Post by midcan5 on Feb 3, 2017 7:29:56 GMT -5
While this piece could be in the politics section it speaks to an area that rarely gets coverage, the intersection of sports and politics. A man in church with his daughter thinking wtf is going on today in America. Sports is the new religion in America, the enormous flag and the bowing of heads, and the children on the playing fields during and after school. A new worship that includes multiple media channels and 24 hour service. Language warning for the squeamish.
"I promise you I wanna stick to sports, but I seem to lack that superpower at the moment. Right now, all I get are little breaks in the cloud cover, a precious few moments where I find myself preoccupied with some other sh-it before remembering, “Oh yeah, this guy is running rampant through the corridors of power.” They’re gonna play that anthem and I’m not gonna feel all groovy and hopeful inside. I’m gonna just be reminded of the 60 million or so Americans who voted for Trump and think “America” means them and no one else."
"I’m gonna make chili and drink as much beer as my gut can hold and tweet out limp jokes about !!! ads. I am ready to plunge headlong into the business of supreme gluttony. I am ready to be ready for some football."
deadspin.com/the-darkest-super-bowl-1791885899
"I promise you I wanna stick to sports, but I seem to lack that superpower at the moment. Right now, all I get are little breaks in the cloud cover, a precious few moments where I find myself preoccupied with some other sh-it before remembering, “Oh yeah, this guy is running rampant through the corridors of power.” They’re gonna play that anthem and I’m not gonna feel all groovy and hopeful inside. I’m gonna just be reminded of the 60 million or so Americans who voted for Trump and think “America” means them and no one else."
"I’m gonna make chili and drink as much beer as my gut can hold and tweet out limp jokes about !!! ads. I am ready to plunge headlong into the business of supreme gluttony. I am ready to be ready for some football."
deadspin.com/the-darkest-super-bowl-1791885899