Football is back for the Big 10. Of course the Big Orange Bad Man wasted no time in claiming another victory for his side. “It was my great honor to help.” Ugh.
Random thoughts.
In other football news … the Pittsburgh Steelers made a choice to put Antwon Rose on their helmets this season. He was involved in a drive-by shooting. I thought maybe he was the innocent victim of a drive-by and the Steelers were making a statement about senseless gun violence. But, he was actually identified by the victim as the SHOOTER in the drive-by. Unfortunately he was killed as he tried to run from the police, after committing a felony. So he’s on the helmets for the season. One player, Villanueva, covered up Rose’s name and wrote the name of Alwyn Cashe over it. Alwyn Cashe is a black military hero who lost his life while trying to save the lives of others and was posthumously given the Silver Star. How does that fit the current narrative? What was Villanueva thinking? Last year when he stood for the national anthem, he ended the season with one of the top selling jerseys in the league and then DONATED his portion to charities in cities in the AFC. Here he goes again, doing things anti the rest of the team. Makes no sense. Alwyn Cashe? He’s a total no-name. Crazy….
Minneapolis is putting up a statue of a man who stuck a gun in a woman’s belly while he and his friends robbed her. I think a man convicted of felony child cruelty and domestic abuse is getting his own special day in Atlanta. The NBA boycotted games to support an alleged rapist. The Saints wore his name on their helmets. I would think the NFL has enough alleged rapist’s names on the back of their jerseys across the NFL that they could probably pick someone else or something else. But what do I know? At least the #metoo movement seems to be officially over.
And a side note… we had to seriously reprimand one of my speech writers yesterday. I can read a teleprompter. When the teleprompter says “Harris-Biden” administration, that’s what I say. It’s bad enough that that is what my staff says constantly behind the scenes like I’m not even a factor – but then to “accidentally” write it that way in a speech… that has to be a no no. And the same day, Harris calls it “her administration” —- is there something they know that I don’t?
Come on, man.
“I would think the NFL has enough alleged rapist’s names on the back of their jerseys across the NFL that they could probably pick someone else or something else. But what do I know?”
Lol!!!
I was bit too busy yesterday to respond immediately to this racist drivel, but I know what I’d like to say now:
I think Jacob Blake’s shooting and the other incidents of police brutality that you bring up bring to light components of BLM that are essential for the movement’s overall goals. In the case of Jacob Blake, this is a man who had warrants out for his arrest, an arrest record, and allegedly, a knife in his car. Even so, it is an American duty to fight for his right to due process and his right to not be executed by the police regardless of these facts, and if you don’t want to take on this fight because he was a “bad apple”, then I’m sorry, but you are clearly expressing your stance against racial equality, and you are probably a racist. Because Black Lives Matter, in my opinion – albeit, being non-black – is not about the next sweet, innocent martyr you want to use as your poster person; it is not simply about finding another autistic man who plays the violin for kittens, or dad who was about to attend his daughter’s birthday. It is not “Good” Black Lives Matter; it is ALL Black Lives Matter. If you do not include criminals or those you perceive as “thugs” in your movement for racial equality and against police brutality, you are fighting the wrong fight. A human is a human, regardless of “oh, but they aggressed,” “but they shouldn’t have run,” or “but they committed a crime.”
Jacob Blake did not attack the officers with his knife. Jacob Blake pleaded not guilty to his alleged third-degree sexual assault. He has the right to due process. He has the right to not be shot seven fucking times.
You call out for “Law and Order” when people of color take to the streets to peacefully protest for their right to live. Yet where are these pleas when police officers unlawfully take upon themselves the role of judge, jury, and executioner? The double standards are obvious, and your silence is deafening. You are a racist.