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Edge of Sports

NFL Player Says It Loud and Proud: “I consider myself a Berniecrat.”

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week we chop it up with LA Chargers running back Justin Jackson, who has become a big of a lightning rod on social media in recent months. Jackson discusses media bias against progressive politics, militarism, the 2016 election, and why he supports Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

We have ‘Choice Words’ about the Australian Open and the impact of Climate Change down under. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and “Just Sit Down” awards to freedom fighter and Olympian John Carlos and the security office that issued an arrest to wide receiver Odell Beckham. Enjoy!

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I'm much more educated on these issues, and I call myself a progressive because I guess you could

0:07.8

say Bernie crap and depreciating everything Bernie did, even though I didn't know about him in the

0:13.8

primary, and I would have advocated for him had I known, and that's why I'm trying to advocate

0:18.3

for him now, because those are the policies, I think,

0:23.2

work well around the world and would work well here,

0:25.6

and the only reason they're not being implemented here

0:27.3

is because of corporate money

0:29.6

and really the corruption of both parties.

0:32.5

Thank you. Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. This week, our guest is a running back for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. His name is Justin Jackson.

0:55.7

And if you've been following his Twitter feed, you know why I'm talking to him.

0:59.1

This guy is expressing some politics and giving no bleeps.

1:03.0

And we're going to talk about why.

1:04.9

I've also got some choice words about the Australian wildfires

1:08.2

and whether the sports world will do anything about climate catastrophe.

1:12.4

And I've got Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards.

1:16.1

And I'm going to read Dwayne Johnson's tribute to his late father, Rocky Johnson,

1:20.2

an absolute legend in the world of professional wrestling.

1:23.0

But first, let's go.

1:24.7

I'm so excited about this. Justin Jackson.

1:36.7

I'm going to read a couple tweets you wrote right back to you.

1:44.3

You wrote, we can drone strike a foreign leader from the sky with a death robot all the way in Iraq,

1:46.8

but we can't get clean water pipes under Flint.

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