I meannnnn Honestly a lot of the WNT's activism is largely performative, highly marketable, and extremely lightweight. I think people like Megan Rapinoe mean extremely well, but totally ignore underlying economic causes because it's convenient and profitable. Their activism is all too often facilitated as a branding exercise for companies like Nike and Budweiser. If you want to be cynical you can find plenty to dislike about their politics if you're hardcore enough and scrutinize it similarly to LeBron's admirable BLM activism paired with his complete sabotage of any meaningful conversation around anti-democratic behavior in china because one is good for his bank account and one is bad. As a leftist UFC fan, I long ago learned to separate the art from the artists. Not that it doesn't turn my stomach to find out CP is a maga [expletive]. I'll just give him credit for being explicitly apolitical in 99.9% of his public interactions. At least he didn't actively promote qanon or Trump. Would I like to see Gio Reyna in a Green New Deal t shirt, smoking a joint, and flipping off a paparazzi? Of course I would. Do I want Weston McKennie to join DSA? Yes. Would I love Rose Lavelle to go on [expletive] Town? of course. Do i wish Chris Richards had phone banked for Marquita Bradshaw? you know it. Do I want Michael Bradley to be a weird Elizabeth Warren die hard who I could have yelled at for sabotaging Bernie in the primary? Absolutely. Would it be cool if Oguchi Onyewu had been really into Occupy back in the day? hell yah Should Alex Morgan have been at the standing rock barricade? you know it Would it have been cooler if Hope Solo had been arrested for defacing a seattle development that was pricing out locals instead of beating up her husband that one time? duh Do I hope that Mark McKenzie is a street fight radio patreon supporter? definitely. do I wish Tim Weah was an AOC reply guy but in the positive way? hell yes would it be cool if jesse marsch was a radical labor organizer who isn't afraid to fight dirty? yeah probably Is Eugene Debs Bob Bradley's personal hero? Probably not but it would be cool as hell if he was