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Old 07-21-2020, 07:11 AM
 
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Ha-ha. I was watching the news, and the program was on how to play tennis safely amid COVID. The instructions were clear, and flashed across the screen in case you missed it:

"Don't touch other people's balls!"
Oh my goodness!. Homophobia in tennis? Say it isn’t so!
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Old 07-21-2020, 07:11 AM
 
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Exactly. As if I need players from the National Felon League Preaching to me about anything. Think I’ll take a knee during their black anthem.
There shouldn't even BE a black anthem! Whose idea was that, and why are they trying to create more division?
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Old 07-21-2020, 07:14 AM
 
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Oh my goodness!. Homophobia in tennis? Say it isn’t so!
I wasn't even thinking of homophobia. I was thinking that we women were being given instructions as to what's permitted and what isn't. Maybe no contact at all is next.
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Old 07-21-2020, 07:19 AM
 
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I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. (I know....OOOOOLD joke.)
I was watching a BLM protest and an NFL game broke out.
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Old 07-21-2020, 09:32 AM
 
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What happened to agree to disagree?

Because players are doing something that you have a different opinion on and you don’t have to watch why would you totally stop watching a sport because of it?

Seems like extremists on both sides can’t stand anyone who has a different opinion then them

Grow up.
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Old 07-21-2020, 09:38 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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What happened to agree to disagree?

Because players are doing something that you have a different opinion on and you don’t have to watch why would you totally stop watching a sport because of it?

Seems like extremists on both sides can’t stand anyone who has a different opinion then them

Grow up.
That's not the issue. The issue is if you want to watch professional sports, being forced to watch and listen to a false narrative and accusation that people have systemic racism. So, yes people don't have to watch, but why be denied something they've been able to enjoy, purely for relaxation and entertainment but now with the injection of politics. It saddens me that I can no longer justify watching pro and even some college sports now.

Sports used to be a place where people could leave all their differences behind and enjoy something that brought them together in which they could relate and have something in common. Now that can no longer happen due to injected polarizing politics.
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Old 07-21-2020, 09:40 AM
 
Location: Orange County, CA
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What happened to agree to disagree?

Because players are doing something that you have a different opinion on and you don’t have to watch why would you totally stop watching a sport because of it?

Seems like extremists on both sides can’t stand anyone who has a different opinion then them

Grow up.
Because people watch sports to escape and as a distraction.

Not to have political opinions/propaganda shoved down their throats...
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Old 07-21-2020, 09:43 AM
 
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That's not the issue. The issue is if you want to watch professional sports, being forced to watch and listen to a false narrative and accusation that people have systemic racism. So, yes people don't have to watch, but why be denied something they've been able to enjoy, purely for relaxation and entertainment but now with the injection of politics. It saddens me that I can no longer justify watching pro and even some college sports now.

Sports used to be a place where people could leave all their differences behind and enjoy something that brought them together in which they could relate and have something in common. Now that can no longer happen due to injected polarizing politics.
You don’t have to watch the kneeling nobody is forcing you to

Put the game on first pitch and problem solved
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Old 07-21-2020, 09:46 AM
 
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Because people watch sports to escape and as a distraction.

Not to have political opinions/propaganda shoved down their throats...
Then turn it on for the first pitch problem solved. You won’t see any kneeling

Also the leave politics out of it people a lot of them would have no problem with a political statement if they agreed with it.
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Old 07-21-2020, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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You don’t have to watch the kneeling nobody is forcing you to

Put the game on first pitch and problem solved
So another thing I can't do? What about bringing people together to enjoy something they have in common? Why have polarizing politics injected to now divide them at a sporting event? You totally ignored that part of my post and went back to the just don't watch narrative. That's cowardly. I even bolded it, but yet you purposely ignore addressing that. Pathetic.
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