TIME FOR A RANT
by Jim Stone
I am tired of the same old headlines. All bashing Trump. The one that tweaked me into a rant was “Trump being divisive”. The headline was for a report about Trump’s comments about the behavior of the NFL.
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He’s fired. He’s fired,” the president said at a rally in Alabama.
The response? Quarterback Tom Brady (someone who should actually have a brain, but obviously does not,) said this: “I certainly disagree with what he said. I thought it was just divisive.” Brady then went on to say the players should be able to do whatever they want and not face any backlash. DEAR TOM: Quarterbacks are usually smart. What happened to you?
Trump was NOT being “divisive”. He was saying it like it is. Ball players go out onto the field in what has become a national patriotic tradition, and in an act of patriotism, have always stood reverently for the national anthem. Americans view football as an American sport. Reverence for the country is part and parcel. If you can’t express respect for your own country, in front of millions, YOU YOURSELF ARE BEING DIVISIVE, and when the president says you should be fired for disrespecting the nation you perform for, he’s absolutely right!.
I am going to laugh if Americans figure out that throwing and kicking a ball around a patch of grass is a lot less important than simply being American and respecting their country. Lots have, millions have already, the 8 percent drop in viewership yesterday represents a walkout of millions.
Keep it up Tom, and keep on losing a percentage each month. If you are down to 50 percent by the end of the season I’ll rejoice because it will be all whites and patriots you lost, who fund 90 percent of your budget. Have fun eating grass with the cows rather than your team mates, that is precisely where your attitude is going to put you if America gives you what you deserve. Axe body spray and spinner rim ads are not going to feed the NFL any sort of budget, and that’s what you’ll be down to if white patriotic America walks out!
Patriotic Americans are UNITED. And they despise the “divisiveness” on the ball field now shown by your team mates at every game. If you support your players behaving like that, find another country where football is popular enough to fund your salary (you won’t) and curse America from there. I myself won’t turn on the TV to watch your B.S. and I’ll call any patriotic American who does a fool.