The Path To Revolution
The perfect dramatic symbolism in the form of kneeling during the National Anthem has swept the nation.It has struck home quicker and more powerfully than any slogan with the possible exception of "Let's Make America Great, Again." Can it be that this will translate into the first step toward revolution? Its swift embrace by the left and its obviously dramatic presentation divides the country as quickly as a hot knife slicing through a pound of oleo.Is this finally the rallying point?It's going to be an interesting winter sports season.
Come to think of it so is the ignorance of the useful idiots who would destroy the individual for the collective good even though they couldn't
narrate what it is. For the protesting players Maybe they should think about why they don't play in the VFL Venezuelan Football League or the CFL for Fidel's backward country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgBAB...
Now, the lefties are lying and saying that this "Take A Knee" action at sporting events is a 1st Amendment rights issue and that is why every sports team is now doing this disrespectful action. They only cite the Constitution when it fits their narrative. Otherwise, they despise it as evidenced by left-wing colleges (a majority of colleges) putting a stop by intimidation of right-wing speakers. There's a rule in the NFL that the players must stand for the anthem. Private business can regulate behavior. The NFL has been infected by Leftie disease and cowardliness. The fact that by and large, the American people are offended makes the arrogant left very happy. The American people did not forget who started this, what he stated his reasoning was, nor this "cute" display of cops as pigs on his socks.
So, to the left, what is the end game? Well, they hate business, especially businesses that "regular" people enjoy, so destroying football overall is one goal. Barring that, the other goal is to have all displays of patriotism removed from games. They would also stop 4th of July celebrations, parades, and other flag-waving events if they could. But, they'll start with this, and they WILL continue this effort until they win.
Looking forward to the knee jerk responses to this post. I will defend the USA but not as a slave in a draft, but as an underground resistance fighter on my terms. I am unable to take orders. I guess that makes me unpatriotic by contemporary standards.
I find the recent brouhaha of the anthem and flag more than mildly nauseating, because of the disrespect it shows to those of us who defend the country, locally, like police, and globally, like the military.
Of course, the goal is not dialog or discussion or debate; it is the destruction of the country as it was created. Flawed, though it is, it is still the best thing to happen to the world. A place where capitalism thrives (or did) and people can deal with each other as equals through trade, not as adversaries with violence. BLM, Antifa, the KKK, and other collectivist groups, like the New York Times and the MSM are different sides of the same coin. They feed off one another and leave nothing but destruction in their path. At 74, I'm not likely to see the end of the road we're traveling, but it doesn't look good. We are turning into the Peoples States of America, just another failed experiment in socialism. Because of what we have created in the past, it will take a long time for the other collectivist states of the world to pick our bones, but when the light goes out here, it will be the last light to go out in the world. Atlas Shrugged is a mere glimpse of the dystopian world we are likely headed for. I do hope that there are Galts out there to rebuild after the fall. If not, the new Dark Ages will make the last one look like a night in jail.
On 2nd thought, don't bother, you've already got it.
https://www.amazon.com/Respect-soldie...
Hm! That would still be an awful lot.
Bad idea. Never mind.
And so the allosaur wandered on through the jungle, trying to come up with a new way of getting into trouble.
BTW, I find the headline stupid. No one, even the Brits who kill each other over soccer games, is going to start a revolution over sports or behavior at sports games.
Or are we?
The one thing I look at is that these riots are only happening in the big cities where people get easily disconnected from reality - and food. If they do turn into major disturbances, they'll die out in a month when nobody has anything to eat because the trucks aren't bringing food in.
Sports was supposed to be fun and a chance to get behind teams and root for them. Now it has become a big money thing with entitled players making stupid demands, and the NFL setting restrictions on players (like they cant wear BEATS headphones because Bose supports NFL).
http://marginalrevolution.com/margina...
There is no real difference today between the Democrat party and the Communist Party of the USA. Both seek the destruction of individual freedom and our capitalist economy.
The Republicans are the gang who can't shoot straight, blundering about like Keystone Cops, or maybe it's all shadow play to help the Democrats succeed in their goals. In any event, between the GOP purists who insist the elephant must be eaten in one gulp or not at all, and the RINOs who whine about bipartisanship in the face of an implacable enemy, we are being poorly served and will be handed over to the will of the left, even though they are a minority.
Maybe the NFL will shoot themselves in the foot. These useful idiots don't appreciate their good fortune, and deserve to lose it. They're destroying themselves serving a left that sees them as a tool to bludgeon American pride, self respect, and patriotism, and nothing else.
If I had the resources I'd put money into arena football as an alternative. I haven't watched an NFL game in 30 years, preferring college football as much more interesting.
However, in complete agreement.
I'm so old that when bikinis first came out, I said "Women will never wear those to the beach." Happily - I was wrong.
I keep forgetting to stop using such archaic terms. But it might cause some of the younger Gulchers (anyone under 65) to look some stuff up.
This is true, but I don't think it makes a revolution. I predict in one year, most people will hardly remember any of this. The reason I say that is there are no revolutionary ideas in play. I woukd be shocked if it merits mention in American history books, like the other dramatically - presented photos, protests, or art.
There is decent chance I'll be wrong. We need to check back in a year.