Conservatives both inside and outside of the National Football League are outraged that Michael Sam kissed his boyfriend after learning that he had completed one of his life-long goals — to be drafted into the NFL.
They are angry that President Barack Obama congratulated him:
Did Obama also call the 248 players drafted ahead of Michael Sam or is that just a gay privilege?
— Future President (@DefinitionOfFaF) May 11, 2014
And, of course, because Sam is not Benghazi:
We know more how Michael Sam celebrated being drafted by the NFL than what Obama was doing during the #Benghazi terrorist attack.
As Shapiro’s colleague at Truth Revolt, Caleb Howe, noted in the linked article, the real victims here are the homophobes the NFL’s actions have silenced: “This is the age of PC punishment,” Howe wrote. “Get on board, or get booted.”
Scott Eric Kaufman is the proprietor of the AV Club's Internet Film School and, in addition to Raw Story, also writes for Lawyers, Guns & Money. He earned a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of California, Irvine in 2008.
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12 May 2014 at 15:27 ET
Conservatives both inside and outside of the National Football League are outraged that Michael Sam kissed his boyfriend after learning that he had completed one of his life-long goals — to be drafted into the NFL.
They are angry that President Barack Obama congratulated him:
And, of course, because Sam is not Benghazi:
They are angry that sales of Sam’s jersey are outpacing all but Johnny Football’s:
Even though, as someone else points out:
Because they know how the free market should be guiding all these Sam-jersey-purchasers hands:
Also, they’re irate because he won’t get off their only source for news and entertainment, ESPN:
The conservative narrative seems to be coalescing around this complaint from Florida State University linebacker DeMarcus Walker:
Or, as this Christian more eloquently put it:
That the NFL fined Miami Dolphin Don Jones for calling the drafting of Sam “Horrible” is evidence that liberals are hypocrites:
As Shapiro’s colleague at Truth Revolt, Caleb Howe, noted in the linked article, the real victims here are the homophobes the NFL’s actions have silenced: “This is the age of PC punishment,” Howe wrote. “Get on board, or get booted.”
[“NFL prospect Michael Sam” on Facebook]
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