I read a lot of History. Listen to it too on podcasts by Victor Davis Hanson or Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.
People used to do great things. Men used to do a lot of great things, in fact. Not so much nowadays and in fact there’s an outright war on men and boys that has something to do with the WokeBuzzword™️ Patriarchy. And other such manufacturerd nonsenses.
Why, boys aren’t even allowed to play “guns” with their index finger and thumb. Too violent. It’s as though we’re a disease and society needs to put a mask over us because we are so dangerous. Ask Hollywood when it’s not raping young girls (or young boys) and destroying children while making war on the family structure.
We’re the SuperSpreaders™️ Gollums like Fauci really need to warn you about.
As though all us men get around the old super secret clubhouse, smoke big smelly cigars, grab enslaved beauties by the rumps and chomp those cigars while we discuss world domination over everyone not us.
Hillarious. Only a child believes such nonsense. Men are constantly at war with one another. It’s what we do from birth to old age and it’s most of the reason why you have nice stuff.
No. That’s not the case. The Patriarchy as an actual thing that exists. Not even the truth. That’s a beta male fantasy excuse for why they’re not the studs they so desperately long to be. And if you think this is some diatribe on maleness, it ain’t.
It’s about Sports. Pro sports to be on target. It’s about History and recent History. About how you can almost see the High Water Mark of the Death of the American dream and how it intersects with the day the NFL started its rise to an undeserving constant attention deficit disorder need for attention.
Now, it’s almost unwatchable. The NFL for justice or something. Multi-million dollar wokeism parading around and bashing America while millions sit both entranced and enraged. Virtue is signaled, touchdowns are scored and a million podcasts and radio shows endlessly dissect every moment like it’s some pearl clutching daytime soap opera upon which the very fact of our existence hinges.
Men sit and listen, or watch, utterly entranced and living vicariously through the “greatness” of common criminals and people who utterly hate and despise them. For the most part. And wasting their time doing so. The watching, listening men that is.
Men used to not have so much free time.
What did they do with all that wonderful free time way back in the Bad Old Days when they ruled world with a fine stogie?
Men worked. They worked a lot in fact. Men were also richer and had more for their families. They didn’t need useful idiots like Yang and AOC bleating about Money for Nothing and your Checks for Free. Side hustles were common because Men wanted to get ahead and make life better for their families, and believe it or not… everyone else.
Men learned things and invented stuff in their garages. See the Wright Brothers for example. See the cure for Polio for another. The world was a better place and getting better all the time until…
And then along came the NFL. And slowly men stopped striving for personal greatness and the betterment of all, and just started watching others “doing it.”
That is if there’s anything great about playing with a ball. As though that makes someone an Alexander the Great or an Alexander Graham Bell.
And look where we find ourselves now…
The picture ain’t pretty.
Thoughts… leave them here. Maybe we should start talking about these things instead of the soap opera of playing with a ball like some village idiot capable of nothing better…
Apr 19, 2021Liked by Nick Cole, Single White Medusa
I don't think sports themselves are to blame. I think its the coverage of sports... particularly pro sports. Media and huge contracts has turned them into movie stars. Sports are competition, they teach discipline and work ethic. Things liberals and betas hate. Sometimes you work your ass off and you still lose but you keep trying until you succeed...things like that. There is definitely a cancer within pro sports, but I think it's the business side and the media coverage that allows it to grow. Until now its lost its appeal to even watch. I'd rather go watch local high school teams than pay money to watch a bunch of "professionals" that hate "people like me" anyways.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create soft men. Soft men create hard times.” Rinse and repeat. I thought of the rise and fall of Rome when I first read this quote. Now, I start thinking about the good ol’ US of A and what will happen to her. Hard times. Time to man up.
I've never been much into spectator sports, I'm kind of a guy who rather be DOING, then OBSERVING.. But it is fascinating/scary/sad to consider the downfall of Major League sports. I'm just old enough to remember the generation of players, who actually were decent role models for your kids. Guys who were actually good people, upstanding citizens, who had fought for their country.. Take Tom Landry for example, B-17 Pilot during WW2. By all accounts guys like Wayne Gretzky and Nolan Ryan were upstanding guys. And I'm old enough to remember how that started changing, Dallas Cowboys, Columbia's Team! How Teams would keep players on board no matter what they did, as long as they played well. Drugs, Sexual Assault Allegations, drunk driving, dog fighting, do whatever evil deed you desire, just keep bringing in the money.
That was the beginning of the hollowing out of American Sports. Now they're selling out in the name of wokeness. Like I said, I'm not a fan of the spectator lifestyle, but I do recognize that at one time the celebration of decent men playing a sport that America could enjoy, had real value. Not anymore. And I think that was by design, to further fracture America. We got rid of decent men, replaced them with felons and were told to worship at their feet. And it boggles my mind that so few people see that.
I will say.. That is why I do like the Rodeo. Its a celebration of true American traditions, a celebration of hard working men & women. And a sport you don't see wokeness in, and I think it'll be safe for a long time to come.
And now for the most controversial part of my post.. The Worship of Professional Sports has become the Religion of a lot of people. Just like woke politics it the religion of so many leftists. It was promoted as a lifestyle to distract and draw people away from Church & their communities, while generating mountains of money. I said earlier, celebrating truly decent men playing games wasn't a bad thing, but now? Its idolatry. Terrible human beings put on alters for everyone to worship. Yeah.. no thanks.
I grew up admiring my dad, the guys he served with in Vietnam. Our founding fathers, the stories of the men who served in Vietnam, WW2 and beyond. They made me want to be the best person I could be, and taught me to endure the bad times. No ball player ever did that for me!
My father took me to every Nebraska game as a kid. But it wasn't about the game really. It was about spending time together in a way that we couldn't on the farm. I grew up working. Few days off, because animals need to be cared for no matter the calendar said. Went to college and became an engineer, and then into making things. Not every day was good, not every day was nice, but I can look back at my life and see what I helped build.
It was rather recently that I found out not everyone has that. There are plants I helped design, processes I made world class, engineers that I have helped build, and people I have built up.
Small achievements maybe, but things that make me smile.
Grab life. Be meaner than it. Realize that in the end no matter what happens, you are here to go at it.
You play sports to help you gain useful skills for life, fitness, confidence, teamwork etc... Sports for the sake of sports never made sense to me. What useful skills can be gained from being a fanatic and religious tuning into millionaires play with a ball while you drink beer, eat junk food and get fat, plus indoctrinated from the constant barrage of corporate messaging.
Good point. Never been a real sports guy, myself, but I encourage both of my children to be active in sports. Maybe I live vicariously through my children?
In order for the great communist revolution were to take place they need us poor, dis united and bickering. Look at Russia 1917. The revolution wasn't an easy thing. It resembled 1936 Spain in many regards. It suceeded as there was no unity in the opposition. If this new revolution is to suceed, then removing the strong men from society is a path they must take. The revolution will be easier if everyone were weak beta males.
Interesting after I wrote this piece this I read this
https://insight.org/resources/daily-devotional/individual/the-case-against-vanilla3?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=chuck&utm_campaign=daily-devotional
Checking to see if my profile pic shows up now.
I don't think sports themselves are to blame. I think its the coverage of sports... particularly pro sports. Media and huge contracts has turned them into movie stars. Sports are competition, they teach discipline and work ethic. Things liberals and betas hate. Sometimes you work your ass off and you still lose but you keep trying until you succeed...things like that. There is definitely a cancer within pro sports, but I think it's the business side and the media coverage that allows it to grow. Until now its lost its appeal to even watch. I'd rather go watch local high school teams than pay money to watch a bunch of "professionals" that hate "people like me" anyways.
Agree. 100%
Does Victor David Hanson have a hardcore history style podcast?
I read a saying once and it went like this:
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create soft men. Soft men create hard times.” Rinse and repeat. I thought of the rise and fall of Rome when I first read this quote. Now, I start thinking about the good ol’ US of A and what will happen to her. Hard times. Time to man up.
I've never been much into spectator sports, I'm kind of a guy who rather be DOING, then OBSERVING.. But it is fascinating/scary/sad to consider the downfall of Major League sports. I'm just old enough to remember the generation of players, who actually were decent role models for your kids. Guys who were actually good people, upstanding citizens, who had fought for their country.. Take Tom Landry for example, B-17 Pilot during WW2. By all accounts guys like Wayne Gretzky and Nolan Ryan were upstanding guys. And I'm old enough to remember how that started changing, Dallas Cowboys, Columbia's Team! How Teams would keep players on board no matter what they did, as long as they played well. Drugs, Sexual Assault Allegations, drunk driving, dog fighting, do whatever evil deed you desire, just keep bringing in the money.
That was the beginning of the hollowing out of American Sports. Now they're selling out in the name of wokeness. Like I said, I'm not a fan of the spectator lifestyle, but I do recognize that at one time the celebration of decent men playing a sport that America could enjoy, had real value. Not anymore. And I think that was by design, to further fracture America. We got rid of decent men, replaced them with felons and were told to worship at their feet. And it boggles my mind that so few people see that.
I will say.. That is why I do like the Rodeo. Its a celebration of true American traditions, a celebration of hard working men & women. And a sport you don't see wokeness in, and I think it'll be safe for a long time to come.
And now for the most controversial part of my post.. The Worship of Professional Sports has become the Religion of a lot of people. Just like woke politics it the religion of so many leftists. It was promoted as a lifestyle to distract and draw people away from Church & their communities, while generating mountains of money. I said earlier, celebrating truly decent men playing games wasn't a bad thing, but now? Its idolatry. Terrible human beings put on alters for everyone to worship. Yeah.. no thanks.
I grew up admiring my dad, the guys he served with in Vietnam. Our founding fathers, the stories of the men who served in Vietnam, WW2 and beyond. They made me want to be the best person I could be, and taught me to endure the bad times. No ball player ever did that for me!
Sing it loud. Sing it strong.
My father took me to every Nebraska game as a kid. But it wasn't about the game really. It was about spending time together in a way that we couldn't on the farm. I grew up working. Few days off, because animals need to be cared for no matter the calendar said. Went to college and became an engineer, and then into making things. Not every day was good, not every day was nice, but I can look back at my life and see what I helped build.
It was rather recently that I found out not everyone has that. There are plants I helped design, processes I made world class, engineers that I have helped build, and people I have built up.
Small achievements maybe, but things that make me smile.
Grab life. Be meaner than it. Realize that in the end no matter what happens, you are here to go at it.
Be meaner than it!!!!
You play sports to help you gain useful skills for life, fitness, confidence, teamwork etc... Sports for the sake of sports never made sense to me. What useful skills can be gained from being a fanatic and religious tuning into millionaires play with a ball while you drink beer, eat junk food and get fat, plus indoctrinated from the constant barrage of corporate messaging.
Nailed it!
Good point. Never been a real sports guy, myself, but I encourage both of my children to be active in sports. Maybe I live vicariously through my children?
That’s how ya do it, Brother. Not some stranger who could carr less.
“Care”
KTF!
Nothing more fun than watching your 4-year old run the bases in a fierce game of wee-ball. Intense! He takes it very seriously.
In order for the great communist revolution were to take place they need us poor, dis united and bickering. Look at Russia 1917. The revolution wasn't an easy thing. It resembled 1936 Spain in many regards. It suceeded as there was no unity in the opposition. If this new revolution is to suceed, then removing the strong men from society is a path they must take. The revolution will be easier if everyone were weak beta males.
Buy guns!!