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M Jenkins and Michael Thomas killed the Saints

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by burningmetal You're just repeating yourself. I'm not making any fallacious arguments. I never said they advocated for violence, and neither did anyone else. I've said that at least three times now. You seem to be confused in ...

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Old 09-29-2020, 10:25 AM   #11
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Re: M Jenkins and Michael Thomas killed the Saints

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
You're just repeating yourself. I'm not making any fallacious arguments. I never said they advocated for violence, and neither did anyone else. I've said that at least three times now. You seem to be confused in thinking that the argument is about making those two players stop the death threats. That's not the point. The point is that if they hadn't overreacted and made it such a public display, no one would have cared. It's the mob mentality. I'm sure you've heard of it. One prominent person decides to take issue with something, and a bunch of people follow. For some, they resort to violence, or threats of violence. I agree that neither of those players can be held DIRECTLY responsible for any specific threats. But by showing a united front, publicly, while handling your disagreements behind closed doors, goes a long way toward diffusing the mob. Again, that's how that mob mentality works. They tend to follow the lead of those they look up to. Sometimes taking it to the extremes.
“Overreacted” is subjective. It’s how you view it, no doubt others. I don’t discount your view on things, I just see there are other views, including mine, that it was passionate and emotional commentary. It very well could also be seen as a “backstabbing” comment from teammates of all colors inside the locker-room. Regardless of what was said three years previously, the situation in that locker-room and the NFL in general is different now, than it was before. I evaluate Thomas’ and Jenkins’ comments in the appropriate time frame, which is right now.

Mobs are wrong, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks out of the year, all mobs, along with all socially motivated “boycotts”. I’ll never buy into that mentality, either side. And that includes the “I’m boycotting the NFL bc..., race reasons” mob. I’m just not of that mindset, but to each their own.
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