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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't here for the nonense is here: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/family-of-pat-tillman-angry-at-military/ https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1385229118522941441
a reminder that his family ain't here for the nonense is here: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/family-of-pat-tillman-angry-at-military/ https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1385229118522941441
tillman's a great test of one'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't about, or certainly wasn't about after he'd spent some time in afghanistan.
again, how we use pat tillman is absolutely pathetic.
again, how we use pat tillman is absolutely pathetic.
and the last thing: all the love folks supposedly have for military families, while we've flatly ignored the tillman family. PAT TILLMAN'S FAMILY.
good luck to anyone who tries to bring the bullsh t to me on this one. you'll flatly be telling on yourself.
good luck to anyone who tries to bring the bullsh t to me on this one. you'll flatly be telling on yourself.
