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Yoga Nerd, Maybe DeadJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:11pm
Huh, its ALMOST like maybe this is the kind of reporting Jezebel should be doing itself...
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  CodiustheawesomeYoga Nerd, Maybe Dead
  12/08/15 4:15pm
  What!? But there’s celeb gossip to report on!
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  Brad GatesYoga Nerd, Maybe Dead
  12/08/15 4:18pm
  No offense, but I have to disagree with you here.
  
  IMO it doesn’t matter where the data or source material comes from, it just matters that the story is told. With that in mind I can think of few publications more outspoken than Jezebel when it comes to our super-marginalized communities.
  
  I’m proud to say I am a daily consumer of Jezebel.
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Bears for PresidentJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:14pm
Yeah, I still don’t know what to make of this in the larger context. The rates for these crimes among NFL players is lower than it is among the general population so it’s not really a problem you can link to football. I suppose I can get on board with the idea that you want the NFL to act extra-judicially here(although I generally think that’s a lousy idea) but even then it sort of smacks of “The only guys I want to see giving each other brain damage on Sundays are morally upstanding”.

This is why I’m glad I’m not a football fan.
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  weebleswobbleBears for President
  12/08/15 4:24pm
  I agree on the stats thing, but the difference is that these men are held up as heroes. Kids (and grown men and women) wear their jerseys and actively root for them. When they are accused (or convicted) of crimes — not just sexual assault and DV, mind you, but things like drunk driving — and it is laughed off or viewed as not a big deal, it normalizes that behavior. “He brutally beat and threatened a woman, but he can throw such a block, let’s let it slide.” That is not a lesson the public needs reinforced further.
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  PersonalOfficeChristmasPartyBears for President
  12/08/15 4:37pm
  Really source on that? Because according to you over 1 in 40 men beat their significant other which seems pretty high to have not seen Jezebel.com do articles on it every month
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SpringSprungJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:09pm
Hey, I think I found our starting lineup for next season

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  Yoga Nerd, Maybe DeadSpringSprung
  12/08/15 4:26pm
  “Yeah, Jason, all these guys look like leaders to me”
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Brene BrawnJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:05pm

“Read more.”

I'm going to pass on this one, thanks. (dry heave)
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  I Have No Account and I Must PostBrene Brawn
  12/08/15 4:24pm
  Is “Richie Incognito” the name he gave when arrested?
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  VoteyMcVotefaceThePartyVoteDriverI Have No Account and I Must Post
  12/08/15 4:49pm
  Nope, real name. He was involved in the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal a couple of years ago. He got cut and picked up by Rex Ryan when he took over in Buffalo because of course he did and because fuck Rex Ryan.
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Andrew DaisukeJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:15pm
The NFL is like the GOP, I can’t figure out why women* still support it.

*Rapidly becoming all humans.
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Brad GatesJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:08pm
You know.... this is a big reason why I just can’t watch the NFL or sports in general anymore. To think of how monstrous some of these men really are, the things they do in their private lives, the extreme fantasies they no doubt make reality. I just can’t.

These are not my heroes.
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  EvanrudeJohnsonBrad Gates
  12/08/15 4:26pm
  Same can be said about movies , music, or politics.
  
  If you made a list of of people accused of sexual/domestic assault just like the NFL list, then you would also have Bill Murray, John Lennon and Bill Clinton on that list.
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  commanderSPAMEvanrudeJohnson
  12/09/15 8:40am
  As well as countless, nameless doctors, lawyers, accountants, chiropractors, mail carriers, teachers, dentists, sanitation workers, bus drivers, etc. etc. etc.
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I Have No Account and I Must PostJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:05pm
Step one: Take the kind of guy attracted to physically violent play as a late adolescent (ie, a guy who wants to play high school football).

Step two: Train him till he’s good enough that he can make a decent amount of money

Step three: put him in an environment where his aggression is his profession

Bonus to step three: Because so much money is riding on his aggressive tendencies, science can be applied to increase both his aggression and ability to do damage

Step four: Treat him like a normal guy with a normal job, but with a bunch of money and people to look out for his ability to continue making himself (and by extension them) money.

You’ve basically crated a human pit bull. Trained and socialized to turn to aggression as a solution.
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BrittaBjørndahlJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:10pm
For all the shit talking you guys do about VICE, you sure do love to use them for source material.
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TheRevanchistJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:07pm
Some interesting reading here, as well.
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HarvestMoonJoanna Rothkopf
12/08/15 4:37pm
I’m getting this book for every rabid football fan I know. They should at least understand how their hobby is hurting our culture and the health and well-being of boys and girls alike.

Merry Christmas!

Against Football: One Fan’s Reluctant Manifesto https://www.amazon.com/dp/1612194915/...
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