* What Trump is doing is the only way to fight the Culture War — being unapologetic, up front, in their faces, not cowed by the media.
The professional athletes themselves are just cat’s paws of the media. The media lifts up and shines a spotlight on ignoramuses like Kaepernick who mouth their talking points.
The NFL is just another front in the war of the Jewish-Media Industrial Complex on white gentiles and the historic American nation.
* The NFL – for better or worse (worse) – is the United States’ de facto religion. This is really, really important. Conservatives for 60 years have avoided truly engaging in the culture wars as the Left fights it. This is why Trump was elected.
* By speaking out on issues that can raise his popularity and demonstrating how unhinged the leftist really are he makes it possible to take a hard stand against their sacred cows, like DACA.
They. Must. Go. Back! And the God Emperor Trump is the person who can do it!
* Sportsball is the opiate of the masses. If Trump can manage to wake the plebs that’ll be a hell of a coup.
* In our diverse society which has been purging all historic, civic & cultural stories heroes from Columbus to to Shakespeare to Beethoven to Jefferson and even Watson & Crick for being hopelessly sinful and irrelevant stale palewhitemales, there remains no common denominator except the cash nexus and this commercial sports spectacle distilled of genuine meaning or loyalty.
Even though it was decided some generations ago to destroy our people’s unity by purging our idols and myths and by dividing then into toxic tribalism, it’s now apparent that those efforts have been so successful that significant numbers of fellow citizens no longer identify with our people and institutions and view themselves apart from them much as an occupied people might view an oppressive conquering power. Perversely enforcing a phony unity over this sports spectacle may do more harm than good. Perhaps it would be constructive to let America’s divided tribes express their hate and rivalries for each other in a less destructive forum… with the well-paid professional gladiators being their proxies. Instead of real world violence, let a team of black power athletes stand for whatever ideals & anthem they do believe in and let them compete with dignity and honesty. Sure many Americans will boo and hiss, but these black separatists have been booing and hissing the American establishment for generations now. Might as well get it out in the open. Upside for the NFL…? Better ratings than ever. Inject a little potent identity politics into the game but keep it respectful and sportsmanlike to show that there’s still humanity there. Isn’t this exactly the kind of chauvinistic drama that makes the Olympics even though people don’t have much clue about the athletics? Also consider the appeal of contrived drama & rivalries that makes professional wrestling evidently such compelling entertainment. Add the emotion of identity politics to sportsball and it would make it meaningful and relevant again after all.
* I see this as more of Trump’s Strange New Luck.
Look, the guy is right on both the substance and the politics of this.
In how many other settings would it be considered OK for someone to push very controversial politics in a business setting, and especially in the face of customers many of whom might vehemently disagree? At McDonalds? At Macy’s? When selling life insurance? Where would this be tolerated?
And I think a good majority of Americans will agree with him on this, and many of them very strongly — which is the politics of it.
As for whether it’s just a “distraction”, I just don’t think that understands the man. Trump does and says what he does and says when and where he does and says it because at that moment in time it’s what he is thinking and feeling.
DACA will end up however it will end up, independent of this issue.
Trump can walk and chew gum, or walk and not chew gum, depending on his inclination.
