that was a typo on my part wouldn’t have kids if you have them or have them on the way God Bless.
We’re getting ready to bring one into this fucked up world in December. I’m nervous as fuck.We have 2 weeks till the NFL maybe it blows over by then, if not it has to be the most fucked up year ever. Seems like everyday I wake up, something fucked has happened. can we get a stretch where nothing happens or is this the new normal? Anyone who is having kids or thinking about it, DON’T!
We’re getting ready to bring one into this fucked up world in December. I’m nervous as fuck.
I think either
A. This lasts a few days, one of the players says something like "We can affect change more staying in the buble and using our platform" which is a nice convenient cover so everyone can keep making $ (this isn't even a criticism of NBA players specifically, pretty much all corps that wade into this activism do so in a way that won't affect their pockets too much)
or
B. They cancel the season....This seems unlikely but I don't see a middle ground where they just sit in a hotel for a week taking a week off.
We'll know soon enough
The part that gets me is they will all be back to playing tomorrow or the next day with nothing having really changed.What a bunch of morons. The main people who actually really care if the NBA boycotted or shutdown are the same ones who are with BML issues. If they actually think this will change anybodies mind about the social injustice issues they are some kind of stupid. It might seem like people really, really care because the media, especially ESPN will all back the players stance hardcore (if they didn't they would be scorned and most likely fired) and thats what people will see on TV. But if you go in the real world and just ask average basketball fans, most will say "whatever, screw them". People will not care. They will not gain any fans, they will only lose fans.
They will hurt themselves more then anyone and are too stupid to realize that. If they think not playing is going to change how police handle a situation like this last one they are just dumb. Being police isn't easy, most of the time they will do that they are expected to do. There is judgement involved, occasionally it will go overboard on somebody will die when they shouldn't have. Ten times more blacks get killed every week in every city. So they can't say every life matters because obviously it doesn't to them or they would protest their bigger issues. Police brutality is probably #10 of their biggest issues, so why protest that,
Boycotting because a violent criminal with active warrants who fought with police and who had a knife after all was shot by the police? So the players support criminal behavior I guess. Fuckem. Let someone else support their large salaries.
The part that gets me is they will all be back to playing tomorrow or the next day with nothing having really changed.
I agree with Patsfan in that it's nice to see someone actually doing SOMETHING beyond words - even if I disagree with the premise they are protesting...but it won't matter.
We'll all hear how this is "proof" they "won't take it anymore". But they will not sacrifice anything that really matters to them.
I've always said you are the Woodward and Bernstein of our times even if some of it goes over my head.