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by Quarrelsome 43 days ago
bit low effort for this place ain't it? I mean, if we're going to make a negative statement about the event then we can do so without speculation.

The idea of hosting a UFC fight at the White House is promoting the concept of violence at the top tier of politics. Mad Max echoes aside; democratic politics is a diplomatic practice and is the very antithesis of using violence to solve problems. This reflects some of the troubling aspects of this current administration, how dismissive they are of the democratic institutions of the nation and further undermines the suggestion made by the administration that "the US is a Christian country". Not convinced the UFC judges give any points for turning the other cheek in a fight.

Not that anyone sane ever really believed that the US is Christian. It's clear that it's primarily motivated by the stock market and thus worships Mammon first and Jesus 2nd, if at all. Smth smth foreign aid, universal healthcare, etc?