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Tim Tebow and the "Are you a virgin" question

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by SockPuppet, Jul 23, 2009.

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  1. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    What a stupid, irrelevant question. Having never heard of Travis before he comes off like some imbecile who probably looks like Artie Lange or something.

    Seriously, how is this newsworthy? The obsession some people have with Tebow's beliefs is amazing. He's not the one overplaying it nearly as much as it is the media. And it seems like the more they do, the more they're hoping he'll mess up so they can bury him.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Jul 24, 2009
    #37
  2. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Exactly.
     
    YGBFKM, Jul 24, 2009
    #38
  3. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Really? Yikes.
     
    imjustagirl, Jul 24, 2009
    #39
  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Tebow doesn't count anal.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jul 24, 2009
    #40
  5. DirtyDeeds

    DirtyDeeds Guest

    Really? Yikes.
     
    DirtyDeeds, Jul 24, 2009
    #41
  6. Appgrad05

    Appgrad05 Active Member

    I am going to admit a double standard here.
    If Austin Murphy had asked it and printed the answer in this week's SI, I have no problem with it.
    But because Clay Travis asked it in a room full of his buddies at SEC Media Days, it rubs me the wrong way.
    Probably because I think Travis (and a lot of the blogosphere) do things just for their own amusement/notoriety. This felt like Travis wanting to put his name out there, and knowing his people (Deadspin, Big Lead and all the rest) would support him to the end of the earth and proclaim any backlash just the stodgy old media being old and stodgy.
     
    Appgrad05, Jul 24, 2009
    #42
  7. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    I think it's more a case of those of us who tire of goody goody portrayals waiting for the other shoe to drop. We're waiting for the day when we find out Saint Tebow is an wife-beating, alcohol abusing, beer gut-carrying caricature of the image he's worked so hard to portray. And when that day comes, we'll be eager to pounce on him and call him a hypocrite, no matter how hypocritical that makes us.
     
    forever_town, Jul 24, 2009
    #43
  8. CornFlakes

    CornFlakes Member

    Good points.

    I had never heard of Clay Travis until reading this thread. But undoubtedly, I will end up doing a Google search on him to see a larger sample of his work and to make my own opinion of him.

    That's part of the spinoff from putting one's name out there -- valid or not.
     
    CornFlakes, Jul 24, 2009
    #44
  9. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    That doesn't make you a hypocrite; it makes you an asshole.
     
    YGBFKM, Jul 24, 2009
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  10. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Tebow is like Clinton, he doesn't consider the fellatio he gets from the Florida beat writers as sex.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jul 24, 2009
    #46
  11. Karl Hungus

    Karl Hungus Member

    Well, wouldn't you do it if you were them? Tebow's bodily fluids do bring you everlasting life, good fortune, happiness, wealth, love, etc. When those guys lose their jobs, they know that they'll be taken care of by a higher power.
     
    Karl Hungus, Jul 24, 2009
    #47
  12. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    The concept of "no question being a stupid question" has taken a serious hit here.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jul 24, 2009
    #48
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