Mark Winegardner on the Alabama teabagger and LSU victim in ESPN the Mag

[Riptide]

Point is, the forker pulled out his walker and rubbed it on a guy's face not once but several times. He knew exactly what he was doing and enjoyed it. I hope the guy sues the shirt out of him and Krystals.
And should he get the same treatment in the joint, it will be well deserved. Then we'll find out if he swallows.

Wow. You really got your boots into that kick. Feel better now?

 

[Drip]

Point is, the forker pulled out his walker and rubbed it on a guy's face not once but several times. He knew exactly what he was doing and enjoyed it. I hope the guy sues the shirt out of him and Krystals.
And should he get the same treatment in the joint, it will be well deserved. Then we'll find out if he swallows.

Wow. You really got your boots into that kick. Feel better now?

I don't know what foolishness you are posting but the bottom line is I don't feel any sympathy for him.

 

[Boom_70]

The writer should have explored the possibility if Downing being bisexual.

 

[hondo]

Prison is a waste of time and taxpayer money. Given that they both were drunk off their asses in public, both should have to admit what they did was embarrassingly wrong before a live audience on a Dr. Phil broadcast; the teabagger then has to apolgize sincerely to the victim, who accepts it with dignity; the victim then gets to punch the teabagger in the stomach as hard as he can; and then everyone goes home and it's over, except for a stiff fine of, say, $2,000 for the teabagger. He lost his job, too. Ten months of hard time is too harsh.

But the guy damn sure should have apologized when he had the chance.

How many times has a woman been told she was asking for it because she was drunk? Many. Many. Times. Nice try, but hardly a valid defense.

 

[hondo]

You're so right ... that's another element that was missing.

I fully expected an apology and that part of the story just came up empty. The writer didn't even approach it. He could have at least pointed out that he had apologized or didn't think an apology was necessary. Instead, he steered clear except to say he was too busy to think about the other guy. All of that left me wondering what the heck and if the guy was even remorseful at all. It didn't really indicate one way or the other.

That's just not very good writing in my opinion, definitely not great.

As a reader, I would have perceived any expressed remorse as contrived.

Why? He SHOULD be remorseful if he is the guy his wife thinks he is. But all he cares about is his family and his job. That's a lot to be concerned about. But if you put your ballsack on a guy's face in a drunken stupor so bad you can't recall it, and go to jail for it, don't you at least THINK about the other guy?

Downing did not come across as remorseful in the story. A lack of apology to the story seemed glaring. Justice will be served if Downing becomes someone's bench in prison camp.

Fantastic! I knew the thread wouldn't be complete without a prison-rape joke. Such a hilarious topic.

Perhaps the prisoners should stop raping each other. Voila! No jokes.

 

[vivbernstein]

Three different guys went to pull down their zippers and display themselves next to the drunk guy that night (two were stopped from doing it). Is that an Alabama thing? A drunk guy thing? WTF?

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Three different guys went to pull down their zippers and display themselves next to the drunk guy that night (two were stopped from doing it). Is that an Alabama thing? A drunk guy thing? WTF?

I dunno know, but the aftermath is apparently worth a story.

 

[Boom_70]

Three different guys went to pull down their zippers and display themselves next to the drunk guy that night (two were stopped from doing it). Is that an Alabama thing? A drunk guy thing? WTF?

Alabama has a high percentage of closet homosexuals.

 

[Drip]

Three different guys went to pull down their zippers and display themselves next to the drunk guy that night (two were stopped from doing it). Is that an Alabama thing? A drunk guy thing? WTF?

It's a stupid thing.

 

[hondo]

Three different guys went to pull down their zippers and display themselves next to the drunk guy that night (two were stopped from doing it). Is that an Alabama thing? A drunk guy thing? WTF?

It's a stupid thing.

Every waking act by Alabama fans involve some stupid thing.

 

[black dude with pompano]

Three different guys went to pull down their zippers and display themselves next to the drunk guy that night (two were stopped from doing it). Is that an Alabama thing? A drunk guy thing? WTF?

It's a stupid thing.

It's a sophomoric thing.

I guarantee you if you had searched "College Humor" or some other similar site for "teabagging" you would have gotten hundreds and hundreds and videos. heck, you probably still can. None of those people are being sent to prison, as far as I know, although they probably didn't commit their crimes in the moral bastion of Bourbon Street.

It is a form of shame and ridicule for someone who is passed out, similar to writing things on their face, etc.

I certainly don't condone it, but "teabagging" wasn't invented by this guy.

 

[dixiehack]

Three different guys went to pull down their zippers and display themselves next to the drunk guy that night (two were stopped from doing it). Is that an Alabama thing? A drunk guy thing? WTF?

Alabama has a high percentage of closet homosexuals.

Troy King counts as a high percentage?

Actually you would be amazed how many people are out of the closet and good with it, even in the tee-tiny towns. Like most of flyover country, it has been a drastic (though far from completed) shift within the past five years.