As there’s nothing that comapres to a World Series game 7, it just occurred to me that tonight is the first time in my life I’ve ever rooted for the Dodgers to win. It’s literally the only scenario in which I would ever root for them. It’s almost like someone has asked me “trick or treat”, and I’ve been tricked into…

Being against racism is not a political statement. Racists want it to be because if it then there can be “a differing of opinions.”

Being against Fascism is a political statement, but hardly one that anyone will come down on the other side of and be taken seriously.

BS - MLS allows political speech and signs at games all the time. Heck, playing the national anthem is basically political speech. We seen anti-racism banners in stadiums all of the time. We had banners in explicit support of same-sex marriage. We have people waiving separatist flags. Political stuff at soccer games…

It’s like the cops in Vancouver don’t understand the First Amendment.

Fair point, although I feel like this is different because it’s not an action that occurred during gameplay that affected the outcome or injured another player. I don’t think that we’ll see the clip rolled out or the incident discussed much if the Dodgers lose the series now. But I think if he had been suspended for…

I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, at least its an ethos.

#allprinciplesmatter

You forgot the cherished principal of “we’ll decide what your protest is actually about and then denouce the thing you’re not actually doing”

a ‘do your own thing’ mentality 

Yup. That’s what we want. People putting principles before profits. Any principles. Doesn’t matter what the principles are. Liberalism is the idea that any and all principles are equally good and valid. Religious Intolerance, Racial Supremacy, Misogyny, the principle of Profits being more important than…

Who are “you guys” in this scenario?

Considering the Marge Schott connection in your fandom, this will be no surprise to a careful reader.

Imagine having your team winning one of the most exciting World Series games and your first comment is to call out Culberson for having fun at a World Series game. Keuchel is a little bitch!

Excuse me award winning female football sports reporter, do you think you have the wherewithal to cover male sports?

Cam Newton is still an asshole.

It’s more like, why am I here, doing this dog and pony show? Fuck this.

Oh, shit! You don’t know what “petty” means, do you?

Here you go: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/politics/trump-denali-mt-mckinley/index.html

There’s a reasonable explanation for all of this (you’ll kick yourself for not thinking about it). The mob is influencing these games. See everybody is betting on the Golden Knights to lose, so what they’re doing is paying the players under the table to win and then betting against the crowd. The perfect crime.

Yeah I’ve been replaying some shitty behavior in my 20s in my mind. I was pushy at times. I never ignored a hard no, but I did try to get people to change minds, stuff like that. I feel a little sick thinking about it, and I wish I knew then what I know now.