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Benjamin Watson

Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:36 am
Posted by SirWinston
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Member since Jul 2014
82162 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:36 am
This dude annoys me - he's like Ernie Conwell, some mediocre "veteran" who somehow anoints himself as this "spokesperson" and fancies himself an "intellectual" or something.

He penned this absurd 4,000 word screed on Facebook (with like 2,000 commas somehow) that basically boils down to "God hates figs".
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 5:05 am
Posted by OMFGKenny
Boothville-Venice
Member since Jan 2013
951 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:43 am to
So it's wrong for someone to tell their personal beliefs?

if that's the case I hope you get cut for trying to be "intellectual or something".
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
71768 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:47 am to
Odd that he forced you to read his Facebook page
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82162 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:47 am to
The crux of his painful mid-school quality diatribe is "har har God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve".


This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 12:49 am
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82162 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:50 am to
Half of my friends from high school liked his idiotic rant - it kept popping up on my page.
Posted by OMFGKenny
Boothville-Venice
Member since Jan 2013
951 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:52 am to
So, again, you want him to be cut from a football team bc he decided to talk about his personal beliefs, that you voluntarily read?

Ok.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82162 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:56 am to
People wanted Riley Cooper to be cut for blatant racism last year at this time - it's not a stretch to not want a shallow minded bigot on my team
Posted by TC16
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
2531 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 1:01 am to
quote:

it's not a stretch to not want a shallow minded bigot on my team


So basically conform or else?
Posted by OMFGKenny
Boothville-Venice
Member since Jan 2013
951 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 1:03 am to
Actually it's a giant stretch. What Riley Cooper did is light years away worse. Calling someone a racial slur to their face is much, much worse than ranting about what you believe in a way that if someone dosen't want to read it they don't have to.
Posted by Hoodoo Man
Sunshine Pumping most days.
Member since Oct 2011
31637 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 1:16 am to
I know you're trolling, but I take issue with some things.





quote:

fancies himself an "intellectual"
Watson has like the third highest wonderlic in the NFL.
That may not be the end all be all of intelligence, but let's pretend this is some fool.



quote:

basically boils down to "God hates figs".
Read it again.
Posted by JeffG20
Member since Sep 2014
622 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 1:18 am to
I didn't care for Watson's rant myself and that's why I unfollowed on twitter. However, he has the right to those beliefs and should be free to express them. Stop demonizing people that dont have the same beliefs as you.... sheesh.
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 3:42 am
Posted by docTQ4
Atlanta GA
Member since Jan 2014
1691 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 4:56 am to
He's just going off his biblical beliefs. Don't read it if you don't don't like it. Nothing thT he said makes him a biggot.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82162 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 5:04 am to
Yah I overreacted - my bad
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82162 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 5:31 am to
True dat - I retract it
Posted by docTQ4
Atlanta GA
Member since Jan 2014
1691 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 6:20 am to
You're good. At least your big enough to apologize unlike half the other people on this board
Posted by LAfootballDude
Sulphur
Member since Feb 2007
2425 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 6:55 am to
Tolerance is a two way street !!
Posted by hg
Member since Jun 2009
123679 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 6:56 am to
He seems like a really really great guy. Not sure how you could hate him.
Posted by LAfootballDude
Sulphur
Member since Feb 2007
2425 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 6:59 am to
Tolerance is NOT acceptance and approval!

Tolerance is to put up with, to live

1. fairness toward those whose race, religion, etc., differ from one's own


I tolerate you and you tolerate me. We don't have to like each other we simply have to live in harmony with one another.

That's the crux of freedom and an open society. If everyone is forced to confirm or else... It's no longer a free society!
Posted by motorbreath
New Orleans Saints fan
Member since Jun 2004
6381 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 7:09 am to
I think he always comes off as very measured and intelligent when speaking.
Posted by Rickety Cricket
Premium Member
Member since Aug 2007
46883 posts
Posted on 6/29/15 at 7:13 am to
I like aside from the fact that he's a preachy religious nutjob.
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