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Bryan J's avatar

A KICKER talks about guys fighting it out in the locker room. 😂

He was the guy they taped to his locker for fun…. he is a KICKER! Real tough guy position!

Just another MAGA snowflake who wants to “protect” girls but degrade women who play a professional sport. He is a POS and I feel bad for his daughters.

Linda Slater's avatar

Just another over testosteroned troglodyte.

He represents the world of men who can never understand or appreciate women in general and is going to hang on to his “superior” male idea that men do not have emotions. He only has to look to the leader of his party for an example of a man who operates entirely from his emotions.

Katy Bolger's avatar

I believe that Twump's emotions are singular, the emotion of ME. Look at me, say nice things about me, change my diaper.

Greg Kapphahn's avatar

Clearly he doesn't understand men and boys or what good coaching is, either.

Linda Slater's avatar

If the primary reason for participating in a sport is to win every time, the next step is to figure out how to cheat to ensure that win.

The GOP is an example of how that works.

NubbyShober's avatar

Military ground combat--firefights--are the ultimate and very lethal test of male vs. female athletic ability and emotional regulation. The US Army and Marines in particular, wrongly took the Jay Feely approach until fairly recently, banning women from all combat roles.

But the US military has now largely allowed women into nearly all combat roles. So what caused such a fundamental change?

The military's analysis of women's solid combat performances in Iraq and Afghanistan caused the change. They compiled literally *hundreds* of After Action Reports of women under fire, methodically taking out enemy combatants, protecting their comrades, and completing the mission. Because in a counterinsurgency there are no safe rear areas. So women drivers, cooks, mechanics, clerks, and military police were repeatedly thrust into life-or-death combat situations. And guess what? They did just as well as their male counterparts.

But misogyny is a core tenet of MAGA and the GOP. Any excuse to pay women less, promote them less, control their bodies, and shit-talk them. Feely's disdain and contempt of women should be no surprise.

Joseph Mangano's avatar

Why is Jay Feely making "protecting women's sports" a priority for his campaign? I went to his official site, and I can tell you that he doesn't have much of substance to offer. A lot of it is boilerplate Republican rhetoric, especially on the economic front. Secure the border. Support Israel.

It's about as developed as you might expect from a man with regressive views about women/girls and who thinks kicking a ball makes him a good candidate for public service.

Katy Bolger's avatar

Maybe someone should kick his balls. Just saying.

Kathy Koblik's avatar

You made me cackle - thanks....but I'm such a wimp I can't "like" this

Greg Kapphahn's avatar

As a coach, he'd just tell a player who experienced this at the hands of his team mates to "walk it off," and get back in the game.

Cathy's avatar

Getting on a soapbox, crying about a non-issue that they really don't care about is a GOP speciality.

Greg Kapphahn's avatar

Yup. Invent a problem that isn't actually a problem, scream about it from the roof tops, then if you get elected, never do a single thing about any REAL problem your constituents actually have.

Bill Whitten's avatar

“They care more about the way they make people feel and the camaraderie than they do about winning.” That’s the whole damn point about kids participating in sports. Unless you understand that at a visceral level, stay away from kids.

Greg Kapphahn's avatar

Healthy boy's teams are the SAME! If boys or men on a team don't give a sh_t about each other, and their coaches don't give a sh_t about them, the team generally performs poorly and gets worse over time as players come to blame each other for each and every mistake.

Jerry Bier's avatar

He complains about girls being too emotional, while the biggest piss-baby ever to stain the Oval Office sits in our White House? Nice S/

He is obviously unfit to serve in our secular government.

R Nelson's avatar

Goodness. A dad of "several daughters" who doesn't like girls.

Greg Kapphahn's avatar

Somehow I suspect those girls and their mother might have lot of very interesting things to say about what a clueless idiot their husband/father is (unless, of course, they've been beaten, verbally or physically, into only being able to "stand by your man").

Linda Slater's avatar

I have met several of those dads in my life.

laurie miller's avatar

An idiot looking for sensation, and a good money making cushy job, sat at home wondering what he could say that was "different,"

and came up with womens sport.? FFS. lauriemillerjade.com

The View From America's avatar

Jay Feely. Former NFL player. What did you expect, Einstein?

John Wolff's avatar

Nah, he was a kicker, with very little contact. It must be something else, lick generally being a dick.

Katy Bolger's avatar

You're thinking of the Senator Tuberville from Alabama, a former coach; not a player, not a kicker, but a real knuckle dragger. As Lady Gaga would say: born this way.

NPGardener's avatar

He coached adolescent girls, who are admittedly known to be emotional. Then he opines as an "expert" about adult women in sports. I hope his daughters grow up to teach him a thing or two. And that he will not be a Congressman.

To quote Peyton Manning, "He's a good kicker. But he's an idiot."

Lessons from Recovery's avatar

Far too many words wasted on this misguided poser. Does he have any useful plans to help his constituents?

Teresa Baustian's avatar

I’ve heard it said that when a man has a daughter, it’s like having your heart outside of your body.

I gather this man is unfamiliar with that sentiment.

His poor daughters.

Greg Kapphahn's avatar

This assumes that you are aware of and have access to your emotional "heart." I don't think Feely has been connected to his own heart since he was a little boy (probably when he got beaten into him, verbally or physically, that "big boys don't cry," or got told, "If you don's stop that crying, I'll REALLY give you something to cry about.").

Katy Bolger's avatar

Asshole. What's he doing in the girl's locker room? I'd rather a trans athlete who understands the team and their emotional needs than this grotesque little shit in my daughter's locker room.

Jeanie's avatar

Feely is yet another misogynist screwball with name recognition and no intention but to get in bed with corporate corruption.

There are campaign signs all over Tucson corners, made for just that. Every corner is labeled with their signs in maroon, navy, and white, with no party affiliation written on them. Just like they won't associate with the president in public, they won't even claim their own party. One guy has a sign that adds "approachable".

It's creepy.

These signs are intended to dupe the public into thinking the names have credibility because they are on a sign that seems like it is everywhere. Creating confusion and showing the public a name should be the first big hint that these players will do nothing but take....take the water, the minerals, the wildlife, the workers...people will be paying gigantic prices for water if this sort of politician "fixes" this election.

Katy Bolger's avatar

Gosh I hate it when people come and steal campaign signs in the night, don't you?

Jim from New Jersey's avatar

This is the kind of candidate that we get when we vote for everything except what matters. We vote for the "survivor", we vote for the "voice", we vote for our favorite athlete, we vote for Miss America. What we don't vote for is war, peace, food security, health insurance. We are consumed by celebrity as if how fast you run, or act or throw a ball somehow makes you thoughtful, aware, or an influential. We live in scary times and we continue to celebrate people who are either pretty or athletic as if these traits have made them destined for leadership.

Katy Bolger's avatar

How right you are. Like Ronald Reagan, an extremely unliked actor by other actors. Arnold Schwarzeneger? The wrestler from the Midwest? Even Al Franken, entertaining but, uh, a senator?

I'm an atheist but I can see the good in Senator Warnick from Georgia (a minister) and the Democratic nominee for senator from Texas (Talarico) where the race is literally good v evil.

If we have to pluck our leaders from other than political backgrounds, let's take from real life, not make believe actors and fake wrestlers, already red flags.

Ellie Hampton's avatar

I feel sorry for his daughters. I have no doubt he loves them, but the disrespect he shows for all women and girls is palpable. I'm sure they've noticed, and I'm quite sure it affects their actions and self-respect.

UGH!

Jertie's avatar

Dude needs to check the room. Our current President fomented an insurrection because he couldn't admit that he lost the 2020 election. He also attacked Iran because he thought it would be a quick win and a great boost to his ego. He can't accept backing out of the war now, because he doesn't want to be seen as a loser, despite the fact that it's hurting our economy, wounding and killing soldiers and innocent people. Talk about emotional. His whole cabinet and GOP Congress could use a dose of "...car[ing] more about the way they make people feel and the camaraderie than they do about winning.”