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CBGLuthier

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5. I do.

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 09:32 AM

Dec 2013

I do not buy their merchandise, I do not watch their games. I also do not buy the weak, alleged beer sold by their major advertisers.

I view american football as a very artificial and boring sport and a league that allows one of its teams to use an ugly racist word for its name can kiss all of my ass.

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Why not boycott the NFL? [View all] Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 OP

I haven't watched a Stupor Bowl in years. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #1

You can't possibly be serious badtoworse Dec 2013 #2

I won't be watching the Superbowl but this is a very silly argument el_bryanto Dec 2013 #3

It's not just men that enjoy the game... GETTINGTIRED Dec 2013 #8

nods - but that's clearly the argument - el_bryanto Dec 2013 #9

While I'm watching The Super Bowl I won't be seeing any advertisements for guns. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #4

I do. CBGLuthier Dec 2013 #5

Wow aren't you all superior sharp_stick Dec 2013 #20

Very good response. LibertyLover Dec 2013 #29

+100. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2013 #33

That describes me closer than I'd like to admit tkmorris Dec 2013 #36

It describes me a bit too sharp_stick Dec 2013 #42

Awesome. zappaman Dec 2013 #45

Good job. Bring them to their knees! LordGlenconner Dec 2013 #26

#FOMOF GETTINGTIRED Dec 2013 #6

You want to boycott the business with the best-paid union workers in America? Scuba Dec 2013 #7

How will cities pay for the stadiums the public paid for without games? Omaha Steve Dec 2013 #10

ever been to a football game? there's tons of female fans thoroughly enjoying the game. dionysus Dec 2013 #11

You measure female fans by the ton? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2013 #12

to quote mitt, there are binders full of female fans! dionysus Dec 2013 #13

"Binders"! That's the word I was looking for ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2013 #16

That's just the patriarchy speaking Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #17

are you actually being serious here? dionysus Dec 2013 #18

Football is an evil metaphor for endless war!!!! JoePhilly Dec 2013 #14

I don't buy this particular angle, but I also don't understand why the NFL gets a pass Tanuki Dec 2013 #15

It's not just pipi_k Dec 2013 #22

Pretty much the same argument Walmart makes, isn't it? n/t Tanuki Dec 2013 #25

Not really. Sissyk Dec 2013 #37

I didn't say anything about boycotting the NFL. Tanuki Dec 2013 #43

I don't watch football. nt City Lights Dec 2013 #19

Neither does the organizer of the boycott Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #21

Ironic, isn't it... pipi_k Dec 2013 #23

My favorite kind of boycotts Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #24

Mine too sharp_stick Dec 2013 #38

Sometimes the 12th man is the 12th woman - LibertyLover Dec 2013 #27

Dont count them out yet RedstDem Dec 2013 #32

So true LibertyLover Dec 2013 #44

I wish some of the money and attention paid Ron Green Dec 2013 #28

I like football. I hate these kinds of lectures. cali Dec 2013 #30

That's just the patriarchy speaking Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #39

i boycot the redskins RedstDem Dec 2013 #31

Buy Nothing Day is immeasurably pointless The2ndWheel Dec 2013 #34

Next you'll tell me Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #35

with exception of 2-3 games a season, I've been boycotting Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #40

If you want to watch football, fine, knock yourself out. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #41

Been boycotting for years. Kingofalldems Dec 2013 #46

Racist, Sexist, Homophobic RandiFan1290 Dec 2013 #47

The majority of NFL players are nonwhite (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #48

Hey don't let facts get in the way of irrational hysteria LordGlenconner Dec 2013 #52

I'm thinking about boycotting football Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #49

That article makes no sense LittleBlue Dec 2013 #50

Enjoyed primarily by men, ergo evil and boycott it Kurska Dec 2013 #51