why does the NFL stand with France when they have a tragedy, but...

AtomicPiss

... when there is genocide in Uganda that claims 20,000 lives, the NFL is business as usual...

WeAreAFatLesboSchool

Or Beruit. Or Kenya.

Slackatvism is selective and has a short memory

sarktastic

NFL is guud at capitalizing on FREE PUB!

Swaye

DerekJohnson said:

... when there is genocide in Uganda that claims 20,000 lives, the NFL is business as usual...

You could ask the same thing of the media. Hey, 20,000 Africans got murdered today. Um, ok, um, let's do a 10 second spot on it before we go for wall to wall Paris coverage for the next 48 hours.

2001400ex

DerekJohnson said:

... when there is genocide in Uganda that claims 20,000 lives, the NFL is business as usual...

Because Muslims have a monopoly on killing people.

doogsinparadise

Don't be a tragedy hipster.

DeepSeaZ

White lives matter

PurpleThrobber

DerekJohnson said:

... when there is genocide in Uganda that claims 20,000 lives, the NFL is business as usual...

No revenue stream in Uganda.

BennyBeaver

DeepSeaZ said:

White lives matter

Bingo

doogsinparadise

TheGlove said:

DeepSeaZ said:

White lives matter

Bingo

Is it really possible to evenly weigh all of the tragedies which happen around the world? Do the people complaining about Beirut not having new coverage even know what happened there, or that 140 people were killed in Kenya a day later.

topdawgnc

Did we #bringourgirlshome

Any of the French look like Obama if he had a son?

RaceBannon

France is our NATO partner and makes great freedom fries

topdawgnc

RaceBannon said:

France is our NATO partner and makes great freedom fries

And they invented the fun kissing.

Doog_de_Jour

doogsinparadise said:

TheGlove said:

DeepSeaZ said:

White lives matter

Bingo

Is it really possible to evenly weigh all of the tragedies which happen around the world? Do the people complaining about Beirut not having new coverage even know what happened there, or that 140 people were killed in Kenya a day later.

This.

I've read a lot of comments like Derek's in the days since the Paris bombings, and while I think he and the "Don't Just Pray for Paris/Pray for the World" poem raise extremely good points, we have to remember people only have so much mental bandwidth.

What is a "fair amount" of coverage to give anything? For example, do bombing victims deserve more coverage than say, natural disaster victims? School shootings? How about people dying of hunger? Or heart disease? (I don't have an answer to that myself, just asking the question.)

doogsinparadise

Why aren't you outraged about drunk driving and auto fatalities!!!1!

doogsinparadise

Do you not care!?

Doog_de_Jour

doogsinparadise said:

Why aren't you outraged about drunk driving and auto fatalities!!!1!

Automobilist Lives Matter

dnc

DeepSeaZ said:

White lives matter

That's part of it of course, but the biggest reason is that what's happening in Uganda could never happen here. But people/media/Mericans give such a shit about France because if it can happen to them it can happen here. And probably will, before much longer.

2001400ex

doogsinparadise said:

Why aren't you outraged about drunk driving and auto fatalities!!!1!

Because they aren't Muslims doing the killing.

RoadDawg55

dnc said:

DeepSeaZ said:

White lives matter

That's part of it of course, but the biggest reason is that what's happening in Uganda could never happen here. But people/media/Mericans give such a shit about France because if it can happen to them it can happen here. And probably will, before much longer.

This.

PurpleJ

dnc said:

DeepSeaZ said:

White lives matter

That's part of it of course, but the biggest reason is that what's happening in Uganda could never happen here. But people/media/Mericans give such a shit about France because if it can happen to them it can happen here. And probably will, before much longer.

Especially if we let in 10,000 refugees!