Michael Harriot: White People vs. Everybody

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.theroot.com/white-people-vs-everybody-1847322127

Although the National Football League claims to have 32 franchises—all those logos, mascots and jerseys really mean nothing. When it comes down to it, there are only two NFL teams:

1. The Dallas Cowboys

2. Everybody else

Fans may purchase New York Giants season tickets and wear Miami Dolphins jerseys, but loathing the Dallas Cowboys is the NFL’s most unifying sentiment, and hating the Dallas Cowboys is America’s pastime. While the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Yankees and the Kardashian Industrial Complex may come close, the Dallas Cowboys are far and away sports’ most disliked team.

Over the last 20 years, Dem Boys have a record of 174 wins, 182 losses, and haven’t appeared in a Super Bowl in more than a quarter of a century. Yet the team boasts the league’s biggest fan base and consistently garners football’s highest television ratings. Jerry Jones is widely considered the league’s most inept general manager but he owns two of the desired properties in all of professional athletics. His Cowboys is the most valuable franchise in American sports, but he also owns football’s second-most valuable team—people who hate the Cowboys. Jones turned a $150 million investment into $5.7 billion by tapping into one undeniable truth:

No bond is stronger than people who hate the same thing.

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[uponit7771]

1. Sooooo true about Jerry Jones !! Look at his recent negotiations with the QB they tried to kill 5 yr

... yrs ago !!

[Thomas Hurt]

2. of course, everyone is out to get the christofascists...

you can't be special unless you have a enemy, you can't be special unless you feel you are being persecuted.

[sop]

3. "No bond is stronger than people who hate the same thing."

Until just a few years ago I would have disagreed, but recent history demonstrates how true this is.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. K&R for Harriot.

[stillcool]

5. Great read...thanks.

The GOP has seized upon one incontrovertible truth: White people aren’t cheering for white people...
They’re just rooting against everybody else.