Quote (Black XistenZ @ 6 Jun 2018 04:30)
the question whether voters will see trump as a figure who's credible in his support of and respect for the troops is different from the question whether they will side with the troops/patriotism or with minority millionaires who tell them to "check their privilege".
those nba, nfl, mlb, nhl players work hard, sure, but most people do. the reason why they are millionaires is that they got lucky in the genetic lottery and grew up to be freakishly tall (nba) or absurdly sturdy (nfl). and those non-white millionaires who turned their genetic luck into money are now telling their white working class viewers, who often times had to work 30 hours or more at minimum wage to afford coming to the stadium, about how privileged they are for being white and that skin color is they main divide in america, not rich_vs_poor.
strawmanning hard there, just like your emperor. nobody is protesting against 'white working class viewers', just like nobody is protesting 'soldiers' or 'america' in general, or whatever the dishonest right tries to make this about. no, they were protesting police brutality, particularly but not exclusively the kind that's racially motivated.
just because you guys don't even want to acknowledge that it exists, does not mean you can pretend it's about 'patriotism, veterans, working class americans' or whatever bs you're trying to hide behind...
i agree about one thing though, you correctly identified that the real divide should not be about race. it is though - but that's not the fault of some athletes trying to raise awareness for social problems. it's the politicians and the companies and individuals that own them, that managed to corrupt america to a point where they basically write their own laws. they fuel it, because as long as poor people fight amongst each other, as long as the 'lazy mexicans, violent blacks, privileged whites' are given enough reasons to hate one another, they don't really question if they, at the end of the day, aren't all fighting the same fight, being exploited by the elites who get to make policies that mostly benefit them while pointing their fingers at the flavour of the day minority, making them responsible for the other poor ppl's misery. meanwhile tose in charge get the lion share of tax breaks; they get healthcare; they can determine that a couple of trillions spent on fighting 'against terror and for democracy' in the middle east, feeding the mighty MIC, is reasonable - but free college education unfortunately just unaffordable (and 'socialist' anyway - which is basically 'communist', and we all know communists are evil, that's how easy the world can be); why deregulating banks and privatising profits in general is ok, but bailouts have to be paid for by everyone, losses have to be socialised; why wages just can't be any higher even though productivity and profits are constantly increasing...
no, the REAL problem are "
those unpatriotic 'sons of bitches', daring to kneel during the national anthem", says the billionaire draft and tax dodger who attacks war heroes and gold star families. "
we can't have that, they are a shame for america." and his followers uncritically agree: "
how dare they attack white people and the country i love? DURKA DUR!". pawns...
This post was edited by fender on Jun 6 2018 11:33pm