I will not be watching the Super Bowl and here is a detailed reason why

[ThomWV]

Self respect.

[Fast Dude]

1. Cool...that's means

...extra food and beverage for the rest of us. :beer:

[farmout rightarm]

2. I don't get it.

?
Do you just hate football?

[AspenRose]

7. It means the OP thinks highly enough of themselves not to watch

Unlike the rest of us weak, compromised liberals.

[Bicoastal]

10. This is precisely why some people think liberals are no fun to be around...

...because quite a few aren't.

[farmout rightarm]

12. Oh.

Okay...

[HughMoran]

51. lol

yep

[a la izquierda]

52. yeah, we flippin' suck, us football watching liberals.

i did want to hang myself when i accidentally saw the Tebag & his mommy commercial. i got pretty liberal with the F word.

[Bicoastal]

3. In other words, because you weren't invited to any SB parties?

Gotcha.

[grantcart]

6. DUzy -- rofl

[Flaneur]

4. I will be watching and here is a detailed reason why:

I like football.

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. I respect your decision, and your reasoning.

And I'd like to thank you in advance for respecting my decision and reasoning for watching said Bowl.

[rd_kent]

8. SO you think that watching football somehow means one does not have self respect?

I don't get it.

[leftstreet]

9. It's a very sad commentary on class divisions

I watched the ending of one a couple of years ago...one of the winning players (working class) 'won' a brand new SUV and stood smiling, teary-eyed and grateful with some team execs (ownership class) for the photo ops.

Jeez...and that was just at the end!

:beer:

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Superbowl?

Is that some kinda football game or sumpin?

I don't unnerstan dat stuff. Why don't dey give each team a ball and cut down on all dat stoopid violence?

[napi21]

13. I assume it's because of ONE COMMERCIAL. Flip the channel

for that one minute. I want to see NOLA win, and I'm sure interested in watching that.

[elfin]

14. My reasons

On Demand NCIS, Big Love, Masterpiece Classic.

[Name removed]

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[KamaAina]

16. Nor will I

if the Dolts so much as convert a third and 7 from their own 32 in the first quarter, I would be likely to throw a have object right through my brand-new flatscreen.

GEAUX SAINTS!!!

[Swamp Rat]

24. Geaux Saints!!

:party:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7632241

[KamaAina]

28. Who you callin' a New Dat?

I was right there with y'all when Andersen honked a kick that would've put us in the playoffs, back around '89 or so.

Sorry I never caught up with you when I came to town a few years ago. I am definitely overdue!

[Arkana]

30. How does it go?

WHO DAT DEY SAY GON' BEAT DEM SAINTS!

Is that right?

[Swamp Rat]

31. LOL!

You read into it too far. I just was hinting at a thread kick. :D

[KamaAina]

33. Done!

Always happy to poke our resident Dolts fan in the eye again. :P

[Swamp Rat]

34. Lookey! I ain't got no self-respect!

:D

[ben_thayer]

17. Bread & Circuses....?

:hide:

[Dream Girl]

26. You got it!

[Codeine]

18. Oh, get over yourself.

I'm not watching it either (I don't like football) but let us not pretend you're making some deep philosophical statement by not viewing the transmitted images of a ball game.

[fishbulb703]

46. lol, agreed.

[Arkana]

19. I'm watching it, and I'll tell you why.

Because Tim Tebow's pathetic bible-thumping mother is not going to get me to change my mind, and she doesn't scare me by parading Saint Timothy of Tebow around like the second coming of Jeebus himself.

[Dr.Phool]

20. How about the Puppy Bowl?

It's on Animal Planet right now, on the East Coast!

A real paw biter!

[NNN0LHI]

29. We are still in the second quarter in the Midwest

Jake and Garbanzo are kicking tail.

Don

[Wardoc]

37. Only dogs I'm looking at today are ones covered in chili and onions. (nt)

[tallahasseedem]

21. Good for you...

Not.

Watching the pregame now and eating great food. Can't wait for it to start!

[Fast Dude]

22. In support of your decision

I will go to the bathroom during a play.

[Obamanaut]

23. While you don't watch the super bowl, don't go to Wal Mart, either.

It will make you feel twice as good.

And since no one has mentioned 'unrec' in this thread, I will mention it and, wait for it .....unrec

[AngryOldDem]

25. You're better than me. Congrats. n/t

[BeHereNow]

27. Book TV has an amazing line up today-

That's what I'm watching!
Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Thom Hartmann...
just to name a few.

Unfortunate that they chose today to present them
since the majority of Americans will be watching something important
while the country continues to fall apart.

BHN:sarcasm:

[Wardoc]

36. Those sound like excellent coasters for the beer being drunk during the game!

[BeHereNow]

38. What in the hell are you talking about?

Methinks you have already been drinking.
No?

Your reply make no sense.

BHN

[Wardoc]

40. I was refering to the books you outlined simply to take out some of the starch in your...

uptight pants. Lighten up, learn to have a little fun with people (like, say, watching the game), and you will enjoy your life a lot more.

[Codeine]

47. Almost nobody watches C-Span, Superbowl Sunday or no. nt

[zappaman]

32. wow

you are soooo cool.
I guess I don't respect myself cuz I'm gonna watch a football game.
What a sanctimonious...

[The_Commonist]

35. I won't be watching it either...

...because I don't have a TV in my house.

[WolverineDG]

39. More pizza, wings, & nachos for me

:9

GEAUX SAINTS! LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROLLER!

dg

[fishwax]

41. I'll be watching (with no hit to my self respect), but I hope you enjoy

whatever it is that you'll doing instead.

[superduperfarleft]

42. I won't be watching it either.

But that's only because I'll probably be drinking too much Budweiser and watching COPS reruns, so I've got no room to lecture people on high culture. :burp:

[whistler162]

43. Fran Tarkington isn't playing so why bother!

[Major Hogwash]

44. I'm going to a poetry recital, myself.

Not that I like poetry or anything like that, but today was the day they scheduled it, so . . .

[Major Hogwash]

45. I'm going to a poetry recital, myself.

Not that I like poetry or anything like that, but today was the day they scheduled it, so . . .

[MindPilot]

48. Betcha can't wait for the NASCAR season to start

so y'all can toss some asparagus down your nose at us motorsports fans.

[zorahopkins]

49. Think Of Aretha! ARETHA!

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Find out what it means to me (that is you).

Think of Aretha! What would she do?

[tranche]

50. Avatar is a Bad Movie!

Intellectual snobs unite!

[krabigirl]

53. I never watch it...bores me to tears.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

54. Well, you give to yourself more than I can.

[Dr. Strange]

55. Self respect? YOU'RE POSTING IN GD!

Ha, I've run circles around you logically.

[tallahasseedem]

57. LOL!

Precisely.

[me b zola]

56. I like football and usually watch the SB...but not this year

The only way to apply pressure to a corporation is through $$$. CBS' recent decisions regarding whose advertising dollars they will take--and whose they will refuse--should offend us all into action (withdraw of our viewership).

Although I understand your statement about self-respect, I think there may have been a better way to appeal to others to join us in boycotting this year.

[theophilus]

58. Well, I think you are being too hard on yourself. I hope you find some self respect

soon.