The exploitation of professional sports by the powerful is most evident in the hyperpatriotism that saturates almost every major sporting event. The aftermath of 9/11 has seen professional sports, particularly the National Football League and Major League Baseball, co-opted to promote a culture of war under the guise of patriotism and “supporting the troops." The military is more visible than ever in professional sports with fighter jet flyovers that follow the national anthem, the NFL’s military recruitment stations at preseason games, and soldiers returned from war surprising their families for all to see.Remember, these pricks all use your tax dollars to commit class warfare against you. We'd advise burning their fucking stadia down, but of course they'd just glom onto more of your tax dollars to rebuild the dumps.
Teams that especially suck, whose owners are fascist &/or religious scum:
The Orlando Magic; L.A.'s Lakers & Kings; Philly's Flyers & 76ers; The Arizona Diamondbacks; The San Diego Chargers; The Colorado Rockies.
As expanded upon at AlterNet.
the NFL’s military recruitment stations at preseason games
ReplyDeleteThis is actually surprising- I thought recruiters only went after the kids whose families can't afford tickets to the games.
No Military Sex! Editor:
ReplyDeleteThey sure do here. Plenty of recruiting at lower-income, mostly Hispanic high schools.
We'll guess they're hoping for temporarily testosterone-goofy types at games.
Are we not men?
ReplyDeleteWe are DeVos!
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Spam Editor:
ReplyDeleteEat our fuck, marty!
Can you imagine that anyone would care what happens in Oklahoma? Hell, does anything happen in Oklahoma?
OK Sucks Editor:
ReplyDeleteAnd that sick fuck marty almost made us miss Mr. 32®©'s excellent play on words.
Die, marty, die!