njbuff Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 2 hours ago, machine gun kelly said: Although I’ve laughed at all the jokes, I could care less about a bunch of gay men playing flag football. What I don’t understand is why the Bills need to formally back it. I’ve lived and worked out around gay guys my whole life. Normally, most are just guys amd if you leave them alone, they’ll leave you alone. Half the NFL is backing it, but I can GUARANTEE you that MOST of the PLAYERS on these teams secretly DO NOT go along with it. They deal with it publicly, but talk to them behind "closed doors" and they will tell you differently as most players who play sports DON'T like their manhood challenged. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 On 6/18/2024 at 9:47 PM, SectionC3 said: Live and let live. Anybody who has an issue with thus needs to get a life. Couldn't care less about who someone shares their life with. Just kind of odd that the meaning of the word inclusive has now been changed to exclusive. After this thread dies I won't give it a second thought. But could you imagine the uproar if someone started the National Straight Mens Football League? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 minute ago, thenorthremembers said: Couldn't care less about who someone shares their life with. Just kind of odd that the meaning of the word inclusive has now been changed to exclusive. After this thread dies I won't give it a second thought. But could you imagine the uproar if someone started the National Straight Mens Football League? Cool, get rid of police and firefighter sports leagues then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) 4 minutes ago, HardyBoy said: Cool, get rid of police and firefighter sports leagues then. My guess is those leagues have players of all races, and sexual preferences. Edited June 20 by thenorthremembers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 2 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: My guess is those leagues have players of all races, and sexual preferences. Ok, well I'm sure the flag football league is open to players of all races and professions. Also, the flag football league is open to all sexual preferences. Cool, so we good with starting a petition to get rid of police and firefighter only sports leagues so we can be consistent, or you all agree that would be ridiculous and perhaps we can stop being hypocritical? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 minute ago, HardyBoy said: Ok, well I'm sure the flag football league is open to players of all races and professions. Also, the flag football league is open to all sexual preferences. Cool, so we good with starting a petition to get rid of police and firefighter only sports leagues so we can be consistent, or you all agree that would be ridiculous and perhaps we can stop being hypocritical? So you're saying it'd be taken well if someone started the National Straight White Men's Flag Football League as long as it allowed all genders, all races, and all sexual preferences? No, it would be looked at as a racist, misogynistic group of men trying to show their superiority. The difference here is exclusivity by accepted societal norms is considered fine. I am sorry but Firefighting and Police work is not the same as who you take to bed. Whatever the case, not a hill I am looking to die on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 3 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: So you're saying it'd be taken well if someone started the National Straight White Men's Flag Football League as long as it allowed all genders, all races, and all sexual preferences? No, it would be looked at as a racist, misogynistic group of men trying to show their superiority. The difference here is exclusivity by accepted societal norms is considered fine. I am sorry but Firefighting and Police work is not the same as who you take to bed. Whatever the case, not a hill I am looking to die on. Ok, you know when people say happy holidays and then it turns into a "war on christmas" and then people say, well this is "a Christian country"... But people don't go around saying that normally, it's just kind of I guess implied or assumed by a lot people apparently... You don't need to start a white straight football league, it's implied as that is the majority...please understand that, it's an important thing...there are differences when the majority labels something that is implied already and it's not cool when done in response to a minority group trying to gain validation and awareness, especially when that group is marginalized..."well this is a straight country" is how that comes across 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionC3 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 47 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: Couldn't care less about who someone shares their life with. Just kind of odd that the meaning of the word inclusive has now been changed to exclusive. After this thread dies I won't give it a second thought. But could you imagine the uproar if someone started the National Straight Mens Football League? If you bothered to read the thread you’d understand why there’s nothing exclusive about this flag football league. I don’t see you, or anyone else for that matter, complaining about Fox News or OAN or MSNBC pushing an agenda. Or about having ads for booze and gambling and viagra smack you in the face every time you watch a sporting event (unless, of course, one of the beers features a person who you find weird or somehow threatening). So what’s the big deal here? Nothing. People are looking for a reason—likely political— to be mad about something. Maybe they should also protest sabah and challenger baseball and female-only gyms and local girls-only house hockey teams. Who friggin cares about a flag football program designed to make certain people comfortable with participating in football. The fact that this is an issue is ridiculous. 5 2 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 hour ago, thenorthremembers said: I am sorry but Firefighting and Police work is not the same as who you take to bed. Why, because one is a choice and the other isn't? I'm not here to decide what groups are worthy to be allowed to have their own sports leagues and which are not. While we're at it, I think we should get rid of this message board and replace it with a single board for fans of all teams...why do we need a specific team board, it's super exclusionary. People who are minorities, like gay people, like police and firefighters, like fans of individual teams like to form social groups where they can do shared social activities and hobbies together because they have things in common. There was a Greek social club down the street from me when I lived in Boston right by my bus stop...a bunch of older guys sitting around playing dominoes...if the Boston town council had money put aside for funding social groups or for helping older people with social opportunities and someone from that club reached out asking for a grant/help promoting their club and they gave them some money and posted a blog post about the club on their website...and people went all, why isn't there a white non-immigrant American club?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 hour ago, njbuff said: Half the NFL is backing it, but I can GUARANTEE you that MOST of the PLAYERS on these teams secretly DO NOT go along with it. They deal with it publicly, but talk to them behind "closed doors" and they will tell you differently as most players who play sports DON'T like their manhood challenged. Which further explains why it is justified. 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) 10 hours ago, Dablitzkrieg said: Sorry to burst your bubble buddy, I'm not gay. Was just joking around in the spirit of the lighter side of the thread (which I thought your comment was) - no offense intended Edited June 20 by stevewin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 15 hours ago, HappyDays said: It really isn't though. Fast food commercials are constantly in my face. Beer commercials. Gambling commercials. The gay pride stuff is a tiny tiny percentage of the content that I come across, yet it gets by far some of the highest engagement. If you feel that it is being shoved in your face, I would say you're probably the one shoving it there yourself. The rest of us just keep on scrolling and it doesn't bother me a tick. Yeah, those have nothing to do with the LGBTQB1LMNOP. I am just as tired of that crap as I am anytjing else. Wagettainment? Lame. Zyn and vaping is douchey. Beer commercials just aren't necessary. Only fans and such is just debauchery and modern day horin' I'm not conservative by any means but stop celebrating such lustful crap. 2 1 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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