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milestogo

(23,139 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:35 AM Oct 2025

The president is destroying the country and we are supposed to be outraged about sports betting?

Its petty crime compared to what this administration is doing to people.

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The president is destroying the country and we are supposed to be outraged about sports betting? (Original Post) milestogo Oct 2025 OP
Remember that old line from the movie The Longest Yard (1974 version) ? Wounded Bear Oct 2025 #1
Sorry to say but there are probably more Americans outraged about doc03 Oct 2025 #2
I was thinking the same thing. Emile Oct 2025 #3
That's a distraction MiniMe Oct 2025 #4
Gambling and drinking are personal issues. tirebiter Oct 2025 #5
I understand the sentiment, but disagree with the position TheProle Oct 2025 #6
I feel as if it part and parcel of the same thing GusBob Oct 2025 #7

Wounded Bear

(64,442 posts)
1. Remember that old line from the movie The Longest Yard (1974 version) ?
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:39 AM
Oct 2025
Hey, you can rape kids, beat your wife, or rob a bank. But shaving points on a football game? That's unamerican."


Or something like that. Yeah, too many people care about that so they can use it as another distraction.

TheProle

(4,001 posts)
6. I understand the sentiment, but disagree with the position
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:40 AM
Oct 2025

Millionaires and criminals are fixing games and working class Americans are being ripped off by unscrupulous players and coaches.

GusBob

(8,268 posts)
7. I feel as if it part and parcel of the same thing
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:41 AM
Oct 2025

Rich criminal corrupt folks doing what rich criminal corrupt folks do

No way you are a builder in NYC or a casino guy and aint mobbed up

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