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By criticizing him I'm victimizing him? I think i'd like to ask how you're defining victimizing? I'm definitely open to feedback on my own part, and it's not my intention to victimize anyone. But I'm obviously giving you the impression that I am, so I'd like to understand this.

And if you don't the trust the vaccine, then don't get the vaccine. There's protocols setup for both the vaccinated and unvaccinated in the NFL. This is the equivalent to people who loudly complain about not being able to donate blood, after constantly engaging in unsafe sex with multiple partners. (The vaccines available do not make use of the COVID virus FYI, so you're example would be impossible here, though I assume you're using this as an example of why people are hesitant)

How am I doing that? I have no idea what Josh Allen's vaccination status is, and I really don't care. I'm not attacking anyone over their vaccination stance here. I'm being critical of BEasley because he's making himself available to be criticized by being loudly against the NFL's vaccination protocols, railing against COVID vaccinations, and making himself the story in this - often with (at best) questionable points. I didn't ask him to do that. But once you make yourself a public object, and ask the debate to be around your own terms - you invite critical thought

Beyond saying "The Bills are going to fine him" because he evidently leaked internal info, not sure there's much of a tangible discussion. If you want to talk about how he's being a distraction, that's not a discussion you'll be able to have then

It is and it isn't. It's very hard to discuss why he's being silly to rail against these protocols. without discussinging his basic ignorance of percentages.

That's actually legitimate, because you can draw an anology for being available to your team. Beasley has a FAR FAR greater chance of catching COVID than the rest of his vaccinated teammates, and thus risks being unavailable to the team, just like doing freakin cocaine makes you a risk of being unavailable to the team.

The problem is that he doesn't understand basic percentages. Breakthrough cases are insanely rare (Vaccine effectiveness has been something like 99%) and there's a literal surge among the unvaccinated right now, that's mimicking past surges. It's being reported heavily from all kinds of different outlets. Fact of the matter is that it is still possible to get it while vaccinated, and if he lives his normal life and has the same freedom of movement within the facility as players who've been vaccinated, then he's a higher risk vector than everyone else. This is statistically inarguable. Especially since the testing is less reliable than the vaccine itself. False negatives aren't uncommon, especially with rapid testing. If he wants to go unvaccinated, that's his choice. But what's irritating is the refusal to acknowledge basic fact and basic statistics, and now even worse - he's acting like a victim in all this, when it was HIS choice to not get vaccinated.

I literally can not think of a worse way for him to increase his market value/get more money on an extension. I personally do not care if he gets vaccinated one way or another. Ain't my business. But he's quite intentionally made a nuisance and a controversy of himself, and portrayed himself as a victim. He's screaming from the top of his lungs that there shouldn't be societal pressure that has quite literally ended the pandemic for those who've received the vaccine, and enabled the Bills to play in front of full crowds, and for most of America to go back to regular life. If this is his play for a more lucrative contract, then he's sorely mistaken

It was bad, but thankfully no one got hurt, and it seems Sherman knows it. He's apparently been in a pretty bad place for awhile now, as back in Feb he got one of those court orders that recognized him as a danger to himself and others, and barred from guns - and he's been on anti-depressants while getting therapy. Mental health illness is really hard on the individual and the family.

He'll eventually get a DUI, but it probably won't be until late Fall or Winter. Not sure what'll happen with the Hit and run though

I'm not dancing here. I'm suggesting you're using correlation data incorrectly, and this is a case dependent variables. Children who develop in a poor socioeconomic status, statistically speaking, have much poorer outcomes than children raised in high socioeconomic status.

This really isn't a great path you're on, because it leads to some fairly controversial conclusions around intelligence and race. Intelligence testing itself isn't a settled science, so it's a bit dangerous to draw conclusions. I think it's safer to suggest that there's a correlation between criminality and economic environment. AKA survivalism.

Dude may have had a really bad night

He's married with 2 kids, and his been with the same women for quite a while now. There's a lot to this story.

This really isn't the place to debate social/educational issues and policy...but I wasn't speaking to test prep. It's a much more basic, and tangible level. The math and verbal skills that are tested on the SATs, aren't taught at the same level of proficiency across America, and there are also a lot of environmental factors that come into play as well, both in and out of school. Suffice it to say, that when it comes to the SATs, that kids from poor, overcrowded, higher crime area have a lot of barriers infront of them they have to overcome that kids from NOT those kind of areas wouldn't have. Same is proably true of really poor rural distrincts. SAT testing tends to advantage kids in well to do areas and private schools. Basically it's a HORRIBLE way of measuring the intelligence of a student, or determining who is or isn't deserving of college admission.

It also said he "fought" with the police, which could also result in a felony.

Ahh thank you! That makes a ton of sense, and actually seems like a pretty good rule, so long as you can get the accused in front of a judge ASAP

You realize he grew up in, and went to school in, Compton? He didn't exactly have the same educational/college prep opportunities as the vast majority of HS kids who took that test. That 1100 is equivalent to a much higher score if he attended a public school in a middle class suburb.

What actions of his are are describing as "thug mentality"? Interested in the optics.

Exactly. They're not going to hold him without a pretty good reason. This is Seattle/King County. They're fairly progressive there. They've had reforms over the years to reduce bail, and make it easier on folks to avoid jail. Plus, the county has a massive backlog of cases to deal with, thanks to COVID, and they're actually being rather careful about who they keep in jail. Right now, my assumption is that Sherman was denied bail because...well because it's bad. But I'm hoping for his sake and the alleged victim's sake that's not that case.

He's not. I lives in Seattle in the height of the Legion of Boom era. He was a genuinely good guy, and loved to interact with fans. Didn't cloister himself in some exclusive neighborhood either. His charity work around the Seattle area was legit as well. The "No Bail" is pretty bad, as usually that means a judge thinks his alleged crime was so bad, or that there;s enough evidence he actually did it, that he's a true threat to his victims

If by "shocking" you mean "will never happen" then yes I'd be stunned if Ford, Morse, and Feliciano weren't your IOL. With Bates overtaking Boettger as your top backup.

Really good team, really loaded conference. The SB winners would have what, the 5th best roster in the AFC? If I'm doing a power ranking of rosters: 1. Chiefs 2. Browns 3. Bills 4. Titans 5. Bucs 6. Pack 7. Colts 8. Ravens 9. Niners 10. Rams