A Superbowl Between Ideologies

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Perhaps the only thing more uninspiring than watching a Superbowl where neither team scored a touchdown in the first three quarters of a game that wasn't competitive at all, even until the end, was the halftime show.  We will explore the entertainment, that was decidedly as uninspiring as the game itself-- but first let's look at the underlying theme which indicated that entertainment was being supplanted by a political message.  In large black letters on a white screen, we saw a disturbing message:

Why is that disturbing to us-- don't we believe that love is more powerful than hate?  Surely, so why didn't the NFL just put that message out in bigger letters and make that clear as day?  Instead, the message is put out that hate is the second most powerful force in the universe-- only love is more powerful.  This is a dangerous concept, giving the power of hate dominance over the powers of faith, hope, courage, justice, temperance, wisdom, diligence and humility, among other virtues.

The political idea is to make love and hate a binary choice, where you identify your own group as one operating under the banner of love while the other side is hatred personified and worth eliminating with 'love'.  The halftime show itself was not convincing as to why the side the performer (Bad Bunny) was taking was the side encompassing love, maybe love of carnality and globalism, but not the essence of real, honest love.  

This was a special Superbowl as it took place in the same year as our nation's 250th birthday and featured the Patriots.  One would think that we would have entertainment at halftime highlighting this special year, much like they had for the bicentennial Superbowl halftime back in 1976 for Superbowl X from a simpler time where lip-synching and polished pop music acts were not the norm, and patriotic songs matched the sensibilities of the demographics of the fans:

The NFL totally ignored that connection to the American people, what it did was set up a halftime show that critically looked back on America's history, and did it in a language that around 90% of the viewers would not be able to decipher.  The underlying and sometimes subliminal messaging throughout the intermittent singing and cavorting was that traditional American values we have all cherished over the last 250 years was not part of the presentation, it was just a bacchanal of woke propaganda on display on the big stage.  

This was contrasted by the alternative programming offered by Turning Point USA concurrently with halftime that was an amazingly effective and seamless amalgamation of country, rock, and even classical music, with an underlying yet pervasive message of love towards two of their side's heroes taken from us too soon (can you guess who those two were?).  The themes were relatable, and even if you weren't a fan of country (like me) or of rock, the music was phenomenal, well-performed and easy to understand.  The absence of a political message either directly or indirectly, was all that I could hope for in today's political climate.

Will the NFL understand that tens of millions of viewers went elsewhere during halftime rather than see some equivalent of a mostly talentless entertainer wave flags from many other countries among sugar cane plants on our countries 250th anniversary on the world's biggest stage?  Or will they adapt themselves back to normalcy when they review what happened, like it appears that Bud Light has done?