There’s a rather sure sign the NFL is getting
its azz whipped by PDJT on the anthem issue.
When you’re losing an argument badly about something stupid that you
said, like America sucks, what do you do? You claim that you never said America
sucks, or that’s not what you meant, even though you said it.
That’s the new argument for the NFL kneelers
and their BS supporters. A protest that
started to call attention to what a racist POS America is, is now not about
America being a POS at all. What is about then? Well…hmm…no one can quite put their finger on
that. If taking a knee during the anthem
is not about the anthem or what a POS America is, then what exactly is the
protest all about?
Pete Carroll explained it best when he couldn’t
explain it at all:
“These
are protests, they’re statements and expressions of freedom of speech that can
be taken however you want to take it.”
Well
that pretty much says it all doesn’t it.
These protests are about whatever you say they are about. If they are about everything then they are
about nothing. If they are about freedom of speech why does the NFL refuse so
many their freedom of speech in other matters from the Dallas Cowboys putting a
sticker on their helmet to support the Dallas police and honor 5 murdered
police officers? This is about the
purest BS anyone can produce, Pete. It’s
right up there with Ivory Soap which we all know is 99 and 44/100th percent
pure. Oh, and for the 10,0th time - NO ONE SAYS THE PLAYERS DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE AZZHOLES.
But Pete
wasn’t done. Trust me. I’m an expert on
this issue. One of the hardest things in
life to do is to just stop talking when you’re trying to explain and justify something
you clearly F-up. Pete continued:
“It’s
hard for everybody to see everybody’s view, because we don’t have the skills
that empathy calls for to understand somebody has something to say, and empathy
would call on us to listen and to not pass judgement. Then whether or not you
want to demonstrate compassion by working to try to help their situation,
that’s what’s at stake right here.”
Huh? WTF?
What does any of that mean? I suppose Pete wants everyone to empathize
with everything anyone might say. To sum
it up, everyone needs to agree with everyone else, or as the late great Rodney
King put it, “Can’t we all just get along?”
Still
trying to explain the unexplainable Pete continued. Which is another golden
rule. If you cannot explain yourself in
fewer words than it took to write War and
Peace, you are probably in a pretty tight box. So Pete had no recourse but just keep on
tlking:
“And (the focus) has
been so directed at just the flag or just law enforcement or other thoughts,
that’s not at all what the players are expressing.”
Okay, now you’re just
being a dumbazz. If it’s not about the
flag, why kneel during the anthem? Why
not kneel during player introductions or the coin flip or the first TV timeout? Besides, Pete, the imbecile who started this
whole thing, Colin Kapernick, is on rcord when he said it was about America
being a racist $h!thle in part because the cop are pigs and that he could not
stand for the symbol of such a BS country.
So, Pete, still in
search of a sane thought, continued:
“They’re expressing
freedom of speech and expression, and they have a lot to say and they’re
skilled at what they want to say and what they stand for.”
If they are so skilled
at what they want to say, Pete, why have all gotten it so wrong? We’re all the dumbazzes I supposes because we
think when a player takes a knee during the Anthem he’s protesting the Anthem
and the country. In keeping with youre,
can’t we all just get along philosophy, I see.
The players kneeling during the Anthem are not protesting the Anthem at
all. No.
They are protesting, umm, they are protesting, hmm, they are protesting…let
me get back to you that, but they are definitely NOT protesting the Anthem, the
flag or the country. Got it?
The freedom speech
part is just an entire fleet of tri-axel dump trucks loaded with Pete Carroll
quality BS.
Sadly, unable to come
with a good argument, Pete continued:
“In that, I’d like to
say too that our players are in a very fortunate situation. It has nothing
to do with how much money they make. They’re in a position where they can speak
out and they can, hopefully, create change and get their points of view out
there that are designed to help people.”
Still no explanation
of what the point actually is if it is not outright disrespect for the Anthem,
flag and country. At this point, were I
doing the interview, I’d shouting at Pete, “What is the F-ing point then, Pete? State it in one easily understood sentence.” Pete, can’t explain it in a book so he
continued:
“This isn’t about the
kind of salaries they make; they’re very fortunate to be where they are and
they know it, and they have the courage to speak out. That’s not being
recognized as much as we would like. It’s more polarized in that.”
Ahh, not to be too
critical, but courage is not the word I’d use for what these azzbags are
doing.
This is real courage. Rethink that one, Pete. It takes zero courage to take a knee and be a
bore during the Anthem in America. Right
now it’s what the players and the entire Lefty Lib cohort expect. But we’re supposed to look at them as courageous
heroes for sitting on their azzes in a free country. They are in fact the least courageous people
in the country right now.
“We understand why
people are upset about it, but it is not about denigration of the flag, the
country or anything that stands for. It’s not about that at all. It’s about
trying to get your feelings out and your ideas across. Protests, just by the
nature of the word, not everybody is going to agree—that’s why it’s a protest. ”
Another classic sign
of not knowing what you’re talking about is returning to a tired Red Herring
argument. We all agree the players have
the right to be as absolutely stupid and disrespectful as they want. And no, I don’t think you do “understand why
people are upset about it.” If you did, you’d apologize and say something along
the lines of, the Anthem is NOT the time to protest anything.
And what do you mean not
everybody is going to agree? Aren’t we
all supposed to agree with everything?
I gotta go. Pete
rambled on in search of something meaningful to say but could only come up with
platitudes:
“I think it’s
extraordinary that this is happening and I think it’s a moment that we all can
learn what we want to learn out of this, but I hope we learn about empathy, to
listen, to come to an understanding of what someone else feels without passing
judgement. It doesn’t mean you’re going to agree. That’s OK. That’s OK.
Hopefully, like I said, the compassion part will come about in the proper
manner, and there will be action taken and there will be movement made, and
we’ll come to an understanding. It’s hard. It’s hard, but it’s good.”
I’m not so sure you’ll think it’s “extraordinary”
when the league is in ruins. I’ve already
come to an understanding. I understand
the league is full of anti-American azzbags that can go to hell.
I congratulate Coach Carroll. You had nothing to say but took 10,000 words
to say it. Professor Irwin Corey could not have said it better.