I've changed my mindset and I'm coming back
 

I'll keep this short but decided to post since it's a slow time of year - I'll be back as a Saints fan for 2018 and beyond. Last year I wrote my blog, and while I stand by what I wrote, I've had a change in mindset and approach. I came to the realization that being anywhere near political issues, no matter which 'side' I land on, makes me feel miserable. I'm going back to not voting, not caring and being apolitical again as I did early in my adult life. Have not and will not be looking at the Political forum section from here on out.



Politics is a zero-sum game, and I pull for the Saints for entertainment and a bit of inspiration. Going to ignore all the political melodrama this year and focus in on what happens between the whistles. That said, I'm still quite unlikely to put any money into Saints viewership or merch until Goodell is washing dishes at a Shoney's somewhere.

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Welcome back into the fold, my friend!

Who Dat!

19-0 Baby!

:bng:

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Welcome back. I wish you’d reconsider not voting, but politics will drain your brain without a doubt.

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Welcome back, although my political views are differ from some and they're no way to open people eyes to my liberal and humane point of views ,,,,some issues, I try to stick with saints topics till it go far too the conservative that I feel it is offensive. I am sure the topic of football will continue to become more political with the new policy, maybe it won't! Still I am glad to see you back for our 2nd super bowl Lombardi run

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19-0 Baby!

:bng:

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I can eat an ice cream cone in 5 seconds flat!

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Brain freeze?

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Welcome back. I think everyone in the sports world is starting to realize that sports and politics go together like oil and water. I am ready to get back to some football and not all the other bs.

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Welcome back!

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/082009/124...ng-in-pool.gif

This girl should have changed her mindset too.

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Here's a thought................let's just talk football!:p

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Just stay out of the lower Poli-Sci basement of this Board.
You'll be alright...... I know I will.....

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Welcome back. Thought I'd let you know that clown, Saintfan, is still here. So you might want to reconsider coming back. And if you figure out where to hide from him...let me know. Lol.

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Neugy one other thing you may have overlooked:


"You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave"

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This is what TV does to Trump supporters.

I don't care if the NFL players don't stand. Just beat the crap out of each other. :doh:

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You know you wanted to see that again.

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My motto when it comes to politics...

Ignorance is bliss. If it does not directly affect my inner circle, I'm just not interested. I'm only interested in going to work in the morning, collecting my check, and putting food on the table for my family. It's a very simple mindset that works for me. No point in getting worked up over something you really have no control over.

Welcome back.

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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from Black & Gold- Thomas Jefferson

I paraphrased a little

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That's kinda' how I remembered that old saying going.:lolup:

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Welcome back and I was just joking about the ice cream cone, it was 4.50 seconds and yes AG my brain was frozen like a block of ice in my brain. What did he just say?

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If only the players would protest on their own dime and time.

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welcome back Noog.

My first Saints board was Site-X, which dripped with politics.
I could not figure out why the atmosphere was so intensely
nasty there--so full of hate, and later I figured it out.

1. The most prominent
posters were extremists, never mind which side.

2. Most of the prominent, loud voices there were mama's basement
caliber nerds. I was a bit stung, because they said things there to me
that no Falcons fan ever said, until I realized, these were people
who had been picked on in school, and apparently figured me to be a "Jock."

--- I sat out 2017, myself, and I still stand by that decision.

I came back for my friends. I've accumulated a large group of friends, who root with me, 30 years, after my initial Saints fandom in the shadow of NWLA, where I thought I was the only Saints fan in Louisiana.

Football used to be my LIFE.

I came back for New Orleans.

The players? meh. they come and go. I used to be a HUGE player apologist. I still hate it when people hate a player for being injured. Should people hate you, if you get in a car wreck? And I rose up when someone hated on players for their money.

I think its indictitive of my historic love of players, that it took me a cold shower of facts, to allow myself to believe that OJ Simpson could ever do anything wrong.

I dont know. Maybe we'll have a club of old NFL fans, the way the Baltimore Colts still had a fan club, after they moved to Indy. But these guys, including many of you are my friends... not just on the internet... I know a dozen or so posters here in Real Life-- We've had numerous get togethers, and Ive been as insane as any Saints fan. I was one notch in my fandom, below a costumed stadium character, who dances in the aisles. The change in that should be a case study in marketing and public relations. I know I'm not alone.

Now? I honestly dont know if I'll ever Love the players, the way I used to. At this point, I dont trust them. I'm certainly not going to put myself in debt to support them, the way I used to. I didnt leave these guys. They left me.

I'm also not going to give the NFL, itself any money via merchandise, etc.

For now, I"m back, because I was a Saints fan, before these protesting players were born. I was a New Orleans fan, before any of this, and I Love Louisiana, and if something makes people in Louisiana happy, I'm for it. I'll root for the colors, I guess. I'll root for the team, I guess.

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I'm gonna make a principled stand!

Gonna boycott sumthin!

This is boring and no one cares.

I'm gonna submit a lengthy post about basically nothing to try and draw attention to myself when no one noticed or cared in the first place.

Mission accomplished!

I love the Saints, so that makes it all good.

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Peredone?
dont talk sideways.
If thats directed at me, lets hear your grievance, Ese.

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Not you.
I didn't even read your post.

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Black and Gold SuperBowl!!!!

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(say this like the drivers license office lady) mmmm. hmm.
Good. I didnt think so.
Cuz that would be S.R.-snitty-14-yr-old-girl stuff.
Glad we dont have that.