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Originally Posted by lagtight
Actually, sports IS supposed to be a "safe space.".
People watch sports for entertainment; as an "escape" from the real world.
Having said that, if the NFL team owners are fine with players kneeling while "on the clock", then it's all good.
I agree with this. And I personally really don't want to hear about politics during a game. But politics are inextricably linked to sports and social media has really changed the dynamic of...everything
I used to watch ESPN's First Take every morning to see Stephen A Smith and Max Kellerman argue typically interesting points imo. But there is so much flooding of politics that I stopped watching. It's just overload...I want to be conscious of everything but I also would like to just watch a game and just enjoy it as pure entertainment so I get it if some people are annoyed by the kneeling and also aren't fake outraged bc Trump said so
Even apolitical Michael Jordan said Republicans buy sneakers too or sth. Mahmoud Abdul Rouf protested the anthem. Tommie Smith and John Carlos...
In reality, it functions like a safe space from politics, even the Olympics is supposed to be "frozen in time" to gather for competition, but is interspersed with it from time to time because it's inevitable