Social Justice Jocks

by Joe Siano

The humorless overlords of pro sports have taken to sloganeering.

In a tour-de-force display of virtue signaling billionaire, corporatist owners and spoiled millionaire jocks are hell-bent on heightening the social consciousness of us, the unwashed “basket of deplorables”.

Leading the pack is the NBA.  Yes, that same NBA that cared nothing about human rights violations in China.  Now that is deplorable.

Be that as it may, the High Priests of Hoops have blessed twenty-nine pre-approved sentiments for woke jocks (or is it woke jokes?) to display on their jerseys.  These include: Black Lives Matter; Say Their Names; Vote; I Can't Breathe; Justice; Peace; Equality; Freedom; Enough; Power to the People; Justice Now; Say Her Name; Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can); Liberation; See Us; Hear Us; Respect Us; Love Us; Listen; Listen to Us; Stand Up; Ally; Anti-Racist; I Am A Man; Speak Up; How Many More; Group Economics (You’re kidding me); Education Reform (yeah, from people who never attended classes); and Mentor.

In the spirit inclusivity, a broader spectrum of dialog and maybe some smiles, I offer some suggestions:

Life is Suffering

Don’t Tread on Me

Don’t Tread on Anyone

End the Fed

Taxation is Theft

War is Murder

Atlas Shrugged

Enjoy Capitalism

Unborn Lives Matter

Gun Control – Gateway to Tyranny

“That government is best which governs least”

Privatize Education

Privatize Money

Privatize the Police

Austrian Economics

Defund DC

A Republic Not An Empire

Democracy – The God that Failed

Free the Uyghurs

Free Hong Kong

Kiss me I’m Irish

FBI Full Blooded Italian

If It Ain’t Dutch, It Ain’t Much

God Bless Ron Paul

Ron Paul rEVOLution (yes, he deserves two mentions)

Socialism – Ideas So Good, They Have to Be Made Mandatory

Marxism – 100 Years – 100 million Dead

Socialism Kills

Remember Remember the 5^th of November

Free Snowden

Free Julian Assange

I Did It My Way

Before You Speak – Read Rothbard

Respect Private Property

Sunshine and Daydream

“I woke up this morning and got myself a beer”

Eat My Shorts

Salvation is Through The Jews

Eternal Life Matters

“To be deep in history is to cease to be a protestant.” 

“… and then they came for me.”

you can't hang a man for killing a woman
Who's trying to steal your horse

Nothing Secedes Like Secession.

Seek First The Kingdom

It’s my list and I’m sticking to it.

You have to admit that it beats the pants off of the thin gruel that the Social Justices Jocks are peddling.  The spirit of these sentiments will make for a freer, more peaceful and more prosperous planet.

As a former President might say, the return of pro sports is a “teachable moment”.  I have tried to make it so.

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Bring On The Anthem(s)

by Joe Siano

In a nod to diversity and social justice, the National Football League announced plans to include the “Black National Anthem” before Game 1 this season.  I doubt that an OTO playing will suffice.  Tt will soon be part of the regular rotation.

Like 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean, this might be a “good start” but it falls well short of true inclusiveness.

Wikipedia cites players from over 20 different non-U.S. nations competing in the NFL.  Imagine how these honest, work-seeking immigrants feel to have their homelands, of which they are justly proud, ignored.

The 2 Percenter hereby proposes that the NFL play the anthem of every nationality represented on the game-day rosters of each team on the field.

Similar to the NFL, Major League Baseball boasts players from over 20 countries.  Regular fans will correctly expect a strong Latino and Asian flavor.  Players from these nations surely deserve equal anthem recognition as their native-born teammates.

Anthem acknowledgement within the truly global sports the of hoops, hockey and soccer will surely expand the political and cultural horizons of your typical beer guzzling fan. 

The NHL features the world’s best hockey talent with players from 29 nations beyond its traditional Canadian and U.S. roots. At the start of the 2016-17 NBA sported athletes from 41 nations and territories.

Major League Soccer has featured players from a stunning 141 different countries.  Wow, that’s a lot of anthems for the local high school marching band to learn.

Now, to make this a truly immersive cultural experience, I suggest that each anthem be followed with a brief 30 second video extolling the virtues of that nation.  Thus, a simple “ball game’ blossoms into a wondrous, multi-cultural kaleidoscope that awakens hearts and minds and demolishes ethnic, cultural and linguistic barriers.

Of course, players from belligerent nations may be present concurrently.  Likewise, there may be players who hold a grievance with the ruling regime in their homeland.  In either event, these players will be free to kneel or make other gesture of protest during the offending anthem.   The aggrieved parties will be given opportunity to post their objections on their respective league’s social media pages.  These protests will also be projected to the crowd on the in-stadium message boards during stoppages in play.

Or, we could forego anthem(s) altogether and get on with the freakin’ game.

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Half the people are drowned and the other half are swimming in the wrong direction." 
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