using the so-called war on Christmas to wage a culture war that pits multicultural liberals against Christian conservatives. He began doing this long before Christmas. Meanwhile, some members of the religious right support Trump’s most nationalist, race-baiting form of political rhetoric, including his reclaiming of Christmas.
Likewise, Nazi Germany’s propagandists rooted their idea of Christmas in visions of ethno-nationalism. They rewrote the lyrics of Christmas carols, promoted Nazified holiday traditions and launched numerous Christmas charity events for poor Germans. The ultimate goal was to draw a clear line between those who belonged and those who should be excluded and not benefit from the joys of Christmas.
Trump’s rhetoric differs from that of Nazi Germany’s, most notably because he has never advocated genocide. But Trump’s talk about Christmas coexists with re-emerging white identity politics, Randy Blazak, a sociology professor who studies white nationalism, told Newsweek.
“Committed white nationalists love Trump’s bring back Christmas campaign almost as much as evangelicals,” he said. “His followers see this as gospel and a rebuking of multiculturalism and political correctness, and the growing influence of Jews, Muslims, atheists and other non-WASPs.”
Perry said that Trump hasn’t gone nearly as far as the Nazis in promoting his vision of the holidays, and he sees major flaws in describing Trump as a Nazi-like figure. But there are some clear parallels.
Did she also talk smack about your lawnmower?
In fairness to C-hump, he’s come this far in life without reading anything that would remotely challenge his ignorance. He’s not about to break that streak now. He’s in the home stretch of dying as stupid as he lived.
check out…“9 dumbest gun control quotes”
It will make you wonder if liberals even realize what they are saying
Are you too stupid or too lazy to actually link to it?
Says the guy that just posted a debunked rumor from a defunct parody site.