Outrage continues to grow against the woke NFL’s controversial selection of Puerto Rican performer Bad Bunny. The simultaneously popular-yet-little-known rapper’s head-scratching choice was strange enough on the grounds his songs are all in Spanish, a likely nod to President Trump’s immigration policies, but Christians and non-Christians alike can’t help but notice seemingly overt references to Satanic homages in music videos and concerts.
For context, for the past decade the NFL, which caters to a wide audience but is generally regarded as appealing more to a white, conservative base, has been at the forefront of social justice issues. It infamously propelled national conversations on race and policing with its support of Colin Kaepernick’s anthem kneeling at the onset of Trump’s first administration.
Later, in support of Black Lives Matter in the wake of George Floyd’s death, it began implementing slogans in end zones like “End Racism” and other such bumper sticker pablum to signal its leftist support. And, of course, at last year’s Super Bowl it made sure to include the separate ‘black national anthem,’ performed alongside the Star-Spangled Banner prior to kickoff.
Since the NFL hasn’t really lost its audience or revenue, despite vocalized opposition, it now feels emboldened to have a Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican who often dabbles in the occult to headline its marquee music spectacle. For most Americans, the fact the music is both obnoxious noise sung in a foreign language is bad enough, but many others are pointing to ‘demonic’ elements. Indeed, just as America is undergoing a revival of sorts in the wake of Christian conservative Charlie Kirk’s death, it seems the NFL wanted to shut that burgeoning energy down.
The most bizarre thing is that America is led to believe the performer Bad Bunny is a popular figure, and indeed his songs have amassed a lot of playtime on apps like Spotify, yet many comments online express complete ignorance as to this person’s existence and catalog, leading the popular X account The Redheaded Libertarian to call out the phenomenon of astroturfing, suggesting his popularity is being fabricated artificially.
Writing on X about the religious angle, the account said, “Bad Bunny is a demonic Marxist who was [sic] been granted the largest stage with the greatest audience in the middle of a Christian revival. This is by design. We are in a spiritual war and once you see it you can’t unsee it.”
Continuing, the user stated, “It’s not about who is already a fan of this dude. He came out of no where [sic] and doesn’t sing in English. It’s about recruiting people away from the light and into the darkness at a consequential time. Keep you [sic] children away from it.”
Watch the video that accompanied Redheaded’s post below:
The conversation sparked plenty of reaction, with one dissident voice commenting that Charlie Kirk’s memorial service was reflecting on Christians as becoming ‘loud and obnoxious’ in the same way the the original poster regarded Satantic elements.
“I don’t think there’s notable Christian revival. I see it as Christians have just become more loud and obnoxious. Spirituality on the other hand has had serious growth, the thing is it’s not a religion so hard to point out. Spirituality can sometimes include Christ,” the reply said.
In response, Redheaded Libertarian replied: I don’t believe 70,000 people grieving the loss of Charlie Kirk, singing together are “Christians be becoming loud & obnoxious” Nor are mass baptisms “Christians becoming loud & obnoxious” Global vigils are also not “Christians becoming loud & obnoxious”