{"id":10376,"date":"2023-01-24T00:03:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/tony-dungeys-tweet-speech-shows-sports-worst-regression\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T00:03:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:03:18","slug":"tony-dungeys-tweet-speech-shows-sports-worst-regression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/tony-dungeys-tweet-speech-shows-sports-worst-regression\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Dungey&#8217;s Tweet, Speech Shows Sports&#8217; Worst Regression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center\" config=\"[object Object]\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-jmLDag wpds-c-jmLDag-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-jmLDag-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-jmLDag-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-jmLDag-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-jmLDag-futxca-cv wpds-c-jmLDag-iknmtxO-css\"><button aria-label=\"Comment\" class=\"PJLV PJLV-iPnDcc-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-kKAfCG wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\"><title>Comments on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>comment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">It was great to see Tony Dungey inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016. Because he followed sideline luminaries like Bill Parcells, John Madden, Hank Strahm, Georgia Allen and Marv Levy as highly honored coaches before him in the 2000s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">It was nothing more than a no-brainer when Dungey accepted an invitation to speak at the March for Life on the National Mall on Friday. It was followed by the podiums of lawmakers, anti-abortion extremists Randall Terry, and Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Indeed, when Helms resigned in 2001, as the great Washington Post political columnist David S. was a politician. Terry founded the anti-abortion organization Operation He Rescue. The organization displayed a &#8220;wanted&#8221; poster for Florida abortion doctor David Gunn at a summer rally in 1993, before Gunn was assassinated outside a Florida clinic after he was shot three times in the back. Distributed. And Trump did what anti-abortion Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush feared because of the extremist undercurrent of the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Yet Dungey advanced his engagement in speech, using his athlete celebrity coupled with his religiosity as intolerance-themed deodorant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">Candace Buckner: Dana White&#8217;s nasty lesson in slapping<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">It came just days after a tweet by Dungey in which he was duly and wholesomely denounced, apologized and embarrassed to remove his words. It amplified the dangerous deceptions of reactionaries about the length of time they supposedly accepted their identity differences, and the need to stop them. It was meant to take away the necessities, even the necessities of children of color who needed the opportunity to explore their own history and let others learn from them. It was a slap in the face for being the first active NFL player to do so, lauded by the league since revealing that he was a member of the team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Someone at NBC told me on Monday that Dungey apologized to the &#8220;Football Night in America&#8221; \u200b\u200bteam he&#8217;s the face of. And the network reminded in a memo to staff: Our company is a long and proud advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and works hard to ensure that all employees are seen, recognized, recognized and respected.  \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">I don&#8217;t know if the league did the same, or reacted to Colin Kaepernick&#8217;s protests as they did when players who didn&#8217;t stand for the anthem fined teams on the field. The league did not respond to my email requesting an explanation for Dungey&#8217;s association with the association.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Dungey posted his regrets Saturday before attending NBC&#8217;s playoff broadcast. I apologized, but not everyone saw it. So, I will reprint the words of apology here. As a Christian, I want to be a force of love for all. A force for healing and reconciliation, not for enmity.  \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">He tweeted his ex&#8217;s Mekurpa on Wednesday.It read: &#8220;I saw the tweet [Tuesday] And I answered it the wrong way. As a Christian, I must speak in a loving, caring and helpful way. I am very sorry that I could not do that.  \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">I don&#8217;t understand what you mean by &#8220;I responded in the wrong way&#8221;. But that didn&#8217;t stop Dungey from embracing the moment he stood before an anti-abortionist on a platform frequented by white supremacists and zealots. And from there he uses Buffalo Bills player Dumar, who is recovering after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game, as a kind of justification for overriding a woman&#8217;s right to choose abortion. I even found some bile to cite Hamlin&#8217;s recent story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">&#8220;People wanted to see their lives saved,&#8221; Dungey told the March for Life crowd, referring to Hamlin. They called on God because that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re here, because innocent lives are at risk in this country every day, the only difference is that they&#8217;re famous athletes. It&#8217;s not from , and it&#8217;s not seen on national television.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">The NFL has black head coach aspirants who prefer to use this energy and his gravitas to help with a discrimination lawsuit against the league&#8217;s hiring practices, and perhaps the next Black Hole of Fame coach. I know. But other than words, he&#8217;s fighting abortion and LGBTQ people, so he&#8217;s not joining their cause.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">It&#8217;s not my intention to criticize religion, but Dungey used him to pan non-Christian religions and people his version of Christianity rejects. Not only was he an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage, he campaigned in Indiana when he was a Colts coach to gay people in general, including those who might struggle as professional athletes. I objected.  He infamously said he wouldn&#8217;t let Michael Sam, the NFL&#8217;s first openly gay player, into his locker room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">This is a reminder that sports can be, and often will continue to be, the opposite factor that is admired. Regression, not progress.Dungey is the first black head to lead a team to his championship at the Super Bowl.In spite of his historic accomplishments as a coach, Dungey is a fierce trailblazer in the sports world of social change. is not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">In fact, he plans to stay branded as a speaker at an all-male conference called Men&#8217;s Advance 2023 in March. It is led by evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Womack, who two years ago claimed that &#8220;homosexuality is three times worse than smoking for him.&#8221;  A label should be placed on the forehead that reads, &#8220;This may be harmful to your health.&#8221;  \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"dn-ns hide-for-print\" data-testid=\"mostRead\" subscriptions-section=\"content\"\/><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiTWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zcG9ydHMvMjAyMy8wMS8yNC90b255LWR1bmd5LXR3ZWV0LW1hcmNoLWxpZmUv0gEA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Comments on this story comment It was great to see Tony Dungey inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016. 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