You might not think that a two-paragraph post about NFL ratings would inspire much, er, debate on Breitbart. You’d be wrong.
In this edition of Today in Breitbart Comments, we take a look at the Breitbarties who’ve worked themselves into a bit of a tizzy about Fox Sports personality Colin Cowherd’s claim that it’s the election, not anger over Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests, that is causing a notable droop in the ratings for NFL games this year.
The Breitbart rage isn’t itself all that terribly surprising. What is a little odd is that some of the most virulent comments — of the more than 1700 that have been left so far — are attacks on trans folks.
Consider this unhinged rant:
Other comments on the subject are only a tad more hinged. Upset over the NCAA’s recent announcement that it will pull all championship games from North Carolina in protest over the anti-trans HB2 bathroom bill, Breitbarties fantasize about leading a counter-boycott — and exacting some kind of revenge upon their foes.
Well, that’s a little creepy.
But don’t worry! There was racism as well. Lots and lots of racism. Here’s a small selection:
This fellow earned extra credit alt-right points by working some homophobia in with his racism:
NOTE: This post is part of an ongoing series on the comments culture at Breitbart. These are the people Trump was presumably trying to appeal to when he hired former Breitbart head cheese Steve Bannon as his campaign CEO.
As someone who actually lives in North Carolina, it makes my skin crawl to see these ding-dongs crowing about their hopes for Pat McCrory getting re-elected. I know that living in the Triangle gives me a decidedly more liberal bunch of neighbors than elsewhere in the state, but there are a lot of conservatives here just as pissed with HB2. Even if it weren’t blatantly transphobic (which it clearly is) it’s wholly useless as “crime prevention,” impossible to enforce, and costing the state untold amounts of money. A whole host of companies and individuals who, y’know, see this bullshit for what it is and want no part of it have been pulling their business out of the state, and a great many of those who ARE still doing business here make a point of letting people know that they still think the bill is a load of junk. It’s done nothing positive for our citizens, our economy, or our reputation. And it never will, because HB2 was never about any kind of positivity or growth. It was and is solely about attempting to punish trans people for existing in public.
And these guys are actively rooting for the man who championed it to be in charge again? Pardon me while I go vomit forever.
On a more personal note, at a concert in Raleigh about a week ago, it was very heartening to hear both Joan Jett and Ann Wilson get on stage and take the time to tell us that even though they were happy to be here, HB2 is a bunch of garbage and they hope it gets thrown out soon for all our sakes. It was more heartening to hear how loudly the crowd cheered them for it.
TL;DR: Keep your grubby alt right money out of our state, please. We have enough problems without y’all stirring the freakin’ pot. Shoo.
Transpeople are rich and powerful?! They didn’t go over that at orientation it was more like “Prepare to lose your job, your family, your friends, your spouse and pretty much everything else.”
I don’t know what they smoke over at Brietbart but it’s some good stuff. Hilarious thing is this doesn’t even bother me any more, it’s just…too pathetic.
https://youtu.be/pSANTRnEBgg
I keep thinking of this recently…..
@Shannon
Well obviously! How else would you explain that one of “them” is a semi-succesfull tv-actress on that womens prison show. And another is Caitlyn Jenner!
Clearly, the existence of two transgender people who can manage public personas is a testament to the tyrannical power of the evil trans-lobby.
I mean, otherwise you’d have to entertain the notion that the alt-right is actually a radical fringe of mouthbreathers, who’s whining about the entirety of society not going out of their way to service the pet-peeves of bigots.
… And that’s just unthinkable in the sociopath echo-chamber.
@ Scildfreja
Ah, thank you. Exactly. What makes my blood boil even further is that there are people here (Aust.) who spout this view from the left side of politics. Any Mammoth readers from Oz will know of Helen Razer, I’m sure. This has been her refrain for months now. To be fair (sarcasm) she does combine the whole corruption thing with ‘HRC is a warmongering murderer of brown people’, with the unspoken conclusion being that Trump … isn’t or wouldn’t be.
The fact that this is an avowedly left-wing writer is what astonishes me (little naive me, I know). Judging by most (thankfully not all) of the comments on Razer’s articles, people agree with her.
P.S. I hope that you’re ok until your lab gets funding again. As you say, more free time for other stuff – and how lovely of you to prioritise your colleague 🙂
Is it just me or is ‘the return of the GREAT WHITE’ so racist that in the last comment they take issue with not just the colour of the players but the ball as well.