Who is Tim Tebow?
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I don't watch football but I guess he's controversial for being unabashed about his christian faith and praying a helluva lot during football games. He has this signature kneel that they refer to as "tebowing". Some people probably want to believe that he is "blessed" with good football skills.
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Tim Tebow's life is an interesting story and an inspiration for all.
Tim Tebow Book “Through My Eyes” Shares Family’s Pro-Life Story
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Tim Tebow Book “Through My Eyes” Shares Family’s Pro-Life Story
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If people put as much attention onto politics as they did with trivial nonsense like sports, then this government would be much more controlled. Not saying sports is bad but it's way out of proportion in terms of amount of attention that it receives from our population.
Bread and circuses....
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He's a nice guy from my town that has been told repeatedly his throwing style will cause him to amount to nothing in the NFL. Despite having that same gimpy throwing style, and despite having obvious issues fumbling the ball from time to time, he has been the quarterback when his team won in overtime, or came back from behind to win at the last minute. He is a physically solid guy, and isn't afraid to run (versus sliding like QBs often used to do).
The Christianity aspect is that he thanks God after every win, prays before his magical comebacks, and has always been very openly Christian. This includes actually doing missionary work, mind you, so it's not just "I'm a Christian yay!" talk. The part that haters and media don't seem to notice is that he also thanks God after every loss, and takes each loss as a lesson learned, and tries to rally his team. He also praises his teammates and doesn't take the glory for himself. People want to think no one is like that, especially in the NFL, so they decide he's being arrogant and using his fath as a marketing tool. There is also, as mentioned earlier, the pro-Life aspect.
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As for the "bread and circus" aspect, this has been covered ad nauseum. I know it is incredibly difficult for some of you to fathom, but it's possible to go to a football game AND be politically aware. In fact, it's possible to be very politically aware and removed from the process almost entirely, because you realize the ship is sinking and patching up holes in the hull is not going to stop it... just slow it down. There are a lot of people like that, which is why Ron's support is growing: there's an idea that, just maybe, the ship might NOT sink if we each do our part to make it seaworthy again.
This attitude that's been around so often that people who watch football, television, or have social lives, are somehow less into the campaign than you superior folks who shun all forms of mass media and human interaction, is folly. You will not gain a single new voter by telling them how stupid and sheeply they are, or by telling them proudly that you have no pop culture knowledge but you do know the recipe for Carol Paul's cookies, and how ripped Ron Paul looks without his shirt on.
In the end, your fanaticism for Ron Paul and your presence on the internet are indication enough that you are, indeed, engaged in circuses of your own. So come off it already.
The Christianity aspect is that he thanks God after every win, prays before his magical comebacks, and has always been very openly Christian. This includes actually doing missionary work, mind you, so it's not just "I'm a Christian yay!" talk. The part that haters and media don't seem to notice is that he also thanks God after every loss, and takes each loss as a lesson learned, and tries to rally his team. He also praises his teammates and doesn't take the glory for himself. People want to think no one is like that, especially in the NFL, so they decide he's being arrogant and using his fath as a marketing tool. There is also, as mentioned earlier, the pro-Life aspect.
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As for the "bread and circus" aspect, this has been covered ad nauseum. I know it is incredibly difficult for some of you to fathom, but it's possible to go to a football game AND be politically aware. In fact, it's possible to be very politically aware and removed from the process almost entirely, because you realize the ship is sinking and patching up holes in the hull is not going to stop it... just slow it down. There are a lot of people like that, which is why Ron's support is growing: there's an idea that, just maybe, the ship might NOT sink if we each do our part to make it seaworthy again.
This attitude that's been around so often that people who watch football, television, or have social lives, are somehow less into the campaign than you superior folks who shun all forms of mass media and human interaction, is folly. You will not gain a single new voter by telling them how stupid and sheeply they are, or by telling them proudly that you have no pop culture knowledge but you do know the recipe for Carol Paul's cookies, and how ripped Ron Paul looks without his shirt on.
In the end, your fanaticism for Ron Paul and your presence on the internet are indication enough that you are, indeed, engaged in circuses of your own. So come off it already.
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And identifying something as bread and/or circus doesn't mean you don't like those things either. I happen to like bread and circus acts are quite entertaining.
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It's been a meme on these forums whereby people can feel superior, because they don't engage in that sort of behavior. Any time a thread comes up with a pop culture subject, you do realize people zoom in to say "OMG it is a distraction! Opiate of the masses! Bread and circuses!" while the poster is online and almost certainly engaging in more than just Ron Paul -related behavior.
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You can blame the media for this. They've been pushing Tim Tebow non-stop. His whole "Tebowing" thing is nothing new, Denard Robinson has been doing it for as long as I can remember, before the Tebowing craze hit the media waves.
I'm a fan of Tebow, he seems like a great guy with a good head on his shoulders. He's really fun to watch too.
I'm a fan of Tebow, he seems like a great guy with a good head on his shoulders. He's really fun to watch too.
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Could you imagine if CNN had a white reporter saying a black player is an "overhyped black boy"?
Why is reverse racism okay? Drives me nuts.
Either way, I had no idea who Tebow was until Perry brought him up during the debate.
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Tim Tebow is a modern day gladiator, he does something which is a media created false controversy (prays when he makes a touch down), so there's a lot of hero worship over a guy who plays a ball game.
The mindless masses care about this inconsequential garbage (hero worship/hollywood gossip), it was only a matter of time before this mindless dribble would seep it's way into this forum.
Football, it indoctrinates the values of a two party system (the false right/left paradigm), it indoctrinates hero worship of false paragons, it indoctrinates blind allegiance to a corporate owned theatre of war.
Football is the scourge of liberty.
At least, that's my opinion.
The mindless masses care about this inconsequential garbage (hero worship/hollywood gossip), it was only a matter of time before this mindless dribble would seep it's way into this forum.
Football, it indoctrinates the values of a two party system (the false right/left paradigm), it indoctrinates hero worship of false paragons, it indoctrinates blind allegiance to a corporate owned theatre of war.
Football is the scourge of liberty.
At least, that's my opinion.
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It's not reverse racism, it is racism. To say that it is reverse racism when a black person is racist towards a white person is to imply that black people are incapable of being racist and that only whites are racist, I know your intentions were not to imply such a thing, but it implies it involuntarily.
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As there are no laws protecting "whites" as a group, I would imagine my statement still stands.
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It stands with the help of crutches.
Everyone is equal under the law, special laws for individuals marginalized down into groups based on similarities, actually inhibit the individual to grow and/or prosper.
To say that one group of people need special laws to make them equal is to say that, that group is inferior to another group. special laws = racism.
Your statement stands based on racist government indoctrination.
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Because whites are evil
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dude is obnoxious.
I watched a mic'd up segment on sportscenter and he was singing religious hyms on the sideline.... in a real in your face kinda way. One of his teammates was like(in a polite way) let's focus on football, Tim. Got nothin' against religion but there were several instances were it was like he was just trying to be right in your face with it.
I watched a mic'd up segment on sportscenter and he was singing religious hyms on the sideline.... in a real in your face kinda way. One of his teammates was like(in a polite way) let's focus on football, Tim. Got nothin' against religion but there were several instances were it was like he was just trying to be right in your face with it.
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