Enough with the Victimhood: Millionaire Athletes
and Their Lost Cause
by Sylvia Thompson
I must admit I have never in my life purchased a ticket to a sports event. I
am not a sports enthusiast. But I am an American black citizen, and I have
had it up to the gills with black people who embrace victimhood. I also
highly resent my being expected to do the same in order to affirm my
"blackness."
Black victims these days, for the most part, are the product of decades of
Black Americans being used primarily by white progressive leftists to
advance an anti-American agenda.
The current brouhaha surrounding the despicable behavior of NFL athletes
toward the National Anthem and the American flag is a prime example of what
the Left has done to my race.
One must assume these players and their guilt-conflicted white coaches and
owners (and victimhood-inflicted black coaches) are being manipulated by the
Left, because no intelligent, thinking people would deliberately cut
themselves off at the knees. Essentially, what these young misguided mostly
black men are doing is ensuring the demise of their lucrative paychecks.
Further, I would wager that if these teams consisted of all white athletes,
none of this idiocy would be allowed. We are witnessing this travesty
because the vast majority of players are black and can whine "oppression" if
appropriate action is taken against them for their unconscionable behavior.
The twisted reasoning that claims these protests are to highlight
"injustice" and "police brutality" is a laughable crock. What they do in
fact is dishonor valued symbols of this nation's heritage and cover over
truth about black crime.
Black males bear the brunt of police encounters because black males commit
disproportionately more crimes. Police encounters with black men are so
often confrontational because so many of these men, especially the young,
don't think "compliance" applies to them. They foolishly assume they are
above the law and disrespect for police officers is an act of honor.
These young blacks, sadly, took much of their direction from racists Obama
and Eric Holder during Obama's destructive, eight-year regime and Holder's
corruption of the Justice Department. These two men, abusing their federal
powers, gave young blacks the impression they need not heed the law, because
laws are somehow unjust when they are applied to black Americans. The NFL
lot, and any other athletes taking a similar stance, are also influenced by
Obama's and Holder's disdain for law and law enforcement.
I am not familiar with one case where a black suspect to a crime was not
proven legally to have caused the behavior against him, particularly in
cases where the police officer involved was exonerated by facts. Michael
Brown of "hands up, don't shoot" infamy is one good example. Blatant lies
were spread to cloud the truth about Brown's case.
Back in the day when I was growing up in the racially segregated South, the
opposite prevailed in many cases. There was much injustice particularly
toward black men, but not today. Today, too many blacks have been fed the
notion that it is now "pay-back" time, and they can flaunt their lawlessness
because some whites flaunted theirs during an earlier time in our nation's
history.
Although Obama and Holder no longer wield power in this country, some of
their minions continue on the pernicious path of "paying back" American
whites for wrongs, real or imagined. But as the saying goes, there is a new
Sheriff in town and he is not guilt-conflicted. He expects fair play under
law and tolerating pay-back is not part of his agenda. Black Americans, when
they break the law, can no longer claim victim status simply because they
are black. Those days are over.
American laws and law enforcement personnel will be respected in America,
again; our traditions and values will not be impugned in America without
consequences, again. Anybody unsettled about this turn of events is welcome
to leave this country. I suggest all the black players try a country in
Africa, and see how successful they will be at making millions playing
games. They will all soon learn what oppression really means.
Some self-directed, independent-thinking blacks (and there are many of us)
have offered that if these millionaire protestors want to tackle some real
problems, they might consider the thousands of black children killed in
abortions annually (by the progressive Left), or perhaps the many, many
young blacks murdered routinely on inner-city streets by other young blacks
(in cities run by progressive, leftist Democrats), or the downright criminal
state of education of black inner-city children, orchestrated by the
progressive leftist National Education Association (NEA). The NEA's aim is
to produce unintelligent pawns to feed the cause of progressivism.
I am annoyed by the expressions of "sincerity" gracing the faces of the NFL
protestors-as if to convey the "hallowedness" of their cause. In actuality,
they provide a picture of grown men allowing themselves to be made fools of
by the progressive Left. I don't doubt, however, that some of these men have
been coerced into compliance with this lost cause, either through threats of
violence or shunning (from coaches and players). Alejandro Villanueva of the
Pittsburgh Steelers and former Army ranger is very likely a victim of such
threats. He was publicly castigated by his leftist coach for his patriotism.
The coach demanded unity behind an ignorant cause.
And finally, this issue has nothing to do with First Amendment rights.
President Trump's speaking out against the clownish behavior of the
athletes, on behalf of the majority of American citizens, does not mean he
can or would stop any of these misguided people from making fools of
themselves. To restrict them, as a government entity, would indeed be a
violation of the First Amendment..... But their employers, if they were to
develop even a modicum of testicular fortitude, could and should fire them
for doing major damage to the bottom line of the business. The rest of us
non-millionaire "Joes" would certainly be pink-slipped by an employer if we
dared to be so clueless about the necessity of profits and so disdainful of
the sensibilities of customers.
I will wait patiently for the true sports enthusiasts to vent their rage by
simply boycotting the games. It will be sweet revenge to witness the slain
goose cease producing its golden eggs.
