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getagrip_already

(14,697 posts)
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 05:18 PM Feb 2022

boggles the mind - shut down the superbowl?

So the media is hyping how a trucker snarl-up could shutdown the superbowl.

Ok, I can see how it could. Traffic is a nightmare even on good stadium days around most games. A few stalled vehicles could stop traffic cold miles away.

But aren't they just hurting people who are already on their side?

I mean really, people going to football games, especially the superbowl, are very well healed and generally conservative. You almost never see masks in the crowds at most games. The league doesn't support requiring them in the stands.

Why would they hurt their own supporters, or at least people who agree to some degree?

Or is it just for impact? Lookie what weee can dooooo-doooo up!

I guess that could be it.

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ProfessorGAC

(64,988 posts)
12. They SAY They Don't Watch
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 06:20 PM
Feb 2022

But, ratings went up 2 years in a row.
Somebody new is watching, and it seems the eyeballs they had, they still have.
Lying about stuff like that is in their DNA.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
4. They're angry that Snoop Dogg is part of the halftime show.
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 05:25 PM
Feb 2022

His cheeky grin always makes me smile!! (I loved that "cooking show" he had with Martha Stewart.)

Samrob

(4,298 posts)
6. They don't care if they hurt their supporters. The RW does not really care about their supporters.
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 05:32 PM
Feb 2022

They will go out of their way to hurt them so long as they believe they are owning the libs, the libs' President, the libs' Congress. That is all that matters to them. They will jump to the side of a few legitimate anti-vaxxers and the cause their own. They don't care about their own children just let them have their guns, their Bibles, and their fascists leaders who SAY they hate the same people their supporters do.

Now the feds need to be more mindful of whom they contract with to deliver their goods and services. Let the private sector fend for itself with their GOP good buddies.

Poiuyt

(18,122 posts)
7. They would lose what little support they have
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 05:35 PM
Feb 2022

Americans love their NFL. If the conservatives were to take that away, people would hate them.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
8. Putin will use fox news and rw actors to trigger anarchy on the roads and in the cities if he can.
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 05:36 PM
Feb 2022

I worry about what happens when he invades Ukraine and then unleashes any cyber capabilities on us and triggers his nazis here to run amok.

Initech

(100,059 posts)
9. I've been to SoFi. The residents of Inglewood will not put up with that bullshit.
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 05:37 PM
Feb 2022

Hell you can't even get on to the street that takes you back to the freeway after events. Hope the police are ready.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
11. It's media hype. The DHS claim...
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 06:20 PM
Feb 2022
possibly disrupting traffic around the Super Bowl,


becomes "shut down the superbowl".

Trucker protest could impact Super Bowl fans, officials warn
https://www.foxla.com/news/trucker-protest-could-impact-super-bowl-fans-officials-warn


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