JoshAllenHasBigHands

My wife literally just did this to me the other day. Except it was about my drinking, soooooo

Gotcha. I'm sort of skeptical it will be as bad as people claim, just because there is too much time to hype up the story. I mean, Epstein? Really? People really think its possible the story will be about Syner running a sex ring with Epstein? Crazy. Its probably more likely a run of the mill sex scandal, closer to what happened with Russ than anything else.

Is there a more self-congratulatory field than journalism? Maybe film making, but thats about it. Sports journalists definitely hype themselves up to think they are real journalists. Plus, real journalists are not nearly as noble as they claim to be.

Its about access. Most of the media members that had the story knew they would lose access if they ran it. So, sure, they get one big story, but their career is ostensibly over b/c they don't have access to the Redskins and are blackballed from the rest of the league for not playing by the rules. This is pretty common in sports media.

If a fraction of what he claims ends up being true, this story is going to be absolutely wild.

Lawson was a good all around player even before he got that the flashier sack numbers. He was always a solid run defender. Thing is, sometimes it takes time to figure out to finish out the pash-rush. I can't help but think we should have kept him. He got like $10M, and if I remember correctly, we offered $9M. I wish we had given it to him. I just have a hard time seeing Addison producing at the same pace as he did in his younger years, assuming he can even stay healthy.

I'd be lying if I didn't have a serious soft spot for guys that love Buffalo. What you are saying is true, and we did the right thing, I just wish it wasn't.

I've heard the idea of the D.C. Football Club floated, and it is far and away my favorite idea. Super original and interesting. It's definitely going to be the Warriors or something similarly mundane though.

This is the first time in my life that the country couldn't face a national emergency because every step we took was drenched in partisanship. From the moment Trump started limiting travel, the response has been to obfuscate and critique. It has been the same way ever since.

This got weird. See, I 100% agree with this, but my point is that this is what they sign up for. They are not meat. Nor do they lose their subjectivity because they are idolized.

1. He can opt out. 2. It will earn him millions of dollars. 3. What is worse? Earning millions of dollars while fans adore you for your ephemeral talents or a life of obscurity? Describing these guys as "meat" because they are only temporarily placed on their pedestal is a garbage take.

"Hey, you remember how our old team name was a racial slur? Yeah, the Seminole Tribe is who we were referencing."

Not just poor, a pandering liar.

It is f-ing gross watching people do the mental gymnastics it takes to claim that Cuomo is the hero of COVID-19. This type of garbage partisanship is why I'm out on all politics.

Measuring by percentage increase is a cute way of fulfilling a bad disaster porn fetish. In truth, a 200% increase from 5 is just 10 additional cases, and in the grand scheme of things not that big a deal. Obviously those figures are exaggerations to illustrate a point. Texas and Florida have a problem; however, until they supplant New York as the Coronavirus capital of the world, I'm all good. Keep in mind, when I say "New York," I mean the city, not just the State. We are comparing what happened in that city to two of the countries 10 most populous states. Wildly different situations. You can absolutely shove the suggestion that what is happening in Florida and Texas even holds a candle to the absolute recklessness of New York and New Jersey.

This would be super meaningful if not for New York, New Jersey, California, etc.

Yeah, and unlike the federal government, the League can set forth a universal set of rules. Of course, when it came to how we responded to the coronavirus, the federal government didn't have the power to universally mandate how States responded to the coronavirus, nor would the States have listened to Trump. But that is neither here nor there.

Bingo. It's one thing if they CAN'T play the game. But that is not what is happening here. The risk is too remote.

That is true, but it ignores a ton of context. The monuments were also built during the period of time that the civil war generation began dying out, prompting the ensuing generation to erect monuments to preserve their memory. Plus, enough time had passed from the civil war that some of those stains had dissipated. Obviously not enough since they promptly enacted the Jim Crow laws. The argument that the monuments were erected for the purpose of supremacy are not entirely untrue, but still based mostly on broad generalizations and the proximity in time to the Jim Crow era. I mean, hundreds of statutes were erected, each with its own justification. Some, hell, maybe even most, were created will ill-intent. Still, its a broad generalization. All that being said, I agree that it is good the myth is dying, but for some people, myth becomes reality. My point is really that one can ascribe to that myth, because they have been fed the myth, and still be a "good person."

You either don't know what "non sequitur" means or are being purposely obtuse. Also, "the Jews didn't really build the pyramid" is a weird hill to die on. It sounds an awful lot like a racist dog whistle.

Wait, did you just blow off the explanation of why that is not true.

I am super persuaded by the argument that it is un-American. That said, for supporters of the Confederate monuments (I know this because my Mom's side is southern), the monuments represent Southern Pride and Honor. Much the same way Vermont, Texas, and California have these deeply independent traditions. For them, it isn't about being un-American, but projecting their strength against outside influence. It became important to them decades after the civil war, when the south began to flounder as they lost their status under federal oversight and due to the industrial age. Their resistance was what they had. Today, we understand that the Confederate monuments are inseparable from slavery. But, for them, in their consciousness, they are separate and distinct issues. In other words, in their mind, they can oppose slavery but still idolize the bravery of their ancestors. Lastly, don't be so cavalier about "finding another symbol." I think you know it isn't that simple.

All presidents send our troops into harms way; ironically, Trump less than the others. The difference is you need a functioning media that the general public trusts to stand up as opposition when the president is clearly in the wrong. As to Charlottesville, I take exception that characterization that the most radical elements of any group define the group as a whole. Would you say the same about antifa and BLM? And, while I appreciate a large segment of the population thinks that you cannot support a Confederate monument without being racist, there still exists another segment that disagrees. To them, it is about something else all together. Symbols are tricky like that - they can mean different things to different people. And it can mean that they aren't neo-nazis.

It's a little more complicated than that. There is evidence that Caananite slaves built the pyramids (during the period you reference). Caanaties are semites. They just weren't described as Hebrew until much later on. That may mean they weren't Hebrews, or it may mean they were referred to by a different name. Either way, same ethnic people.

I vaguely remember Goodwin saying something to the effect that seeing "black" peoples thriving on their own, and seeing what they could build, gave him great inspiration. I genuinely appreciate all the ironies of his statement, which you point out here. What I hate is that Trump says so many terrible things. So why exaggerate or misrepresent? Hold the moral high ground. Don't get in the dirt. This is a hot take, but I think we need a reliable media more than we need a good president for four years.