And like lost lemmings, eagerly awaiting the next trip off of a cliff, urged on by a pompous poisonous pied piper, any chance to seek a villain, the crowds go crazy because suddenly the man who embraces the Confederate Flag as true Americana, the guy who prefers men in white hoods and sheets calling them Patriots, the man who’s been paid for owned by Vladimir Putin, the man who defers attention toward his own misdeeds, demanding diversion and division, has played American citizens as punks. And in our own self obsessed red, white and blue and motherhood, many of us gladly play along insisting it is the object that matters and not the content.
For all of the fans who no longer can tolerate the audacity of athletes taking a knee or more importantly making a stand against Racism, Bigotry, Hypocrisy, have you no idea of the real world in which you live. Do none of you have wives or sisters of mothers whose personal body is considered property of the government. Do you not know any Jewish persons, who are no on the trigger end of American Nazi’s, who DON’T wave the American flag, preferring a piece of cloth with a swastika emblazoned on it. Are you that sheltered from people with disabilities thinking that consider themselves too special to be able to enter a building walk up a ramp use a bathroom without EVERYONE making accommodations for them. For all the fans who just want to be entertained, by athletes, only concerned with their physical prowess, but happy to deny them any intelligent perspective, are you that much of a moron to permit hate to be hidden just as long as you can watch you game, pretending hate does not exist.
Everything I have written has been said by men and women who try hard to see equality in this nation. Equality is not limited to certain aspects of out cultural and social life. Equality should be the air we breathe, every action we take, and shared by any one of any color, sexual orientation, gender religion or not religion. Trump loves to make Much Ado About Nothing, because he is so void and empty himself. The only area of smarts regarding Trump is his ability to feign emotion, but he is a sly fox, and does so to entrap others. Sell your tickets, stop watching sports, but remember how NOT angry you were when the Nazi’s marched in the city streets of this nation, how oh well you felt knowing the growing collusion between Trump/Republicans and the Russians, and how silent you have remained as the citizens of Puerto Rico (American citizens) have been left to suffer and die. The Flag, the Anthem may ave and be played, but so far those symbols have meant absolutely nothing in making America great.
