Pull The Curtain on Burton

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(12-16-2024, 01:34 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: IF he has a learning disability, [which you're seemingly treating as fact rather than the assumption it currently is, yes he deserves to be supported in life. Just not in the NFL. 

He's making millions in a sport worth billions and is a part of making or breaking the careers of dozens of his teammates and staff members. If he runs the wrong route because he didn't learn the playbook, the pass gets intercepted, and the Bengals lose... that's potentially coaches fired, families having to move across the country, kids having to leave their friends and go to a new school, and the season over for his teammates. 

His actions effect far more than just himself, so while yet he should be supported in life IF he turns out to have a learning disability (which currently is just an armchair diagnosis from people on the internet who have probably never personally interacted with him) but that doesn't need to be while on the Bengals. Alternatively to the potential you seem to be all-in on believing is true, there's also the possibility that he is just fine and just so happens to be a turd.

I'm not, I keep saying, "if it turns out," "if all the signs point to being ___," I'm not making any facts, nor have I ever :) Not to mention is all other posts, I have explicitly stated that I don't know him personally, nor am I a medical professional.

If it turns out he's just yanking people's chains, then he should absolutely be responsible for his actions, but people don't know the real story with him and in terms of behaviour, I think people should consider the possibility before reaching for hate and prejudice.