Joe Mixon's Rehab Effort Is Working

[La Pantera]

1 minute ago, AceBoogie said:

It's hell, I have no free time. lol I graduate in May tho 

Might as well hang up that free time stuff. I can't even poop without having a kid beating on the damn door wanting something....

[nctarheel0619]

LOL, what double standard?  No one is taking up for Mixon in the media at all.  No one is talking about her three priors to this incident where she clearly enticed him to do so.  F u c k out of here with double standards.  All I know is, I've seen the female perspective and they all say the same sentiment.  Don't put your damn hands on another human being, if you don't want repercussions.  PLAIN and SIMPLE.    

[Icege]

Show of hands: How many people here go, "Welp, he deserved it," when a person gets their ass beat for using an ethnic slur?

So why aren't you just as upset when Mixon uses a homophobic slur?

[nctarheel0619]

2 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

You aren't going to get any sympathy from blacks in regards to hate speech. The altercation was verbal until she escalated it to a physical altercation. Had he walked away would she have been charged for assault? Nah would have been swept under the rug no big deal. 

I forgot to ask you.  How have you liked Gettlemens offseason so far?  

[nctarheel0619]

1 minute ago, Icege said:

Show of hands: How many people here go, "Welp, he deserved it," when a person gets their ass beat for using an ethnic slur?

So why aren't you just as upset when Mixon uses a homophobic slur?

Because the same person used a racial slur to him.  Duh.  

[Icege]

Also, since we've got some budding lawyers here, let's clarify who exactly would have been and was held legally liable for this:

The guy that was fined $1,200, served 100 hours of community service, was ordered to attend counseling, received a one year deferred sentence, and was kicked off the team for their freshman year for breaking multiple bones in a woman's face. 

But pls, tell me more how he's the victim in all of this and because a couple of women think that it's ok how that gives him a clean slate.

[Icege]

2 minutes ago, nctarheel0619 said:

Because the same person used a racial slur to him.  Duh.  

So him initiating with a homophobic slur was okay because it eventually led to it being responded to with an ethnic slur?

[Proudiddy]

11 minutes ago, Icege said:

Show of hands: How many people here go, "Welp, he deserved it," when a person gets their ass beat for using an ethnic slur?

So why aren't you just as upset when Mixon uses a homophobic slur?

Wouldn't it be the dude's (who had the gay slur used against him) place to take up for himself?

That's the problem.

Even as men, if I walk out in the street and the fuging incredible hulk, green as poo, looks down on me from 20 ft above and calls me a f****t in front of my wife and kids, guess what?  I'm gonna walk my happy ass straight to the store and buy some Lady Gaga albums and eyeliner for that day.  Sometimes, when it comes to words and assessing a potential physical situation, you just have to know when it's not worth it.

As a man, if you're in two different weight classes and have no fathomable chance of winning a physical altercation, there is nothing honroable in intiaiting and then taking an ass whooping.  So, in her case, there was nothing admirable or intelligent about physically sticking up for her friend, who is a male and should have done so for himself, against someone who is physically superior to both of them.

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, swoonychic13 said:

THIS. Its so easy to characterize him as an abuser or talk about his "character flaws", but in reality Mixon is a guy who doesn't drink, tries to stay out of trouble, and works HARD. He was attacked by a racist, drug dealing POS, and defended himself, but because he is male he was the one arrested. He was the one who lost a year of his college career. And he is the one who has constantly defend himself for defending himself. Its disgusting.

Whichever team "gambles" on him is going to get a huge payoff. I hope its us, but I am not optimistic. After the Hardy debacle, I see JR distancing himself from any potential character issues, no matter how unfounded they truly are.

 

 

Dayam!

If I had had a daughter, that's how I would want her to account of herself. Strong!

[Icege]

6 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Wouldn't it be the dude's (who had the gay slur used against him) place to take up for himself?

That's the problem.

Even as men, if I walk out in the street and the fuging incredible hulk, green as poo, looks down on me from 20 ft above and calls me a f****t in front of my wife and kids, guess what?  I'm gonna walk my happy ass straight to the store and buy some Lady Gaga albums and eyeliner for that day.  Sometimes, when it comes to words and assessing a potential physical situation, you just have to know it's not worth it.

Does that make it okay for Mixon to hit Molitor because it wasn't her that he was originally targeting?

Does that also mean that if somebody is being harassed on the street for their orientation/gender/heritage/etc that as a society we should just keep moving? If somebody robs a store and we're armed with the ability to intervene, we shouldn't because the individual being robbed should protect themselves?

I understand that you're approaching this from a sense of practicality and survival, but this is very much an ethical issue (legal-wise, it's already been addressed by the courts).

[truthjuice]

Keep your head to yourself, that's what everything boils down to. She shouldn't have slapped him but in no way or on any planet is it EVER okay to hit a woman. 

Do I think this should be the end of him? No, I do not. I do think he deserves a chance to redeem himself. But he hit her, inexcusable. 

[Proudiddy]

Just now, Icege said:

Does that make it okay for Mixon to hit Molitor because it wasn't her that he was originally targeting?

Does that also mean that if somebody is being harassed on the street for their orientation/gender/heritage/etc that as a society we should just keep moving? If somebody robs a store and we're armed with the ability to intervene, we shouldn't because the individual being robbed should protect himself?

I understand that you're approaching this from a sense of practicality and survival, but this is very much an ethical issue (legal-wise, it's already been addressed by the courts).

No, we should intervene given we have the means to do so.  But, the issue i keep coming back to here, aside from the practicality aspect, is that it was strictly a verbal bullying/harrassment/spat until she turned it otherwise.  She made it physical, even though she is a woman and at a physical disadvantage.  Had she not pushed/hit Mixon, we have no reason to believe he would have hit anyone there otherwise.  Her actions changed the situation, not his.  But, thanks to gender, race, and social stratification, his reaction to her actions are magnified, while her actions leading up to the altercation are ignored or altogether excused.  

We have no reason to believe it would have turned physical had she not taken the actions she did.  

Again, we should protect those that need protection, but her friend, it appears, was capable of protecting himself.  And as a man, regardless of orientation, he should have before letting a woman do so for him against another man.  And protecting others doesn't always mean physically intervening either.  MLK protected others through passive resistance, speeches, and marches.  You don't have to push, punch, or initiate contact with people you feel threatened by (if you are indeed threatened) in order to make a stand.  And for these reasons, I don't think she was an innocent looking to be a hero and stand up for her friend.  I think they were both talking poo to each other and she lost her composure first.

[Wundrbread33]

The kid fugged up, no doubt. I don't believe people are inherently evil however, and this seems like an isolated incident.

I hope we interview the kid, and Rivera, G-Man, and Rich gauge his sincerity. It certainly is possible for a kid to learn from his mistakes btw. I sure as hell know that I have.

[Neylus]

You won't build a fan base playing someone with his kind of history. It's an unfortunate situation but the RB position it's just too high profile.