The whole "you must show a certain type of fealty to the state or we will attack you" lines up pretty well.

My guess is he might object to equating a conflict between ethnic/religious/national groups that involved as acts of terrorism from one side and brutal, lethal repression from the government on the other to the friction between police and the black community, though I couldn’t guess if it’s because that equates the bla…

Great comment, but I think there is a clear parallel between Kaep and McClean’s protests. Much like most police murders of unarmed African-Americans, there has never been any real justice for Bloody Sunday or most other atrocities committed by the Brits in the North. Part of that is the general belief after the GFA…

I dunno it seems to align pretty closely in my mind. He is essentially protesting unjust killings perpetrated by the state. There is certainly a lot more moral complexity with The Troubles from the little i know, but the reasoning is actually pretty similar.

C’mon out of the greys. 

Most definitely. I just said England because the sentence in the referenced article was “Growing up watching football in England, football is distinctly apolitical.” 

That’s okay, at least you’re interesting.

I find the timing more convenient for running in the 2020 presidential race. I think he sees the impending removal of Trump as his prime opportunity to capitalize on the anger this will generate in his rabidly dedicated followers.

Call me a pessimist, but I’m holding off on the dancing.

Much has been written regarding this trial over the preceding months. A lot of these articles have stated the facts as they happened during the trial and reported them as such. Unfortunately this article does not add to the discussion in any shape, form or manner. It is written by someone who is obviously writing from…

Oh absolutely. I feel like this is an attempt to frame it as a “This goes all the way to the top!” type of story since Best is the national team captain. Don’t get me wrong, there are still shitty, misogynist elements in rugby culture, but the idea that Best is somehow implicated in this is kind of far-fetched

I believe there was outcry when Best first appeared at the court right before the Six Nations was about to begin because he would not explain his reasons for being there. He later clarified that he and Henderson were called by the defense as character witnesses and were encouraged to be there to hear the victim’s…

This is all horrific stuff, but as someone who is taking this story in for the first time I found the article’s treatment of Best to be problematic. He’s the lead sentence of the article. But by my reading there’s no allegation he was involved in the sexual act or even part of the despicable messages discussing it.…

Yes and no.

We meet again, you sonuvabitch...

Ahh Flawed_Logic. My mortal enemy...

In my defense, I didn’t think he’d actually listen to me.

Bad luck. If he had hit Chiesa’s scheduled opponent instead, he could only be charged with a pettis crime.

Never take credit for anything the Vikings do. It is the “invade Russia” of sports takes. It sounds like a great idea at the time, but in a few months you’re stuck outside, freezing, and wishing for death.

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It’s all relative.
Is he Brady/Rodgers/Ryan/Brees good? No.
Is he Alex Smith, Flacco, Eli good? Maybe.

His benefit is that he’s proven.
Statistically Cake Keenum may have been the best QB in the league last year and has no demand. Teams have spent years on players like Jameis Winston, Carr, and Bortles, and still don’t…