Lessons In Resistance: NFL's Chris Klewe

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Lessons In Resistance: NFL's Chris Klewe

Guest: Savvy and Sage Minnesota Vikings NFL player, Chris Kluwe, purposely arrested during these Handmaid's Tale times.

Mar 10, 2025

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We’ve recently seen a former NFL punter get tackled by the cops at a California city Council meeting for daring to object to an official MAGA acronymn at one of Benjamin Franklin’s vaunted American inventions - the public library.

The same Chris Kluwe who spent years booting footballs into the stratosphere for the Minnesota Vikings—has now been booted from his job as a high school football coach. His crime? Daring to suggest that the public library shouldn't be a billboard for a political movement by the same folks supporting the dismantling the Department of Education. Ironically, without books and educated people to read them, there’d be no reason to have a public library to begin with.

Mr. Klewe has written books (often found in public libraries), designed games, and advocated for LGBTQ and human rights in general - all with the same precision he once used to pin teams at their own five-yard line. He is, in short, a problem for people who prefer their athletes apolitical, their libraries ideologically pure, and their city council meetings free of anything resembling a spine.

They can't get our radio signal, but an unintended side effect for our allies. Keep us growing and strong out of LA!

Chris Klewe is the author of the acclaimed political essay collection Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies; author of the novel Otaku; contributor to the anthology Press Start To Play; and the lead designer of the tabletop card game TWILIGHT OF THE GODS. He’s also a staunch advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, as well as basic human rights, in general. You can find him online on BlueSky @ChrisWarcraft