deadcatwithaflamethrower:

texnessa:

mediamattersforamerica:

WOW. Watch these 3 minutes from Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen talking about what Trump doesn’t understand about the national anthem and the right to protest. Compare this to any right-wing media whining and that’s why this is one to remember.

Dale Hansen is a fucking treasure.  He admitted he was a childhood victim of sexual abuse in the hopes that it would encourage others to come forward and seek help. He has been an ardent supporter of scholar-athletes and of gay players in the NFL and of trans athletes.

“I’m not always comfortable when a man tells me he is gay; I don’t understand his world. But I do understand that he is part of mine.”

Fuck yeah.

deadcatwithaflamethrower:

thequantumqueer:

Fact #1:
laser sights don’t help your aim; they’re highly inaccurate at any range longer than a couple dozen yards and only good for rapid target acquisition

Fact #2:
absolutely every precision shooter knows this

Fact #3:
almost nobody else knows this because movies have erroneously taught people that snipers paint a red dot on the target’s chest before they shoot them

Fact #4:
any nazi who notices a red dot on their chest while giving a speech is going to immediately stop talking and get off the stage, probably while shitting themself

Fact #5:
laser pointers are cheap, legal, and easy to conceal, and unless there’s smoke or dust or something in the air, theres no way to know where it’s coming from

“What? Laser pointer? Officer, that’s a toy for my cats at home. Why do I have it with me? Because when I get home, my cat expects attention immediately, and that doesn’t include allowing time for me to go get it from a drawer. Yes, officer, the cat is holding my furniture hostage to make certain of this. You know what fuckin’ cats are like, dude.”

jveseys:

it really isn’t a matter of ‘other teams would do it too’ no one is naive enough to think that a team in a league that is over 90% white males is going to completely boycott a WH meeting but the timing of it all is what’s fucking me up

in the same 24 hour span, the first mlb player chose to kneel for the national anthem, the president called the guy who started #TakeAKnee a ‘son of a bitch’, and the most nfl players that ever have in one day all sat or didn’t show up for the anthem

and THAT’S the day when you decide to comment on your ‘apolitical’ bullshit? 

also fuck outta here because under this administration there is no ‘apolitical’ if you plead ignorance, you’re pleading your white privilege and you’re taknig a side. 

here’s to hoping at least some of the pens still don’t show up