The super bowl represents everything wrong with America
The super bowl is a day to worship almost all of the 7 deadly sins, not to mention idol worship. while millions are focused on the game on the field. The real competition is between our will power vs. sense/instant gratification.
First, it’s nearly impossible to watch the super bowl without take out of some sort. Gluttony will be victorious on this day for various reasons.
The super bowl has been a ritualistic American tradition that is embedded in our psyche.
Chips, dip, Pizza, wings anything that will delay our new year’s resolution for weight loss. The choice of food is, in fact, as ritualistic as the super bowl itself. Anything that will be cooked here can be applied. But what good is food without something to wash it down with?
If you didn’t get enough carbs for the food mentioned above, there’s pop and liquor left. Soda and liquor have killed more people than guns, through diabetes and drunk driving, etc.
Ironically, at football games where alcohol is sold, there are ads asking fans to drive and drink responsibly. Now that your taste buds have been stimulated to the point of numbness, you can sit down and enjoy the game.
There are countless videos on our youtube channel of sports fanatics who, with the help of alcohol spew racist antics. Vision not only because blurry the more we consume alcohol but also our ethics. Many fans, especially of the Kansas city chiefs, fail to see the Chiefs as mocking native culture. Similar to the Cleveland Indians chief wahoo mascot, logo.
Native Americans have been so marginalized and oppressed that we don’t see nor hear their resistance. Even in the age of social media. The chiefs stadium is also called arrowhead. The chiefs cheerleaders often ride horses, and a large drum is often hit on the 50-yard line before games. Almost every single stereotype is glamorized to sell tickets to sports fanatics.
The tomahawk chop is often used by chief fans to rally their team during the game. Objectively speaking, as a person of color, this is mind-boggling that this has continued for decades. What more evidence do we need to see the numbness of our morals?
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Furthermore, sponsors and corporations are spending possibly billions in total to advertise during the game. Is the enjoyment of the senses the mockery of cultures that have been oppressed.? If the alcohol didn’t blur our vision and our ethics enough, the sex appeal will.
This year super bowl half time show performed by Shakira and j.lo used sex appeal to compensate for talent. Sports are supposedly family-oriented entertainment as well as ways to bond with family. i.e., father and son playing catch. Belly dancing, strip poles, revealing, and suggesting clothing are just some of the ways used to program the viewers.
Children should be more worried about their childhood rather than the sexual liberation agenda for the entire world to see. The lust that lay doormat in children is prematurely awakened and seduced via the super bowl half time show.
In conclusion, the ritual of the annual super bowl offers the promise of entertainment. While will power, discipline, morals, integrity, and time are sacrificed.
What are you willing to sacrifice to be entertained? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.