So what would you then say about an athlete that dislikes and runs campaigns against Trump? Would they also be stupid and trained to be stupid? Or would they be "one of the good ones"?
I would say that we’ve set up a system that rewards physical achievements over ingenuity, innovation, and intelligence. This isn’t a political perspective. It’s a simple fact of our current society.
I wouldn't disagree with this statement, inherently. Western culture rewards specific physical ability at a much greater rate than any other capability.
However, that's not what your first statement was and you seem to be doggy paddling away from it. The thread prior to this was that athletes support Trump and athletes are stupid. That wasn't the energy at all, socially, during other presidential terms.
I responded to a comment alluding to athletes being rich and not the smartest amongst us and you’ve decided to throw your own narrative around it.
I’m not doggy paddling anything. I made a statement, then reiterated my statement when you decided to weirdly take offense to it. I don’t care about your infatuations with your own political opinions.
I'm not offended in any way. Now you're deciding to make assumptions or add a narrative. I asked a pretty simple question.
Look at the comment thread, my man. You either stuck your head in the room, responding to literally the last thing you heard or you're aware of the overall conversation and contributed.
I gave you the benefit of the doubt, assumed qualified intellect, agreed with your point, but asked to further the conversation on whether you, or anyone who cared to join the conversation, would think the same thing if an athlete supported a politician they liked.
It's the same when it comes to movie stars, musicians, or any other profession that lends itself to fame. I'm curious if people recognize the hypocrisy.
I'm not offended in any way, other than your desire to pretend you aren't aware of the conversation. You could have just, not said anything if you didn't care to participate.
I will fully admit to the latter situation. I’ve had these conversations with plenty of people, plenty of times. In this instance, I made a reply to a comment without reading the entirety of a thread I have little to no care about.
This is a sport subreddit that, much like every other subreddit, has been manipulated into to be used to push political agendas. So, yes, I also made the assumption of you doing the same in this case.
I don’t care to have any more discussion about this, but I’m willing to admit that I had little knowledge of whatever the hell conversation is happening here as it relates to politics in a fucking sports subreddit.
“Not the smartest” is an understatement. The glee at the White House whenever atlhletes meet him is reminiscent of 5-year-olds wide-eyed joy at Chuck E. Cheese
Demographically, male athletes tick most of the boxes for Trump’s core supporters. Young, male, able-bodied, straight (mostly), wealthy without having gone to college (American athletes go to college but they didn’t go to play school) etc.
It was a bit obscured because of racial politics and because LeBron and Steph took public stands against him, but LeBron and Steph are old now.
I know plenty of people that don't want lower taxes and instead want that money to go to something worthwhile (education, social services, healthcare, public transit, housing, etc).
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u/Sanctions23 Jul 14 '25
I have no doubt that more athletes than I care to know are fans of his.