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sonsofdisaster

What the fuck is you LIBERALS’ obsession with sports?

This is the third time that I’ve had positive discourse with a Bernie supporter only to have them start back-pedaling when I mention how fucked-in-the-head this country’s obsession with sports is. Abolish the CIA? Of course. How about, abolish the NFL, NBA, UFC, etc? And regulate the FUCK out of the NCAA? Suddenly everyone loses their goddamned minds.

If we spent a FRACTION of the money, time, and energy that we spend on a single sport on real issues like homelessness, poverty, or equality, we’d have solved this shit by now. Ya’ll are unbelievable. Fuckin’ liberals.

Posted Dec 10, 2019, 5:59 AM UTC · edited

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TrillboBagginsElizabeth Holmes•

This is the third time that I’ve had positive discourse with a Bernie supporter only to have them start back-pedaling when I mention how fucked-in-the-head this country’s obsession with cartoons is. Abolish the CIA? How about, outlaw anime, adult swim, the Simpsons, etc? And regulate the FUCK out of Family Guy? Suddenly everyone loses their goddamned minds.

If we spent a FRACTION of the money, time, and energy that we spend on a single waifu on real issues like homelessness, poverty, or equality, we’d have solved this shit by now. Ya’ll are unbelievable. Fuckin’ liberals.

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HumaneSquash094the last jedi was a good movie, zendaya is queen of the universe•

sports are good and cool actually

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CellularArrestJury Nullification•

Irrefutable evidence.

Furthermore.

I rest my case.

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ZaratustashLGBTSickle•

Suspicious lack of glorious soviet athletes tbh

The problem of sports in capitalism is...well that capitalism does it's thing: it professionalizes, it reifies, it commodifies.

Sports as a concept is not a bad thing, it's a communal inter-personal event, especially, if devoid of overly competitive elements utilized for profit making.

And I say that as a weak af trans person.

The discourse about sports is reminding me of the discourse about high arts, like opera, ballet, etc: these are only seen as bourgeois and decadent because well the bourgeoisie controls the access to enjoying them, whereas when proletarian states take over, these are given to the people, leading to fucking flourishing of the arts.

Anyways, sports can be cool and good, especially when not under capitalism

And shitting on sports under capitalism is also largely linked to petit-b elitism, just saying.

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ArabismoBoss steals my surplus value, State steals my taxes. Society=Fuk•

The competitive element is literally the only worthwhile reason to watch sports if you're a non-participant

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ZaratustashLGBTSickle•

You can have a competitive element without reifying the entire sport unto it for profit making purposes.

Aka: make huge leagues actually more like amateur leagues

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Kmaplbhs9•

The only sport I watch is Turkish Oil Wrestling 👀

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420sixtynineZOOMER GANG•

That would make sense, considering that's the only sport

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joe462•

Yeah, if they're good with abolish the CIA, then I say leave it. Why push our luck?

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sonsofdisasterOPLGBTSickle•

OK, Boomer.

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chris010390Friend of the show•

Ban the proffesional leagues and promote the minor leagues. Everybody should play for the sport and their team. When they are too old, hire them as firefighters.

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johncitizen69420Virtual Van Dijk•

This was pretty much my take when I was 16. I'm a huge hypocrite and now am obsessed with the English premier league though haha

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cool_geniusmr. president, your fired•

le anyone else hate Sporpsball lel why watch a bunch of nonintellectuals run around with a ball when you can spend 22 hours per day watching anime XD XD XD

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a2cthrowdahoeProfessional Vibe Checker•

this is a copy paste right?

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sports are fun and it's extremely obvious they need better labor protections

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spidersburgSUNRA•

Abolish the CIA and promise to give the money to their favorite team dummy but then just buy all the hospitals and colleges instead

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tpotts16•

Losing battle sports should be regulated and deemphasized vs class struggle but we lose a lot of support fighting on that hill

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