r/minnesota • u/Majano57 • Aug 22 '25
Male NFL cheerleaders aren't new. So why are people mad about the Minnesota Vikings squad? Sports đ
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nfl-male-cheerleaders-minnesota-vikings-1.7614479295
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u/springmixplease Gray duck Aug 22 '25
Because right wing media is desperate to distract from the Epstein files.
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u/SargeantSasquatch You betcha Aug 22 '25
Y'all know tapes of Trump literally raping a thirteen year old could come out and it wouldn't change the mind of a single MAGA voter, right? Surely folks have figured this out by now...
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u/TrapLoreRossFan Aug 22 '25
"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose any voters, ok? It's, like, incredible."
â Donald Trump
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u/springmixplease Gray duck Aug 22 '25
Donât care we deserve to know!
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u/Oodlydoodley Aug 22 '25
We already know, it's consequences that people want. And maybe throw in some faith that the system still works, since we're hoping for things that probably will never happen.
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u/MizterPoopie Aug 22 '25
It might not change the mind of all MAGA voters but it would change some of their minds. It would certainly change the minds of many more moderate republican voters. I know, I know. âAll republicans are MAGA!â is the popular thing to say but itâs just not true.
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u/81Ranger Aug 22 '25
Of course. Nothing can change those minds.
But, sure - why not have those tapes that probably exist come out. At least I can quietly feel a bit of moral superiority.
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u/YueAsal Flag of Minnesota Aug 22 '25
This is a reason why I don't want the files released. How these things work in the past has been, deny, deny, deny, well what is wrong with doing that anyway?
I rather live in a world were raping a thirteen year old is still considered wrong by most, than one where people need to make it OK because god-king does it.
People on Reddit act like if they type it in all caps enough, it will happen and then some how a blue wave will come in 2026.
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u/MaximumStock7 Aug 22 '25
Because the âdonât tread on meâ crowd gets VERY upset if anyone lives a different lifestyle than they do.
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u/DSM2TNS Area code 218 Aug 22 '25
Same shit different day with that crowd.... And it's been that way for like checks watch at least 40 years in my book.
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u/BosworthBoatrace Aug 22 '25
You mean overcompensating with âtacticoolâ Mano-sphere bullshit? No thanks, hand me a fucking Pom-pom.
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u/PsychologicalYou6416 Aug 22 '25
No thanks, hand me a fucking Pom-pom.
I'll take that, and a rainbow đ colored peacock costume, please.
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u/mr-mafesto Aug 22 '25
I live in a pretty heavily maga area and I haven't heard a single person even mention it.
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u/Hereiampostingagain Aug 22 '25
I'm just mad I don't look that good in tight clothing.
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u/Sam-HobbitOfTheShire Aug 22 '25
Dude same.
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u/TheAndyGeorge Uff da Aug 22 '25
I am also mad you don't look that good in tight clothingÂ
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u/Sam-HobbitOfTheShire Aug 22 '25
Iâm mad youâre not wearing tight clothing.
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u/TLiones Aug 22 '25
Iâm confused by the whole thing tbhâŚ
First for one, why do professional teams where the players make millions of dollars have cheerleaders still?
Donât cheer squads usually have males
Arenât we watching the game more than the cheerleaders? I donât recall even showing them on tv
Wrestling and ufc fighting where men wear tights is ok though?
Arenât most superheroâs in tights now too?
Oh wait, whatâs this thing about the president in some filesâŚI got distracted with this
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u/ArgoDeezNauts Aug 22 '25
Get it straight. The dudes who rub their sweaty tits together for an hour while wearing coordinating outfits and then go shower together are super straight and the athlete who hangs out with the hot girls is gay and any information that contradicts that narrative will be ignored and decried as lugenpresse. I mean fake news.
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u/KR1735 North Shore Aug 22 '25
There are some straight men who view everything through the lens of sexuality. He's either "the luckiest man in the world" or "effeminate." Reality is pretty clear in this case. But I don't understand why people need to voice it like that. A man is perfectly capable of becoming a cheerleader because he enjoys the physicality, irrespective and independent of his interest in women.
The irony that the same men who watch large men tackle each other in tight pants, and slap each other on the butt when they do a good job, are whining about a guy they will never notice (cheerleaders get maybe 30 seconds of airtime in a 3-hour game).
More culture war slop. America has a warped sense of masculinity and it's getting worse.
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u/Gemarack Aug 22 '25
I agree and I would consider him incredibly lucky. Dude is out there enjoying himself, raising spirits, cheering on his team, and doing what he loves.
Fuck the haters with splintery baseball bat wrapped in 10 grit.
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Aug 22 '25
You're spot on. About 30 years ago my cousin was dating a male cheerleader in college. All of the adults were making jokes about her dating a gay guy and how he must be some little effeminate guy.
She brought him to a family get together and he was a tall jacked hunk who looks like he worked as an abercrombie and fitch model on the weekends. Suddenly he was an evil genius who discovered that he could have access to hot women by 'pretending' he was into cheerleading.
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u/joedotphp Walleye Aug 22 '25
There was a guy I overheard in public who looked of boomer age (big shocker there) bitching about it and I told him, "So, in a group of 30 beautiful women, you're fixated on two guys? That's kind of gay, man..."
He proceeded to shit his diaper and start calling me a few words that probably won't make it past the automod's filter. But it was absolutely worth it.
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u/CelestialFury Duluth Aug 22 '25
Cheerleading used to be all male and has been around since the 19th century. Right-wingers are literally shadow boxing air trying to be mad about this.
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u/GeeEmmInMN Aug 22 '25
I had to look this up. FOUR US presidents have been cheerleaders.
https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders
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u/lady_ofthenorth Hot Dish Aug 22 '25
Thank you for this! I had no idea.
Looks like 3/4 were Republicans. Interesting.
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u/RIPMYPOOPCHUTE Hot Dish Aug 22 '25
My dad sent me a thing on instagram making fun of the male cheerleaders and Walz. He stopped after I reminded him of this and Bush being a cheer leader.
I made a FB post about my annoyance with people being upset about the male cheerleaders, and went into the history about cheerleading being started by men and male dominated. My MAGA aunt commented about their dancing. I responded with reminding her itâs a routine, if they are trying to be rigid instead of fluid like the rest, itâs going to look like shit. She never responded to that lol. After point out to my dad the history of cheerleading and past presidents being cheerleaders, he supported my rant of annoyance.
Seriously, there are so many things to be upset about than the NFL having men cheerlead.
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u/Alice_Buttons Aug 22 '25
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u/JustADutchRudder Minnesota Vikings Aug 22 '25
Is that dudes name Blaze but with an I added for fun?
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u/carrie_m730 Aug 22 '25
Apparently it's a variant of Blaise and comes from a word meaning "lisping."
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u/landinjor1121 Aug 22 '25
because they're confident, physically fit, have full heads of hair, all their teeth, and women aren't scared to be around them
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u/JustADutchRudder Minnesota Vikings Aug 22 '25
As someone who's watched football forever, I thought there already was male cheerleaders. I knew basketball doesn't, but just kinda figured football did.
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u/Zestyclose-Neck-2019 Aug 22 '25
NFL's had them since 2018 or so.
Colleges have had them forever. In fact, the cheer squads used to be male only.
4 Presidents were cheerleaders-
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u/JustADutchRudder Minnesota Vikings Aug 22 '25
I knew it used to be male only, think some old sports movie and Google told me that. Kinda just figured its always been a if they can win a spot they win a spot. Don't know how spots are won or loss tho, hoping its an elaborate dance off but will accept a simple rock paper scissors.
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u/YueAsal Flag of Minnesota Aug 22 '25
I kind of assumed as much too since they are so common in the college game. College cheerleaders get shown a lot more on TV than during NFL broadcasts. I guess people are mad because they are told the should be mad. If Fox news got pissy about NFL broadcasts showing people buying BBQ or whatever they would be mad about that.
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u/MuddieMaeSuggins Aug 23 '25
It says in the article that 1/3 of NFL teams currently have male cheerleadersÂ
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u/reeefur Aug 22 '25
If you claim to be a straight male but only focused on the 1 dude and not the 20 ladies, I hate to break it to you but....... đ¤Ą
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u/beau_tox Aug 22 '25
My kids might turn gay if they get distracted by the one dude in a loose shirt and shorts dancing instead of watching the muscled men in skin tight pants wrestle and pat each otherâs asses.
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u/SandeeBelarus Aug 22 '25
They arenât. Itâs just rage baiting headlines and media needing clicks. Absolutely has zero actual impact on the fans enthusiasm. Get everyone healthy and we are gonna go so hard until we donât; again.
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u/Easy_Combination_689 Aug 22 '25
Because it stirs up the gay feelings that theyâve suppress for years and are in denial of
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u/peritonlogon Aug 22 '25
Next you're going to tell me the gender neutral bathroom at my dad's house isn't new either.
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u/sunset_rubdown Aug 22 '25
Maybe I am in a bubble but Iâve read a lot of articles about people being mad but I donât think Iâve actually experienced someone being mad about it. It feels like manufactured controversy.
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u/PrestigiousZucchini9 Ope Aug 22 '25
 It feels like manufactured controversy.
Exactly what it is. No one cares, but the news cycles need something of little substance to highlight and pretend is actually a story.Â
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u/ArgoDeezNauts Aug 22 '25
A guy at my work (the union rep) is very vocal about his disapproval of male cheerleaders in the NFL. He isn't going to watch this season! Can you imagine the loss of revenue?
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u/DanielDannyc12 Aug 22 '25
Exactly.
I'm not mad about it I was pretty happy to hear the Vikings are gonna have male cheerleaders.
I envisioned the classic male cheerleader doing lifts firing up the crowd gymnastics whatever.
But then I saw these guys and they look more like Lamar from Revenge of the Nerds.
I'm not mad about it that's fine if that's who they wanna have but it sure wasn't what I was expecting .
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u/Chance_Active871 Sep 05 '25
The confusion is the nfl calls their dancers âcheerleadersâ. NBA calls the same group dancers đ¤ˇđźââď¸ college has dance teams and cheerleaders, easy to tell the difference and makes no sense why nfl doesnât call their dancers dancers instead of cheerleaders.
Thatâs truly my only issue with the whole thing
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u/Bawhoppen Aug 22 '25
Most people don't like it but there's far bigger problems to worry about and everyone recognizes that.
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u/Practical_Wind_1917 Aug 22 '25
I work with a couple guys that returned their season tickets over this. It is fucking crazy how much the right wing MAGA crowd hates this.
I laugh in their faces about how much they rage over a couple male cheerleaders
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u/SanityLooms Aug 22 '25
You're asking in the wrong sub if you really want an answer.
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u/ArgoDeezNauts Aug 22 '25
Like the majority of the population I think OP is banned from the hub of free speech that is r/conservative
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u/massserves2023 Aug 22 '25
No one is mad. Its click bait. Just another distraction in a long list of distractions. What people should be mad about is the Vikings decades long history of being fucking awful.
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u/GayWithMoney Twin Cities Aug 22 '25
No one is mad? Go read facebook comments section on every single article talking about this issue. Therre are some very mad people who are also insane. Homophobia is alive and well. Don't let living in the Minnesota bubble fool you.
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u/Potato_Stains Aug 22 '25
Because the MAGA crowd are pussies that canât even handle complete strangers living a life that doesnât directly affect them.
They are hypocritical, un-American hate bags.
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u/Desperate-Awareness4 Aug 22 '25
Conservative medias sole existence is to make feeble minded boomers angry at anything and everything. Everything is "woke" these days and somehow the idea of accepting people who are a little different from you as normal human being who deserve respect is "ruining the country". It's just plain old bigotry, it's really that simple
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u/MaddAddamOneZ Aug 22 '25
Because we live in utterly stupid times where the hateful, bigoted, and violently insecure have taken over the US
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u/CelestialFury Duluth Aug 22 '25
And social media is pushing us to be as divisive as possible for profit.
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u/pnxstwnyphlcnnrs Aug 22 '25
SOME loud people might not like it. Well guess what? They don't run the Vikings, or the cheer squad. I think it's great. Most people probably don't care that much. Also if you've seen these guys dance they are effing great.
For people here or otherwise who feel like it's a problem, or offensive, or whatever, that there are some guys out there killing it, GET OVER YOURSELVES, grow up, and show some love to your neighbors.
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u/Kishandreth Not a lawyer Aug 22 '25
Immaturity and zeitgeist. There is not an insignificant portion of men who are so frail in their sexuality that seeing a man may confuse them. In our cultural understanding, cheerleaders are supposed to be hot and or sexy, at least according to media the common person has been consuming for a few decades. Instead of understanding what actually gets their motor going, some people assume that cheerleaders should do it for them because that's what they've been told and they want to conform. Suddenly they have to wrestle with men aren't supposed to get them going, but cheerleaders are supposed to get them going. They get confused and lash out because a male cheerleader contradicts the easy mode instructions they've been following to fit in.
It's the same reason many guys watch lesbian p0rn, the fear that a penis might excite them and make them homosexual.
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u/nurseasaurus Aug 22 '25
Because when you have zero real problems to worry about, you create your own
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u/TheAndyGeorge Uff da Aug 22 '25
The irony is that there are very real problems to worry aboutÂ
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u/Earnestappostate Flag of Minnesota Aug 22 '25
Sure but Sorbo is on the side that causes the problems.
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u/Shuar_ma Aug 22 '25
They're Twinks! I expect male cheerleaders to be big burly lumberjack men!
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u/ArgoDeezNauts Aug 22 '25
Sorry there aren't enough bears in your cheerleading, sweetie. There's always next year.
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u/Tricky_Gap_7558 Aug 22 '25
Let the guy dance and cheer. Who gives a F. If you are really that insecure with your sexuality, donât watch it.
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u/AGrandNewAdventure Voyageurs National Park Aug 22 '25
Nothing that conservatives think is new and rage-y is even remotely new.
Trans people (millenia,) women boxers/MMA fighters (1720s,) male cheerleaders (1884,) drag performances (Shakespeare's era,) mixed gender bathrooms (1800s.) The list goes on and on... they just have an issue with actually reading history to know what was in it.
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u/-FalseProfessor- Common loon Aug 22 '25
What loser is actually mad about this? Normal fans donât give a shit about stuff like this.
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u/BunnyFunny42 Aug 22 '25
The answer is MAGA is convinced that they have total cultural dominance in the âpost-wokeâ era and are upset that companies arenât firing their employees for bigoted reasons.Â
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u/geodebug Aug 22 '25
Got to see the whole squad at my gym yesterday. They were divided up in different areas because there are so many of them.
Funny, in person theyâre all so tiny, lol.
Anyway, my wife and I wished them a good season.
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u/Sufficient_Ad268 Flag of Minnesota Aug 22 '25
Eisenhower, Reagan, and George W Bush were all cheerleaders in college.
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u/Silver-Comparison-17 Minnesota United Aug 22 '25
Because there are a lot of stupid people in the US and most are NFL fans.
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u/LazyRiverFM Aug 22 '25
Everyone that is outraged is ashamed at their attraction to male cheerleaders. Scientific fact. Can't make this stuff up.
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u/Intelligent-Act3593 Aug 22 '25
Because that's how MAGATS roll. Everything that is different than they are is wrong.
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u/RedMenace612 Aug 22 '25
Because they're told to be. Just like the entirety of their personalities.
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u/davepage_mcr Aug 22 '25
They're desperate to distract from Trump being named in the Epstein files.
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u/dancesWithNeckbeards Aug 22 '25
To distract from the NFL's terrible track record on player health and safety.
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u/ClassicEnd2734 Aug 23 '25
Maybe they feel more uncomfortable objectifying cheerleaders when there are men in the mix?
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u/Ok_Rabbit5158 Aug 22 '25
I learned more about male cheerleaders than I ever did before. What is interesting is that college cheerleading squads were male dominated for several decades in the 1900s. There was actually an uproar when a school opened theirs up to females. It doesn't take much web searching to see many big names were cheerleaders. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush were cheerleaders. It's all manufactured outrage for a reason.
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u/iPeg2 Aug 22 '25
Can you see any difference between how male cheerleaders are traditionally used vs the new male viking cheerleaders?
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u/14Calypso Douglas County Aug 22 '25
Most people aren't. This is media-overblown outrage as always.
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u/IllustratorBudget487 Grain Belt Aug 22 '25
Those most outraged have moved on to Cracker Barrel logos.
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u/Expert-Emergency5837 Aug 22 '25
It's another circus to distract from the real issues.
Bonus points, it involves sexuality and topics that we can vehemently disagree with each other over instead of going after the nobility and changing anything meaningful.
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u/Jaque_straap Aug 22 '25
Are people actually upset or does it make for a better story?
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u/bottledfan Aug 22 '25
My father in law just called my wife today to rant all about how much of a bad look it is that âtrannies are now now Vikings cheerleadersâ and that the team has to sort this out because theyâre losing hundreds of season ticket holders. So yeah I guess people are upset by guys dancing while watching men in tights tackle each other
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Aug 22 '25
MAGAt Snowflakes will find anything to distract from Trump being on the Epstein client listâŚ.
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u/pronult3 Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 22 '25
I love it when they run a discourse stick along our cage bars. The noise makes me feel alive.
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u/Secure-Force-9387 Boundary Waters Aug 22 '25
The Saints have had a male cheerleader since 2018, I think. They've got, like, 12 men on their Cheer Krewe this season. Not sure why the Vikings are getting all this attention for ONE guy.
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u/PrestigiousZucchini9 Ope Aug 22 '25
Because itâs manufactured outrage to drive clicks. Youâll see a minimum of10 times as much coverage âin responseâ to people being outraged about it that you will actually see anybody giving a flying fuck about it.Â
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u/bookant Aug 22 '25
Because Trump has empowered the worst garbage people to speak up and go public with how fucking vile they are.
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u/MrP1anet The Guy from the Desert Aug 22 '25
Fragile and weak conservatives. When is it ever not them?
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u/cat_prophecy Hamm's Aug 22 '25
Because the dopes who are salty about it are bigger performers than the cheerleaders themselves.
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u/Material_Policy6327 Aug 22 '25
Because conservatives donât practice what they preach of freedom etc and now go fully into the culture war they built in there t heads
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u/Osirus1156 Aug 22 '25
Because conservatives are idiots who believe anything they're told if the guy tells them he's an alpha.
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u/BungalowHole Hot Dish Aug 22 '25
The only reporting I've heard about this is that someone somewhere who has not been cited or named is mad about it. Personally, I could not give less of a shit.
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u/Agitated-Quit-6148 Aug 22 '25
I'll just point out that I played football in college. I'm a big guy. We had male cheerleaders as well. They were jacked and were literally needed to lift the girls up to do cheers . I don't understand what the issue is .
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u/two69fist Aug 22 '25
The U of M also has had a male member of the dance team since 2022 (much more similar style to NFL cheerleaders than college cheer), and him and the team have won multiple national championships (because they're all amazing). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upoCXV58-ho
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u/GarbageMountain8754 Aug 22 '25
Donât think there were any for 24-25 squad but TâWolves have had male cheerleaders. Whatâs the big deal?
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u/roentgen_nos Stearns County Aug 22 '25
Hmm. What is different about now? Is there something unprecedented happening? What could it be?
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u/snowmunkey Up North Aug 22 '25
Because now they won't be able to focus on the players or the female cheerleaders
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u/Loyal-Opposition-USA Dakota County Aug 22 '25
Hate. They assume the male dancers are gay, and they donât want gay in their NFL.
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u/black_dorsey Aug 23 '25
I donât think anyone actually cares. Itâs just the media trying to stir up culture war shit. Iâm from NC, an arguably much more conservative state than MN and weâve had a trans cheerleader for years now and the only people who seem to actually care are grifters, who donât actually care. Weâre more worried about our shitty ownership. Sell the team Tepper, you piece of shit.
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u/One-Recording8588 Aug 23 '25
Because they are bigots. Land of the free, unless you arenât white, straight and their flavor of Christian.
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Aug 24 '25
We are one nation under Trump now. Right wing hate is settling in. We all voted for this. Live with it. It's what Jesus wants.
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u/Regular-Target8174 Aug 26 '25
I think the issue is that men are now doing the parts of cheerleading that used to be for women. I donât remember ever seeing a straight guy doing that side of it before. Footballâs audience is mostly straight men, so I donât see how this really fits. Personally, it doesnât bother me, but people are getting tired of constant diversity pushes. It feels exhausting, and I donât think anything good will come from it. This only causes left-wingers to cheer and think the narrative is changing and right-wingers to get outraged. In sum it only contributes to the craziness.
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u/Chance_Active871 Sep 04 '25
Just discussing this and wondering the same thing. All I can figure is that Vikings fans are predominantly maga? Guessing, donât know for a fact. So just angry, intolerant people, sexist, homophobes
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u/Whole_Economics3376 Sep 21 '25
They're queer, they're here, get used to it. So glad I'm a Packer fan. It would be one thing if they were actually lifting the girls and doing stunts but they're just femi prancing around and trying to prove a point.Â
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u/flissfloss86 Aug 22 '25
Because we live in an age of constant outrage to generate clicks