Troy Aikman is an ESPN football commentator, former Dallas cowboy, and Hall of Fame quarterback. Last week he commented while on air about a lousy call by the officials in the Kansas City–Las Vegas game. Aikman was unhappy with the call because he felt the officials were being overprotective of the Las Vegas quarterback based on new NFL rules and how they are being interpreted.
He felt like the rules are detrimental to a game that by its nature requires hard physical contact between players. Having taken many such blows and tackles during his career in an era when the officials were far less protective, one could conclude that Aikman is eminently qualified to comment on the issue. Accordingly, when Aikman said that he felt the NFL rules committee was too protective of QBs and should “take the dresses off” when making such rules, it seemed like a colorful and quite descriptive remark.
One might even call it entertaining, but alas, anyone who came to that conclusion would be terribly wrong and would also have outed themselves as a sexist. After all, that phrase is plainly “misogynistic” in the eyes of “some people.”
What should Aikman do to appease this undefined cohort of “some people”? In truth, it is not at all apparent that he should do anything. The reference was a nod to a still prevailing cultural norm that men should not beat up on women. For example:
Assault on a Female is a Class A1 misdemeanor punishable by a maximum sentence of 150 days in jail. This is an extremely common charge that can arise in the area of domestic households, as often times verbal arguments between people in a dating or marital relationship can lead to physical confrontations. For men, this is especially problematic, due to the extra protection our laws afford females as it pertains to being the victim of an assault. To meet the elements of Assault on a Female, an adult male (over the age of eighteen) must commit an assault or battery on a female. – arnoldsmithlaw.com (bolding added)
This excerpt is referencing North Carolina law, but it is similarly true in almost every state. Are Aikman’s critics against this prevailing attitude that women need extra protection from violent men? Is that why they were angered by Aikman’s comment?
By placing QBs on a pedestal and trying to protect them more than other players, the NFL is mimicking societal standards of protection of women. Are Aikman’s critics saying that the whole attitude reflected in that remark, i.e., QBs are being protected from violence more than other men, just like women are in society, is sexist? Does that mean the critics want men who attack women to be treated the same as men who attack other men?
Or, are they asserting that even acknowledging that our society protects women more than men is taboo? It is not clear what they are angry about, or if they even are angry at all. They might be sincerely upset, or, they could just be dopey and malicious liberal trolls causing controversy to advance left-wing stupidity and societal control. The evidence of many years suggests the latter is the case.
When one considers that a liberal female SCOTUS nominee told the world that she is not even sure what a woman is, why are Aikman’s liberal critics so concerned about a practically undefinable group? Are they saying that men cannot wear dresses? Aikman implied that the Rules Committee was wearing dresses, but not knowing its composition might be significant. What if it turned out that the Committee was all female? Are the critics saying that women must wear dresses? Or is it that they are angry because they want women to wear nothing at all?
The previous questions are ridiculous of course but are far less ridiculous that the initial attacks that generated the queries. The media have gotten so used to parroting and passing on the most insane concepts as serious proposals that Americans and their leaders spend more time addressing and solving stupid, nonexistent problems than they do trying to resolve the many and pressing issues that confront this country.
Because the media give a platform to morons, our “leaders” feel compelled to take seriously whatever banal, ignorant, or even false complaint or proposal made by said fools. It is antithetical to progress and does nothing but stoke tension and hostility where previously there was none.
For generations, men in this country would admonish other men to “take their dresses off” if the speaker felt those men were showing a lack of toughness or determination. On the other hand, a man who is being too tough or harsh might be called a “d-ck” to this very day. Plainly, being too “male” can be just as much of a problem as being too “female.” One thing is certain, it is much easier to take a dress off than to remove an offending organ. It is ironic that it is the left that enthusiastically and literally supports the latter action over the former.
Since the benighted few who attacked Aikman were 99% likely to be addled liberals or left-wing trolls, the proper response would have been to ignore them. Unfortunately, Aikman chose the far too common habit of groveling before his critics. He apologized for being “dumb” and begged his attackers for forgiveness without even bothering to understand who these provocateurs were or what their motives might be.
Instead, he immediately surrendered to these hateful scoundrels and gave them just a little more power in a society where they already have far too much. It was a sad thing to read his self-abasing words and realize that scurrilous jerks have so much power in America.
Forty years ago, a common insult was to allege that an opponent’s mother (aunt, grandmother, girlfriend) “wears combat boots.” The obvious inference being that the woman in question was sadly lacking in feminine grace, gentleness and refinement. It was an insult for woman to be called too masculine! It might be too horrifying for any liberal to read that Troy Aikman should have taken off his dress before he offered his ill-considered apology his critics; ergo, let’s conclude by saying merely that he definitely was not wearing combat boots.
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