Tuesday, September 26, 2017

The Uncivil Race War: Tuesday Developments

(BLOGGER'S NOTE:  This is going to cause a backup, especially with developments elsewhere and the like.  However, my anonymous friend came up with a wonderful idea:  To put all on the blog on hold, except for the National Anthem Protest stuff, for one week or so (until Saturday), as well as associated situations such as the ratings and the like, in recognition of the importance of this issue in our nation, and this overgrown four year old man-child masquerading as our President.)

So, with that:
  • Trump is still farting out his ass, actually saying that those protesting the protestors are actually giving "Great Anger."
YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!!!!!!

Here, maybe I need to go into full IDGAF Mode again.

When THIS KIND OF STUFF IS HAPPENING IN OUR TERRITORIES:
And we have to listen to this alleged "President" fart out his ass about this shit, there's only one conclusion:  He wants violent protest against the NFL, and violent protest about all of us who believe in the concept of human rights.

But since he's too important to be actionable, he gets to red-meat his 60 million followers.

Yeah, this is going to end well.
  • Patriots fans booed and ordered their players to stand up during their protests on Sunday, as Tom Brady continues to support the protestors.
  • When the Baltimore Ravens took part in the protests this weekend, Ray Lewis joined them.
  • The Los Angeles Sparks left the floor for the National Anthem for Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.  The Minnesota Lynx, their opponents, stayed but locked arms.  (USA Today)
  • Alejandro Villanueva, the Pittsburgh Steeler (and former Army Ranger) who was the lone Steeler visible near the tunnel standing for the National Anthem as the team had left the field, now regrets the gesture.  Right-wing Crackers scooped up Villanueva jerseys and made him the top-selling NFL jersey since that.  Villanueva since regrets the gesture, because the Steelers had called for a 100% response from the team. (Deadspin)
  • According to sources:  On the other side of the ledger, and for the first time in history, DirecTV will refund anyone who wants to cancel NFL Sunday Ticket as a protest of the protestors. (ESPN)
And now to one of the larger aspects of this story, the NFL ratings for the week, from Sports Media Watch:
  • CBS' doubleheader had mixed results this week.  The national game, Packers-Bengals in 80% of the country, lost only about 3% of the ratings.  The regional game, however, gained 5% ratings, 10% viewers.
  • The NBC Sunday nighter did lose 14-15% -- Oakland-Washington didn't draw that many viewers.
  • The FOX single game was down 16%.
And why would this breakdown happen?

Well, someone has decided to take a look at the protests and ask America what they felt about them.

A Free Speech and Tolerance Survey took the pulse of America (by the Cato Institute), based on their feelings of the National Anthem protests.  Some of the findings were published in USA Today and Yahoo!.  2300 were surveyed.
  • 61%, three out of five, oppose firing players who make such a political statement with the National Anthem.
  • 38% support, meaning basically no "on-the-fence" on this one.
  • Politically, it breaks down about how you'd expect:  65% of Republicans believe they should be fired, 35% of independents, 19% of Democrats.
  • The more educated you are, the less you support the firings.
  • The older you are, the MORE you support Trump's position.
  • The smaller your hometown or the like is, the more you support firing the protesting players.
  • And Blacks do not support it (only 12% say they did), about 40% of Whites and Hispanics do.
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