not picking on b/r in particular here, because our industry has been indefensibly pathetic in how we portray tillman and what he represents.

a reminder that his family ain& #39;t here for the nonense is here: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/family-of-pat-tillman-angry-at-military/">https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-wo... https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1385229118522941441">https://twitter.com/BleacherR...
tillman& #39;s a great test of one& #39;s ability to view things with nuanced eyes. can one see heroism in him while opposing the war? can people support the military -- using a broad term there but you get it -- while acknowledging that military let him down in life and death?
instead, my industry uses him as a mascot for a lot of things an informed person *knows* he wasn& #39;t about, or certainly wasn& #39;t about after he& #39;d spent some time in afghanistan.

again, how we use pat tillman is absolutely pathetic.
and the last thing: all the love folks supposedly have for military families, while we& #39;ve flatly ignored the tillman family. PAT TILLMAN& #39;S FAMILY.

good luck to anyone who tries to bring the bullsh t to me on this one. you& #39;ll flatly be telling on yourself.
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