Today The Internet Is Freaking Out About Matthew McConaughey Supporting The Redskins Name
Time - What interests me is how quickly it got pushed into the social consciousness. We were all fine with it since the 1930s, and all of a sudden we go, “No, gotta change it”? It seems like when the first levee breaks, everybody gets on board. I know a lot of Native Americans don’t have a problem with it, but they’re not going to say, “No, we really want the name.” That’s not how they’re going to use their pulpit. It’s like my feeling about gun control: “I get it. You have the right to have guns. But look, let’s forget that right. Let’s forget the pleasure you get safely on your range, because it’s in the wrong hands in other places. And why is McConaughey, who hails from Texas, a Redskins fan, anyway? “First, four years old, watching Westerns, I always rooted for the Indians,” McConaughey, who once played a football coach in We Are Marshall, said. “Second, my favorite food was hamburgers. The Redskins had a linebacker named Chris Hanburger.” The interviewer asked McConaughey if he would be hurt to see the logo gone. “It’s not going to hurt me. It’s just… I love the emblem,” the Oscar winner said. “I dig it. It gives me a little fire and some oomph. But now that it’s in the court of public opinion, it’s going to change. I wish it wouldn’t, but it will.””
For some reason the Internet is going buhnanas over stupid shit today. First people are losing their minds because a standup comedian called Bill Cosby, a guy who is known to have sexually assaulted women, a rapist. I saw that and was like what, huh? It’s a comedian on stage telling a joke about a guy who tries to rape chicks. And then people got over than when they found out Matthew McConaughey, a lifelong Redskins fans, supports the name. He digs it. It’ gives him some oomph. And I ask those who care about Matthew McConaughey’s opinion on a social issue why the fuck you care about Matthew McConaughey’s opinion on a social issue. That’s the beauty of this, he’s allowed to think whatever he wants. He grew up a Skins fan, he likes the name, so be it. Plus, the fact he likes the team because Chris Hanburger is the most Matthew McConaughey thing in the world.
PS: Think the Skins can lose to the Cowboys still? Colt gonna give it to ya, gonna give it to ya.
