re: NBA will play 0 games on Election day, will have civic engagement night on Monday before

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I just refuse to allow their antics to affect my personal enjoyment of any form of entertainment.

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I get that, but I get the reaction of people who've turned it off too. Everybody has a different threshold for when somebody's activism outweighs their entertainment value. I've never really watched the NBA or the NFL so I've never cared about their virtue signaling.

I watch actors all the time who probably have views that are the polar opposite of mine. I don't know their views and I don't care. When they make their entire identity politically adversarial they're not that entertaining to me any longer and I watch something else.

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Instead, all 30 teams will play the Monday before on a themed “civic engagement night,” to encourage fans, players and staff to vote in this year’s midterm elections.

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Will there be free admission, free food, and drop boxes available, along with someone from a non-profit available to help people fill out their ballots?

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"If you don't and you still do, you're a fricking idiot or too weak to act on your own convictions."

A tough guy on a message board!

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What I said was:

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If you agree with their actions then it makes all the sense in the world for you to continue to fund them. If you don't and you still do, you're a fricking idiot or too weak to act on your own convictions.

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For all I know you fall into the first category, in which case I just said it makes totals sense. I don't agree, but more power to you and I'd hope you and they have a great time together. If you fall in the second, I said what I said.

And there's never been anything I've ever said on a message board that I would not say to someone's face, which is one of the reasons I never go full overboard. If I knew you in person and we were having this discussion and I heard you say you were against all of the nonsense athletes and sports leagues were doing but were still buying tickets, going to games, watching on TV, etc. I'd happily tell you that you were being a fricking idiot and you did not have the courage of your convictions.

That said, I was speaking generally here and not directly to you...though given you got upset I take it you DO disagree with them but feel that you are "above" letting it distract you from being entertained by them so you continue to fund them?

And this is yet another reason why my interest in sports television has diminished about 75 percent…

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If I knew you in person and we were having this discussion and I heard you say you were against all of the nonsense athletes and sports leagues were doing but were still buying tickets, going to games, watching on TV, etc. I'd happily tell you that you were being a fricking idiot and you did not have the courage of your convictions.

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This is such a lazy take, honestly. People work hard for the ability to spend their entertainment time/dollar how they deem fit. I can hold the opinion that Gregg Popovich has batshit insane politics, yet also be of the mind that he's the greatest basketball coach of all time. As a longtime hoops/Spurs fan, I don't see how it's lacking courage of convictions to choose to entertain myself how I see fit. Especially when I assume the vast majority of the sports/entertainment establishment is going to be left of center, anyways. I just refuse to allow their antics to dictate my enjoyment.

And, just for the record (given the tenor of responses itt), I'm not upset or mad or anything. This is all academic for me at this point. People just need to do what makes them happy RE: entertainment. Life is short.

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Errerrerrwere

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Good to see you! And thanks! Really appreciate it

Good to see you too. Need more REAL Aggies like you, Wolf, and EKG. Was something in the water when Hank was enrolled?

EKG is a real one for sure. Love her to death

Do we hafta discuss HankyPanky? Cuz I got nothing lol but I think he likes the role of board contrarian/provocateur. NTTAWWT. This place CAN be a bit of an echo chamber sometimes.

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This is such a lazy take, honestly. People work hard for the ability to spend their entertainment time/dollar how they deem fit. I can hold the opinion that Gregg Popovich has batshit insane politics, yet also be of the mind that he's the greatest basketball coach of all time. As a longtime hoops/Spurs fan, I don't see how it's lacking courage of convictions to choose to entertain myself how I see fit. Especially when I assume the vast majority of the sports/entertainment establishment is going to be left of center, anyways. I just refuse to allow their antics to dictate my enjoyment.

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It's not lazy, it's proactive. Take entertainment like movies or TV. for decades I took that viewpoint and never allowed what I thought were my politics to prevent me from watching a movie or TV show that happened to have an actor that espoused views opposite to my own. I shrugged it off and decided it didn't matter enough to change my behavior because I wanted to be entertained.

But this was when it was a fairly rare occurrence. Now, not only do they all have to toe the same line but they all are essentially mandated by the mob to be vocal about every topic. So instead of overlooking one loud obnoxious actor, I'm asked to ignore an entire cast, plus the director, plus the producers, and the entire movie studio. And if I dare talk back, I'm told by the very same people that can't shut up about THEIR politics that I'm the problem for bringing MY politics to the table. Nah...frick all that.

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And, just for the record (given the tenor of responses itt), I'm not upset or mad or anything. This is all academic for me at this point. People just need to do what makes them happy RE: entertainment. Life is short.

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Well yeah, I agree. I realized that if I continued to fund these people I'd be miserable. More specifically, I felt like a punk being taken advantage of and being laughed at for continuing to fund people that openly told me they hate me. So I walked away. Took a minute to not really feel like I was missing anything, but now it's great. I'm happier, I waste less time as a spectator watching other people enjoy themselves, and I feel good about where my money goes. I tend to get talkative about this topic because too often guys here act like they CAN'T walk away because it's too much a part of their lives...but as I a guy that lived it for a long time, I want to let them know they can, if they want. Just takes the desire to do it. After all, we're talking about wants, and not needs here.