the lack of ability to comprehend literally anything on this site is genuinely impressive
Absolutely agree we should be allowed to take a break from the fall of western society to just enjoy things and there’s nothing wrong with not dedicating 100% of your time to activism (in fact if you do dedicate 100% of your time to activism, you will probably destroy yourself), but the game and the halftime show were also inherently political events.
Trump was there and people were booing him through the game. The chiefs, who have won 3 of the previous 5 games and made it to 1 more, were the obvious choice to win, and were the team Trump wanted to win, lost. Massively. Even though it was not a political statement, it was a political outcome. Anything involving Trump is inherently political because that is what he does.
Meanwhile Kendrick Lamar’s show started out with “Uncle Sam,” who in the context of the show and with everything he said was also a reference to Uncle Tom. If that statement doesn’t make sense in and of itself, please look up Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Sparknotes works, but reading the actual book is better; it’s public domain.
Then there’s Kendrick saying “the revolution boutta be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy.” That was clearly about the election. The prison yard, the goose stepping, 40 acres and a mule, it was all political. It was all a protest.
I would even argue that the inclusion of his beef with Drake was inherently political cause the primary focus of it within the halftime show was about his abuse of women and children.
I can’t decide which implication from the screenshot is worse: that we shouldn’t allow ourselves rest and fun, or that the superbowl and “celebrity stuff” aren’t (currently) extremely political.
