No, racism isn’t behind the NFL’s taunting rule

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The most boring thing about the liberal obsession with race is that it turns every issue, no matter how trivial, into an issue of racism. USA Today’s Mike Freeman is the latest example of that.

Freeman has determined that the real issue with the NFL’s new crackdown on taunting is, of course, racism. It is “really about the control of black bodies.” The NFL is “Donald Trump adjacent” because it “banished Colin Kaepernick” and won’t punish Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley, who has insisted that he won’t get vaccinated and publicly opposes the NFL’s COVID-19 policies.

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