Your Daily Dose of Joy

thebombbag:

I golf clapped for Denver, laughed at Roethlisberger, and then, regrettably, turned to ESPN for the post-game interviews. 

And there was Tebow, who starts his interview by saying, “First and foremost, I’d like to thank my lord and savior Jesus Christ.” Not his defense, that came-up clutch against Pittsburgh’s last drive. Not Thomas and his Stiff-Arm of the Gods, a stiff-arm of Homeric proportions. No - the victory is attributed to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who probably doesn’t even like football.

When asked about Thomas’ run after the catch, Tebow says his first thought was to thank the Lord.

Can you imagine how his teammates must feel? If you just played the game of your life, if your catch is going to be on every highlight reel for the next ten years, and your spiritual leader and captain basically says, “Jesus was looking out for me.”

Nails on a chalkboard.

But he’s not a rapist, right? He never did anything to hurt women.

But then you think back to 2010, the infamous Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow. The one where he was presented as a “miracle baby” and proof that you should “celebrate life.” The real Tebow offense, not getting down on his knees after touchdowns instead of patting his offensive line on the back, not carving bible verse call-outs into his eye black. 

When you look at that, when you look at the systemic problems caused by anti-choice advocates, when you look at how they want to hurt all women and how their messages are accepted as merely an opinion and put on television without the opportunity for a rebuttal…

Well, when you look at it that way, Tebow is just as bad as Roethlisberger. Unfortunately, his actions are acceptable in this society, making him less “criminal” in the classic sense.

This is exactly how I felt about last night’s game. Exactly.  (also, why am I watching football?)