Talk about a straw man. This entire exchange originated because you, being the argumentative and righteous dbag that you are, took a very obvious joke that I made about passionate/loyal fans driving somebody out of NE, and turned it into some stance that I’m anti-Brady and not rooting for him in Tampa.
I see the whole grade school reading comprehension thing is just absolutely kicking your ass. For reference, here is the beginning of our exchange starting with your post...
You wanted to uproot your life because New Englanders are loyal, passionate and perhaps somewhat spiteful in their fandom? Weird.
Here was my response, bolded and underlined for reference....
Loyal... LMAO. Boston sports fans are some of the most fickle fans on the planet. You're also not loyal if you're automatically spiteful to a guy whose arm won your team 6 Lombardi trophies because he decided to move on for two years of his life.
Anyone who can comprehend what they're reading, so this eliminates you, would know that "you're" is being used in the colloquial sense. It's a broad brush response to a broad brush post. That you automatically took that as me turning it "into some stance that I’m anti-Brady and not rooting for him in Tampa" tells me a lot, though. Very Freudian. There was no reason to take that personally and yet you did. Why do you think that is? Do you think that's because, deep down, you know you're fickle?
As for your obvious hurt feelings here? I'm guessing I verbally molested you in a thread at some point in the past. Though I have a very good memory, you'll have to excuse me if I don't remember when that was. You're not particularly memorable. Maybe work on that, if you can.
I very clearly explained that I’m not part of the contingent that holds ill-will towards Brady but yet here you are with your straw man, thinking you made some point against me.
This should be comedy gold. Where was the straw man? Point it out. Use the quote function. Then copy and paste the definition of a straw man. After you do that, look at your previous assumption in which you accused me of saying that
every Patriots fan was rooting against Brady.
I simply said that anybody who has a differing opinion on Brady’s departure isn’t any less of a “loyal” fan than you are. That went specifically for the comments I’ve seen in this thread and can’t comment on any “prima donna” comments that you’re now referencing. If those comments were made, I’d say they were unwarranted and would have called it out as such if I read them first-hand.
Which is funny, because those comments were all over the OTA threads which makes this next point equally hilarious...
If people disagree with him skipping OTAs or commented on the alleged friction between Tom/BB on Alex’s role on training/rehab for other players, no, I don’t think that’s bashing or not having “loyalty to Tom.”
LMFAO. So those comments are unwarranted until he skips OTAs. Then they're warranted? Or no? You're struggling mightily here, chief.
Some folks are more about the laundry and are quicker to side with the team, others are more about the individual players than the laundry, and others sit close to the middle.
Cool story. I root for the laundry. I'll root for the Patriots and I'll root for the Bucs. If the Bucs play the Pats in 2020, I'll root for the Pats. When they play each other in 2021, I'll root for the Pats. That doesn't mean that I'm going to turn around and badmouth the QB who took the team from a massive punchline to the best dynasty in NFL history the second he leaves, then hide behind that badmouthing by saying I'm "passionate" but "spiteful." Nah, you're a fickle fan if that's the case. Butthurt because our team likely takes a step back while his team is catapulted to contender status. Like a scorned woman whose long-time boyfriend just left her after she gained a few pounds. It's pathetic to watch.
Since you like to take what I say way out of context and literally do what you accused me of doing with the strawman, let the record show that I am rooting for Tom in Tampa.
Nice. That's what anyone who
isn't a complete and utter moron should be doing if they call themselves a Patriots fan. You're making progress. Why you decided to pick a fight about this, I'm not sure.
In an ideal world, Pats have a learning curve/rebuilding year while still competing, Tom excels in Tampa wins a ring, and next offseason Pats reload and are back in contention in 2021/2022. Everybody wins and both Tom's and Bill's legacy are better for it. Don’t misconstrue me calling you a righteous dbag for alienating anybody who doesn’t agree with you on the way Tom’s departure unfolded as me being anti-Brady.
No. I'm assuming that's because I verbally raped you on here at some point. Probably a safe assumption, too. As for not agreeing with the way Tom's departure unfolded? The people that are saying that are the same people saying they hope he loses every game over there, which would obviously damage is legacy. Perhaps you need to take a minute to rethink things and get on the right page? Or maybe you might want to have a word with those guys. Not sure. But you're massively confused so taking some time to think couldn't hurt either way.
