Current Events > Why were liberals so critical of Tebow?

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I remember the biggest reason being "when I tune into football it's to ignore politics and the real world"

So why is that different? Dumb liberals
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Their heads...their bodies...it..I.
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I honestly don't remember why people hated Tebow. I always thought it was the internet doing that thing where they hate Christians for being Christians
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Why were conservatives so supportive of him? I thought they came to sports for escapism and to get away from all the politics and religion and what not.
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I think the real problem was that he ended up being bad
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Twin3Turbo posted...

Why were conservatives so supportive of him?

What did Tebow ever do that was disrespectful or deserving of condemnation? The people who attacked him did so only because he was an unapologetic Christian white man, and they feel it's impossible to be bigoted against those groups.
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He was attention seeking, obnoxious, childish, and a shitty quarterback. And he was the kind of guy that interjected god into everything. People are similarly critical of players who "thank god" for an amazing catch or a great defensive play.
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Skip Bayless slobbing his knob on FT
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as long as y'all know y'all are hypocrites.

but it's also important to keep perspective. Liberals didn't call for the dude to leave the country. They didn't spend a weekend talking about it, threatening to boycott sports, making dumb uninformed FB posts about what qualifies as free speech.

They just made snarky posts here and there because Christians are easy targets.
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lilORANG posted...

as long as y'all know y'all are hypocrites.

but it's also to keep perspective. Liberals didn't call for the dude to leave the country. They didn't spend a weekend talking about it, threatening to boycott sports, making dumb uninformed FB posts about what qualifies as free speech.

They just made snarky posts here and there because Christians are easy targets.

Yes. The criticism of Tebow was nothing more than "Lol this guy acts like a dorky virgin, and he sucks at football." Hard to compare that to the vitriol that Kaepernick gets.
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That_Happened posted...

He was attention seeking, obnoxious, childish, and a shitty quarterback. And he was the kind of guy that interjected god into everything. People are similarly critical of players who "thank god" for an amazing catch or a great defensive play.

As opposed to the players who are now injecting the BLM/SJW agenda into everything. "I'm going to kneel for the anthem. It's a miracle that none of the black player were murdered by the evil police on their way to the game today."
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lilORANG posted...

as long as y'all know y'all are hypocrites.

but it's also to keep perspective. Liberals didn't call for the dude to leave the country. They didn't spend a weekend talking about it, threatening to boycott sports, making dumb uninformed FB posts about what qualifies as free speech.

They just made snarky posts here and there because Christians are easy targets.

hen it comes to conservatives and liberals there is no end to the hypocritical score card. There's also no way to tell whose worse between the two because everyone has a bias
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What'd tebow do. Does this have to do with him praying

The only people who cared about Tebow were people who didn't understand football, and stupid fans of the Broncos. Tebow was ass, and anyone who watched football knew it.
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Axiom posted...

What'd tebow do. Does this have to do with him praying

Tebow took a knee to pray. Libs called him a dope and told him to keep that crap out of football. Conservatives said he was a true Christian role model

People take a knee now in protest. Conservatives call them unpatriotic and to keep that crap out of football. Libs say they are expressing themselves peacefully and it's all cool.
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We are hypocrites conservatives are the biggest hypocrites in the history of everything fact literally supporting a traitor in office
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How I remember it:
Conservatives: TEBOW GOT SCREWED! All you liberals hate him because he is Christian!
Liberals: Lol, he is not a starting caliber NFL quarterback. He is a real athletic talent, why doesn't he change positions to full back or tight end?
Conservatives: SEE! You hate that he is a Christian!
Liberals: Lol, he got cut from the Jets with Mark Sanchez starting. Doesn't that say something?
Conservatives: YOU WON'T GIVE HIM A CHANCE!

etc.
I remember liberals being critical about his QB skills at an NFL level. Nothing else. Everyone acknowledge he was a great college QB but the NFL game is different and Tebow was unwilling or unable to make changes to stay in the league.

My impression of him is he felt it was his mission from God to be a starting QB at the NFL level and have a platform to preach God. He may still be in the NFL if he was willing to move to a position other than QB.
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As a Christian, I disliked what he was doing because it was the kind of behavior that Jesus spoke out against in Matthew 6:5. Making a big scene while praying so you are heard by men and not by God.
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Ah. He was an attention whore but I don't think he shouldn't be allowed to do it or be punished for it

That_Happened posted...

lilORANG posted...

as long as y'all know y'all are hypocrites.

but it's also to keep perspective. Liberals didn't call for the dude to leave the country. They didn't spend a weekend talking about it, threatening to boycott sports, making dumb uninformed FB posts about what qualifies as free speech.

They just made snarky posts here and there because Christians are easy targets.

Yes. The criticism of Tebow was nothing more than "Lol this guy acts like a dorky virgin, and he sucks at football." Hard to compare that to the vitriol that Kaepernick gets.

Well at least he didn't wear socks that depicted cops as pigs, so there's that.

Tebow = religion, not politics.
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Asherlee10 posted...

The Admiral posted...

Twin3Turbo posted...

Why were conservatives so supportive of him?

What did Tebow ever do that was disrespectful or deserving of condemnation? The people who attacked him did so only because he was an unapologetic Christian white man, and they feel it's impossible to be bigoted against those groups.

Perhaps.

People often follow stereotypes, too. A notable portion of 'unapologetic' Christians in the limelight end up being sex offenders, liars, etc. I'm willing to bet a lot of people associated his demeanor with someone who would end up diddling 15 year old boys or something along those lines.

A "notable" portion of unapologetic Christians end up being sex offenders? That sounds no different than saying a notable portion of unapologetic Muslims end up being terrorists. Ridiculous and just goes prove Admiral's point even more.

I have actually followed Tebow's career and by almost all accounts he's a real stand up guy off the field. Not to mention the determination and work ethic he exuded on the field that should be an inspiration to us all. Here you had a below average quarterback who's one of the worst throwers of the football we had ever seen and yet he willed his team to a winning season and a playoff victory. He showed that sometimes heart is more valuable than pure skill. Seriously, just go look up some of his games when he started for the Broncos, dude was like Jesus on the football field pullin out one miraculous win after another
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I had no problem him "tebowing", the only complaint I had of him was when he wrote John 3:16 under his eyes because that kind of defeats the purpose in having a "eye black".
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I found Tebow extremely entertaining tbh. He would be ineffective for the vast majority of the game and then pull off a couple of miracle plays at the end to grab the victory. That year he brought the Broncos to the playoffs and beat the Steelers in OT on Wild Card weekend was absolute magic.

It was just hilarious to see him win so much possibly by divine intervention and possibly by an elite kicker and a great defense.
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Because of the 46% completion rate, mostly
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People bring up Tebow is funny as shit. There is like an FCA or some organization on the NFL level that get in group and pray at the end of each game with each other. People have always taken a knee after TDs. And right wingers like Terry Bradshaw complained about it.
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People didnt want politics and religion in football, even though it was all the media and not Tebow. Nobody wanted a not so skilled guy with media drama following him.

Weird how many hypocrites we have in this country since now all the NFL is is politics and religion. If only Tebow came to the pros now, hed be a hero!!
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CADE FOSTER posted...

We are hypocrites conservatives are the biggest hypocrites in the history of everything fact literally supporting a traitor in office

President Obama sold weapons to Mexican drug cartels and ISIS, and pardoned a literal traitor.
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darkjedilink posted...

CADE FOSTER posted...

We are hypocrites conservatives are the biggest hypocrites in the history of everything fact literally supporting a traitor in office

President Obama sold weapons to Mexican drug cartels and ISIS, and pardoned a literal traitor.

and billions to iran.
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Because they're losers. I don't care a lot for religion but Tebow is an upstanding and very charitable person.
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We aren't he's just not a good player. Why are conservatives so critical of Kaepernick when he is just as christian as Tebow and shows off his love of Christ just as much?
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literal_garbage posted...

Because of the 46% completion rate, mostly

So, slightly better than Kaepernick....
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Is there a point to this topic?
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ALL HE DOES IS ALL HE DOES IS ALL HE DOES IS WINNNNNnNN!!!!!

darkjedilink posted...

literal_garbage posted...

Because of the 46% completion rate, mostly

So, slightly better than Kaepernick....

U wot
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LordRazziel posted...

Is there a point to this topic?

Yes, it was to trigger you specifically. Muahahaha, you fell into my tarp and I've trapped you!
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I don't think they were critical of him, outside of his actual football ability. I think they were just making fun of him.
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darkjedilink posted...

literal_garbage posted...

Because of the 46% completion rate, mostly

So, slightly better than Kaepernick....

Or 12%+ worse.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

As a Christian, I disliked what he was doing because it was the kind of behavior that Jesus spoke out against in Matthew 6:5. Making a big scene while praying so you are heard by men and not by God.

Was my only issue with him

The issue wasn't so much him insomuchas the medias constant coverage of him gave people tebow fatigue
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