The Uncivil Race War: About to Explode, Only A Matter of Time Now

We are going to have a violent race war in this country.

It is only a matter of time.

And I do believe that the burgeoning non-civility in sports between Black and White is going to be a start of it, if not THE start of it.

Our Feer-less Lee-dah, President Oompa-Loompa GrabHerInThePussy, bloviated this from his backside today:

ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2017

Ummm, hi, moron...

ESPN has been shedding viewers and subscribees for quite a while now.

Don't get me wrong.  There are a lot of conservatives who believe (and have stated on the Web), in the last number of months,that, since ESPN has not called for the outright execution of Colin Kaepernick and anyone else who does not respect the country, the flag, and the troops who defend the freedoms of those with legitimate use, that they are going over to FOX (Sports).

Yes, in searching, I see a metric shitton of posts claiming it's a liberal bend that's doing it -- it's not.

Huffington Post, December 1, 2016.  Over a million lost in the previous two months.  7 million more lost in 2011-2015.

Business Insider, March 7, 2017.  Total now up to 12 million lost (and this is less than a month into Piece of the Ultimate Shit-head's term.).
The reality is is that the network, in search of money to pay the rights fees, is stiffing everybody in it's path.

Research indicates that the ESPN family of networks costs every cable bill over NINE DOLLARS, double the cost of all other sports networks with at least 50% cable or satellite penetration. 

ALL OF THEM.

THAT, YOU PIECE OF SHIT, IS WHY PEOPLE ARE SHEDDING ESPN!

And you forget that, until recently, they employed right-wing bigot Curt Schilling, and were all over themselves to condemn the likes of Michael Sam out of football and Jason Collins...

I get it, you right-wing fucktards:  Anyone who doesn't bow to your White Straight Male Rich Christian America needs to go.

And if you don't think this Jemele Hill situation isn't about to start something, Deadspin has something to show you on that question.

Deadspin has acquired the ability to view a private ESPN employees-only message board. 

What they found isn't pretty, and portends a civil war that could endanger the immediate future of the ESPN family of networks on a going-concern level.

This is said with the backdrop that Jemele Hill has been the host of the flagship 6 PM SportsCenter.  And, apparently, after Donald Trump's press secretary shit out a demand to see Hill fired (and probably killed) for insulting Our Benevolent Leader, ESPN was trying to replace Hill, at least for the one night.

Deadspin reported the next day -- that didn't go well.

Michael Smith is her cohost -- also African-American.  He was going to walk if Hill was replaced.

Michael Eaves and Elle Duncan (both also African-American) were also reported approached to go on in both of their places -- and both refused!

Later, it was revealed other White hosts were also approached, who refused.

Keep this all in mind as I give you a quick Cliff Notes of the internal discussions Deadspin found within ESPN (you can find more out at the above-linked article on the message board -- Deadspin retracted all identifying information):

• It starts with a September 13, 7:08 PM post demanding Hill be fired -- stating that ESPN had suspended or fired parties for a lot less than that.  (Not realizing that the fact that what Jemele Hill has said is the indisputable truth without much dispute to anyone with an IQ higher than six.)  It's clear, with the Kathy Griffin card being played, that this is a Republican.
• 8:14 AM the next morning, another ESPN employee responds to this, effectively calling out the original poster for being a Republican.
• Four hours later, another ESPN employee is far less polite, getting almost USENET-level on the idiot's ass.
• In another subthread, at about 3 in the morning on the 14th (eight hours after the original post demanding Hill be fired), quotes both the fact that materials from outside-ESPN-social-media are subject to ESPN policy, and the direct ESPN policy on the question of conduct.  It's clear this person also seeks Hill's termination.
• Six hours later, a different ESPN employee states he's not sure what business interest actually has the (current) President qualify under the ESPN Standards of Conduct.  He'd have been more than happy with a disclaimer stating that Hill's views were her own and done on personal time and social media space, and it left at that.
• The same employee almost going USENET-level responded three hours after that with that the person who wanted the disclaimer said it well, and that person should've written the public-relations response.
• 10:19 AM on the 14th.  Another employee appears to want to see Hill gone, stating reference to a racial slur in an article about Jeremy Lin getting at least two ESPN staffers fired, and feeling it inconsistent (and, again, forgetting that what Hill has said is 100% TRUE!!) that ESPN is still employing her.
• 5:15 PM on the 14th.  Yet another employee references the firings of Hank Williams Jr. and Curt Schilling for their bigoted views, questioning whether they were speaking for ESPN.  (I think Hank was, at the least, hoping to.  I don't know about Schilling -- I can't put my head that far up my ass.)
• Back to 10:35 AM, someone who had made a comment about that time that none of this was easy for the company made a statement vis-a-vis a concern that many viewers and ex-viewers have with ESPN:  That they now MAKE the news, rather than report it.
• The person who went USENET on the original poster said the same can apply to the current President.
• By 11:50, the commenter on the making news vs. reporting it stated that, since ESPN was that much a part of American culture, they were held to a higher standard and people would like to see them taken down a peg.

It's getting ugly, people.  For just ESPN and just this thread, I see at least four people who demand Hill be fired.

It's getting BEYOND ugly.

We are going to have a violent incident (and, if my guess is correct, I'd put the over-under at either this weekend or next) that is Anthem/America-related.  Is it going to be on the field?  Is it going to be in the stands?  Is it going to be somewhere like ESPN??

If you don't believe me, check Twitter and type into the search line "NFL Boycott" -- and prepare to get hit from BOTH ENDS.

This DOES NOT end cleanly -- for ESPN or this country at large.