Coughlin is still relevant because they are a lot of white men in the sports industry with his mentality, even if he is no longer employed in the league. His mentality still exist.
We need to work against this stupid fucking kind of “patriotic” authoritarianism. The “viscerally patriotic,” as you put it, make me sick to my stomach.
I’m seeing a backlash against conservatives who are pointing to the current violent protests and saying they should protest peacefully to which many reply they bitched endless about too (kneeling, #BlackLivesMatter, etc.).
I’d go so far as to criticize the so called “moderates,” who may sympathize with oppressed groups but not enough to actually help them achieve justice. If you value order more than you hate injustice, then your empathy bone needs medical assistance.
He’s not obsessed with sports. Sports is his cover. He can post stupid things about sports so no one notices he actually obsessed with stirring up race issues in the U.S. in advance of an election.
Yeah, this. The alleged motivation for reviving this thread aside, I don’t think reviving it is actually a bad idea. As has been pointed out, people tried to protest this problem in a non-violent manner, and got nothing but grief for it.
Violence is what happens when you choose to ignore the non-violent protests.
“faketriotism” reads better. The “t” emphasizes the proper symbolization. I initially read this as “fake-riot-ism”, which just make it sound like you’re a Riot Truther, or some shit.
Bingo. ( and clap clap ). And WT everloving F does any of that have to do with patriotism?
I’m constantly goaded into debates I don’t want to have by these sports-fascists; about this or that figure of what he did or did not do, as if it all f*cking matters. I tell them I do not care what this or that player/coach/whatever says, does, puts in their bodies. Why does it matter in daily life? He’s just a freaking football player!
What does it have to do with patriotism? Whining about players who are affected by and who have family and friends who are affected by the dangers of being Black in a country that’s supposed to not treat them as disposable is a very cheap, easy, and–for the whiners–non-consequential method of showing how patriotic those very same whiners are. It’s comfort patriotism, if I may coin such a term.
Comfort patriotism does not require the CP to actually go out and join the military, attempt to stop injustice, or even actually treat a victim of institutionalized or society-rewarded prejudice as a fellow human being.
It’s just comfortable. And it’s a great way to feel even more comfortable when the CP raises his or her voice to join all those other CPs, he or she will feel that someone is listening to him or her and validating his or her view on patriotism, on how other people should display their own patriotism. And what’s more validating than one’s hero*, the president of one’s country, joining the CP in mouthing the same view?
Of course that viewpoint ignores nifty little facts such as actual military veterans, actual war heroes (IIRC), supporting the protestors’ stance and methods, Supreme Court cases addressing one’s right to not participate in a forced display of [del]worship to a piece of cloth and/or piece of music[/del] patriotism, and the actual words of the Constitution of the United States of America.
*Note that jackass is not my hero; he is the CP’s hero.
That’s it alright. ( My “question” was rhetorical ) I like that term “Comfort Patriotism”, and resolve to keep it well honed to better use it against those that bombard me with that shit. First it was was glurge-y email forwards bombarding my inbox, then on to stupid glurge-y memes they bounce off of each other on facebook ( which, though I’m not on, I’m exposed to it here and there ) to finally sucking me down and every which way into the rabbit-hole of baiting and debating in-person.
Comfort Patriotism: so much more effective a term and more wide-ranging than the old “chicken hawk”.
k9befriender: That’s why I said “if I may coin such a term”. Thanks. It literally came to me around 10:00 yesterday morning (Beijing time).
BrickBat: Thanks. I’d not be adverse to you, along with anyone else, spreading it far and wide. Comfort patriots are the worst; they’re just bullies, lazy bullies.
