Brian Genest

I probably don’t like it

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@RGIII You’re a clown fart

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@1stRealOGWCC @grantpaulsen You don’t know ball, it’s fine

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@n7Trippy @The_RedMonstar3 Also we haven’t locked anyone into a high paying or long contract. All low risk, high upside signings. 15 players signed And we still have $50 mil in cap space

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@mayerkauf1 @Obieze_Fortune @john_keim @JFowlerESPN He led the league in tackles last year with 188. Yeah I guess that’s alright

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Enter Sandman at Virginia Tech is always perfect

[The Dan Le Batard Show @LeBatardShow]

4 more sleeps.

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@ian75962895 @dcman123454 @JunksRadio Well We’ve had 22 bad seasons this century, so yes I want to win now

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@Dillon_Coke @PLSFIRERIVERA @wshingtontoday @PeteHaileyNBCS Not only is our defense very good, they also know what play is being called. I’d be more concerned if our offense was lighting them up

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

If you need this you should not be allowed to hold anything sharp

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@PatMcAfeeShow @danawhite White would never agree to this simply because he can’t risk his champ losing to the rival promotion

[Doug Aoki @Nantanreikan]

What could be more American than kids playing baseball? Oh yeah, that...

[Riggo's Rag @RiggosRag]

#CommandersSale

[David Harrison @DHarrison82]

Commanders sale has been agreed to it seems. The light is getting brighter.

[106.7 The Fan @1067theFan]

BREAKING: Dan Snyder has reportedly sold the Commanders.

More about the sale here:
https://t.co/bRd3WKPe3Y

[106.7 The Fan @1067theFan]

BREAKING: @Sportico reports that the sale of the Commanders is done, with Sixers/Devils owner Josh Harris posting a winning bid of $6 billion.

LISTEN LIVE to reactions now on 106.7 The Fan: https://t.co/LpoebQDuVg

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@mlombardiNFL You either sacrifice everything for a qb; or see what you have in your draft pick whilst having the money to sign your stud defense and skills positions to long term deals. What’s the confusion?

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@davidcinema Are there any good movies that only have 1 good performance?

[Brian Genest @TheChestGenest]

@evolpeac3 @RiggosRag Terrible take