Featured Discussion Saints vs. Buccaneers Game Day Thread

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Originally Posted by TheOak

There is no upturned nose brother. I am very pragmatic even to the point that its none of my business whether you visit B&G or why. I am glad that you do because without people coming here it would be extremely quiet. I don't have an issue with people not watching the NFL, again not my business.

None of the above is my business. Until it gets stuck in front of my face repeatedly and starts showing up in conversations that have nothing to do with that topic. At that point is it s distraction.

I view a person telling what they will do (without being asked) in two ways.. its a threat of action or virtue signaling. I am also cognizant that some people require validation which is a 'whole nother' discussion in it self.

When I pointed out that protesting a protest is effectively repeating unfavorable behavior some people got butt hurt and followed with more unfavorable behavior... none of it made my statement inaccurate just showed how much they were emotionally invested in laying next to a child in Walmart and screaming in chorus. The goal was that at least one person would read it and think '**** he is right, and watch the games'...


Here is a question to ponder. You have 8 children, send me birthday party invites to all of their birthdays. How many times do I have to show up and start exclaiming how much I hate birthday parties just before the candles are blown out before you look at me and ask "then why in the fk are you here"? If I did that it would look like I was just showing up to ruin someone else's day would it not?

Now lets talk about your definition of 'adult interaction' with an emphasis on adult LOL

Hey I can agree with you that some folks go too far with it. Even I roll my eyes a bit when the subject gets brought up on an unrelated thread, which is why I stay out of it for the most part. It so happens that its something that people tend to have very strong feelings about, one way or the other. All it takes is one spark, one person bringing it up and suddenly its another wildfire. Unfortunate, but its a symptom of the times we live in.

To reiterate, I don't view what I'm doing as a protest. My interest in watching the games is simply gone. Its not gone because of the "protests." When all this crap started a few years ago I found it annoying, but i thought to myself - oh well, I already knew before this that most of these guys probably held political views that i don't agree with. And that those beliefs encourage people to separate themselves from objective truth in favor of how they "feel" about something. No big deal - and I kept watching. Whats happening now isn't a protest. Its crusading for a cause that is rooted in feelings, not facts. Its a false narrative being spewed by the players, the league and the media in unison, and anyone who dares to disagree or bring up the cold hard truth gets labeled as "the problem." I don't know about you, but this whole trial by public opinion thing makes me very uncomfortable and very sad for the future of our country. I think most of the people who aren't watching anymore understand this and simply can't put up with it. People aren't protesting a protest, they're refusing to put up with nonsense, which is what aaaaalllllll of this social justice BLM stuff is.

Clever analogy, but this place doesn't require an invite. This is a public forum that anyone is free to join and discuss pretty much whatever they feel like discussing. I will once again agree with you that it gets out of hand, but there are folks on both sides of this thing who "show up just to ruin someone's day." It is what it is.

And there you go with the condescension again. You essentially ended an otherwise well thought out response with "I don't agree with you, so you're childish." Are we in grade school here? Do you not notice the 3 fingers pointed back at you when you point the finger at me? C'mon man, you can do better than that.