I've said this repeatedly but one of the particularly difficult things about the intersection of sports and gendered violence is that fans CHEER for men who have harmed other people, in large part because they see them as still playing despite the harm as some kind of thing worth cheering
Victims and survivors of gendered violence live in a society that has set up cheering (actual, literal cheering) for abusers as part of sport, and now people are supposed to be empathetic for a man *DOZENS* of women have reported hurt them bc he was injured while playing a game? Sure
And I understand that they are talking about a teammate and a man they personally know and work alongside, I know it's personal for them, but this is, of course, so much bigger than that context and I'm not surprised at how people in the stands reacted, the end!!
I've worked alongside felons. Some were cool. Others I absolutely rooted against because they were still trash. If they lost their job, I would only feel bad for their kids, perhaps their spouse.
I don't care if someone is my biological brother, if they rape someone then I'm not defending their ass. We may still be family but you're an abuser and I'm holding you to that.
To the player saying "glass houses, we're not perfect" would you accept that if the same happened to your daughter?? No.
Smashing Steelers QB Mason Randolph, white guy, helmetless, with Mason Randolph's helmet. Then claimed afterwards it was because Randolph called him a slur. No players' or field mics picked it up. No other players backed up his claim.
pretty discouraging to see prominent voices talk about a pattern of violent sexual assault like it's an unpaid parking ticket! this is not really something you can shrug off with a "well, nobody's perfect"!
Myles took it too far by calling him a model citizen. Any journalist with a spine should've followed up and asked him how his sexual assault allegations qualify as "model" behavior.
I guess the fan base is just pretty ticked off the front office and coach are trying to sell his signing as a great deal. Fans hate having BS shoved down their throat.
The trade was a betrayal to me. I said as much on the team's subreddit and was told I didn't belong in the fanbase. I stopped watching them entirely. He deserves the boos, but I wish they'd stop showing up to games.
Myself and my friends who are also into football cheered for it. Shitty people get what they deserve. If the NFL had less people like Deshaun Watson there might be more football fans out there.
🤷♂️ What did we expect from Myles Garrett, the dude tried to bash another guys head in with his helmet. Of course he's going to back a guy like Watson.
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To the player saying "glass houses, we're not perfect" would you accept that if the same happened to your daughter?? No.
He's garbage sticking up for garbage.
They likely cheered this guy's injury because he was garbage ON the field, not necessarily off the field.
There's a pretty significant space between perfect and rape that I think he could hit.
(well, that and jimmy haslam)
Careful what you admit to while defending a co-worker
Lying to your friend one time ain't on the same fucking level!
On one hand, I don't like stooping to the level of shitty people.
On the other hand, shitty people kind of deserve to be booed.