Random Commanders Thoughts

[Hail Raiser]

OK, woah, woah, woah...
You've talked about cruise ships and murders there for years.

We get one or two ships a week during season, where most islands half this size get 7 a day and sure, we're top 5 in murder per capita but it's still safe

 

[Chris]

Sounds like it. 🤣

 

[heisenberg]

Sounds like it. 🤣

It is if you're billy the kid.

You just gotta handy with the steel if ya know what i mean earn your keep.

 

[tomwvr]

Just got back from a Canadian cruise
Bostons mass
Portland maine
Halifax Nova Scotia
Sydney Nova Scotia
Charlottetown Prince Edwards Island
Quebec

Then back

Wonderful 2 weeks to reset with my wife for our 35th

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[SkinsNumberOne]

It feels like it will be hard to separate politics from the team soon.

Apologies if I missed someone else commenting on this.

Trump threatens stadium deal over Commanders' name

President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington's NFL team if it does not restore its old name and is calling for Cleveland's baseball team to revert to its former name as well.

www.espn.com

 

[bifflog]

It feels like it will be hard to separate politics from the team soon.

Some day, the games will start. Thinking about checking out mentally until then...

 

[Conn]

lol. That might actually rush the DC Council into pushing the stadium through on their terms before any potential interference can happen

 

[Ghost of Sarge]

 

[Anselmheifer]

We get one or two ships a week during season, where most islands half this size get 7 a day and sure, we're top 5 in murder per capita but it's still safe

You should be posting more Carribean pictures here, sir. Some of us need to live vicariously!

 

[NickyJ]

It feels like it will be hard to separate politics from the team soon.

Apologies if I missed someone else commenting on this.

Trump threatens stadium deal over Commanders' name

President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington's NFL team if it does not restore its old name and is calling for Cleveland's baseball team to revert to its former name as well.

www.espn.com

Nothing will come of it because the nail in the team name's coffin was Nike pulling their Redskins gear. I don't see them ever selling it again, so everything else is noise. As with a lot of politics, I'm sure this is more about making noise than actually accomplishing any goal, so I don't expect any speed bumps for the stadium.

 

[Counter Trey]

It feels like it will be hard to separate politics from the team soon.

Soon? The conjoining of the team and politics began in 2020.

 

[burgold]

Soon? The conjoining of the team and politics began in 2020.

There's an interesting discussion here about social pressure/changes in sociological philosophy versus politics. For instance, when did suffrage or abolitition move from a social movement into a political one. Given Jefferson's desire to include anti-slavery verbiage into the Declaration of Independenc and the fact that he was forced to remove it by the Southern colonies I suppose politics may always be a factor. But even though I think it could be a fun discussion, this is probably the wrong place for it. I think we'd too quickly slide into "us" vs. "them" and stir up too much bad blood.

 

[Chris]

Twitter, somewhat surprisingly, took a very dominate response against Adam Schefter’s framing that the ‘old name of the Redskins is considered offensive to Native Americans‘.

I’d be interested in hearing about the tone of the response on the other platform.

 

[burgold]

Twitter, somewhat surprisingly, took a very dominate response against Adam Schefter’s framing that the ‘old name of the Redskins is considered offensive to Native Americans‘.

I’d be interested in hearing about the tone of the response on the other platform.

Largely negative. Not so much against the name change, but against Trump himself inserting himself where he doesn't belong and the potential of him using the name conversation to divert attention from his Epstein issues.

Edit: Because I scrolled down further and read more.

 

[Chris]

I was not speaking about or posting about the President. Those reactions are simple to expect no matter the topic. I was only interested in the responses regarding the part that I referenced in soft quotes.

I was pleasantly surprised that the vast majority of comments took exception to that framing.

 

[burgold]

Probably the most interesting thing is that I see no threads. Almost all of the posts are one-offs. Nothing that's generating a conversation or gaining traction.

 

[Boone]

Largely negative. Not so much against the name change, but against Trump himself inserting himself where he doesn't belong and the potential of him using the name conversation to divert attention from his Epstein issues.

Edit: Because I scrolled down further and read more.

This is a political post. Let’s make it the last one.

 

[Chris]

Here or elsewhere? It’s early here so most active users aren’t at work yet. 😉

 

[Spearfeather]

I mean, he was asked about it. He responded.
I then saw where Jason Buck, a former player for us who says he is Native American, said he was going to make a plea to the President, ...

A day before Sunday's post, Jason Buck, a now-retired defensive lineman who played on the Washington team in the 1990s, told TMZ he would "give anything" to meet with Mr. Trump to discuss changing the Commanders' name back.

maybe that spurred on his further comments, I dont know.

 

[Conn]

Twitter, somewhat surprisingly, took a very dominate response against Adam Schefter’s framing that the ‘old name of the Redskins is considered offensive to Native Americans‘.

I’d be interested in hearing about the tone of the response on the other platform.

The top 30 or so replies on any big tweet are now bot accounts with blue checks farming engagement these days, so unless you have a zillion fake accounts blocked it’s likely you only saw a few actual fan responses unfortunately. I still use it for other reasons but that platform is a real mess