You do know many of the people you deal with are like this. If you are left and your house is on fire do you care that 90% of firefighters are Trump supporters? Police 80%. Almost all of your plumbers and other contractors. Most small business owners? |
You are nuts. In fact there are two main political views in this country. To ignore that is to be an idiot. |
If the Coach is basing playing time of the kid based on what he perceives to be the beliefs of the parents, that is NOT a good Coach. Also, well adjusted people don't put bumper stickers on their car, let alone political ones to whomever keep bringing that up. |
Do you think OP sounds well adjusted? Coaches don't want difficult parents and families on their teams no matter how good the kids are. OP has said they are entitled to personally judge and criticize. That doesn't sound like it will enhance the team experience and be good for team bonding in a fun atmosphere which is what a good coach wants. |
IME kids of parents like OP don’t tend to be great athletes in the first place… |
My kid had a high school football coach that stole from the school and was an alcoholic. Administration friends are not what I call clean hires. Kind of like the FBI. They hire friends brothers inlaws.
I cared more about that than his crazy love for Bernie Sanders. We are all entitled to one's beliefs as long as boundaries during play aren't crossed. |
I'm not OP, but personally judging someone has nothing to do with team bonding or whatever. Privately thinking to one's self: "Our Coach is an effing lunatic" is just fine. And to the other poster -- if a police officer, plumber or anyone else is of the same persuasion, I will think they are lunatics too. I judge all! Stop being such snowflakes. Don't excuse morons that believe crazy conspiracy theories as legitimate. |
If you silently judge then who cares what you think? Op is defending their behavior by claiming if its out there then it opens one up to criticism. What criticism is involved with silently seething? I guess op doesn’t really walk the talk. Seems pretty weak. |
First, we still have no idea what the "political view" is other than OP perceives it as "out there." You are making assumptions. Second, I agree that we all judge people all the time. And you are right that you can judge the random person on the street, the bank teller, your coworker, or whomever else. Which is exactly why this post does not make sense. It makes NO DIFFERENCE that this person is a coach, or that they post on social media. Might as well have just posted "I think people with XX political view are dumb/lunatics." and put it in the political forum. |
The distinction is that OP's kid spends a lot of quality time with said Coach and in theory is supposed to be a mentor of good values. |
He’s a loon. Don’t condone it |
So anybody with different political views does de facto not have good values? And depending on the level of sport we are talking about here, this coach spends between 3-7 hours per week with the child, none of which is 1:1 or anything other than focused on the sport. Where do you draw the line? An musical instrument instructor your child sees once per week for an hour? Their doctor? bus driver? teen counselor at a day camp? This is silliness. Lots of different people exist in the world, even lunatics. Their existing in your child's world is not of concern. For some of them existing with those views in the world AT ALL is concern, but it isn't because they coach a sport. |
It doesn't matter. Is he a good coach? Does he keep it off the field/court? If so, suck it up. Not everyone will agree with you, but that doesn't make them a bad coach. |
I would be more worried about you polluting your kid's mind with your political views. I's gross and you need to stop it. |
Some kids are able to deal with a variety of political views even if their parents cannot. |