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Is it the unpopular opinion that Tunsil is a victim?

Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:09 am
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:09 am
Obviously attacked via social networking. Twitter and Instagram "hacked" (lack of a better term). Old video is posted to damage his rep mere minutes before the draft.

Then we have these texts on Instagram. Do you know how easy it is to fake a text message conversation? I could do it right now.

Then he is put on the spot after the biggest event in his life. He barely even knew what happened when he was asked about it. I'm still not sure he even realized what questions he answered.

I don't know. I poked fun at Ole Miss too, but Tunsil is a victim.
This post was edited on 5/1/16 at 10:12 am
Posted by joshnorris14
Florida
Member since Jan 2009
45195 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:11 am to
quote:

Am I of the unpopular opinion that Tunsil is a victim?


Why are you asking us what your opinion is?
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95873 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:11 am to
Worded it wrong. More or less asking if this is truly an unpopular opinion of non-Ole Miss fans.

Dick
This post was edited on 5/1/16 at 10:12 am
Posted by parrothead
big salty ham
Member since Mar 2010
4439 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:13 am to
Just based off the malicious timing of the video and text, yes I would say so. Regardless, that's a pretty fricked up think to do
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95873 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:14 am to
quote:

Regardless, that's a pretty fricked up think to do


What is?
Posted by TheMightyTerrier
Member since Nov 2010
2099 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:15 am to
I don't know that it's unpopular but I'd bet it's the minority opinion.

Personally, I think he's the victim of a character assassination. It's hard to say he wasn't. If that video and texts don't leak then he is a higher pick, earns more money, and doesn't have to deal with the public fallout of his actions.

He is certainly not without fault for any of this though.
Posted by AUbagman
LA
Member since Jun 2014
10561 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:17 am to
Yeah, I would say anytime the content of someone's private life is maliciously aired in public they are a victim, and more so when it messes with their livelihood.
Posted by Piscinin
the hills
Member since Nov 2015
3561 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:22 am to
Hard to feel sorry for somebody who takes a video of themselves ripping a bong, then revealing the gas mask to show his face, especially when he's a high profile athlete


Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95873 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:23 am to
Oh my god he smoked weed!
Posted by piggilicious
Member since Jan 2011
37295 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:26 am to
Yes, he was a victim. I still don't know that my pity for him outweighs the entertainment that draft night was to me. I also think the perp deserves punishment but in a way I'd like to give him a high 5 (if those texts/messages are real).
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95873 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:27 am to
No doubt it was entertaining. Even Goodell thought so, saying "this is what makes the draft so exciting".

Paraphrasing that btw
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
WeWaCo
Member since Dec 2007
37538 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:28 am to
Whistleblower protections for the leaker if available of some sorts.
Posted by shamrock
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
3620 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:29 am to
I do feel a little bad for LT, but allowing a video to be shot while partaking lessens my pity. My disdain and disappointment lies predominantly with Freeze. I have no doubt all the SEC schools do the exact type of recruiting, but I don't like him playing the religious card while allegedly going whole hog in these recruiting battles.
Posted by DWag215
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2011
7213 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:29 am to
The point isn't about him smoking weed. It's that he's dumb enough to let it be documented.

He's a victim but only because he was exposed as a complete moron.
Posted by heartbreakTiger
grinding for my grinders
Member since Jan 2008
138974 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:31 am to
Tunsil is the victim of a backwoods baptist preacher and bad parenting. He is a poor simple kid that was taken advantage of by a beaver.
Posted by rockytop627
Member since Jan 2014
10041 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:31 am to
He clearly isn't the brightest bulb, but I have nothing against the guy personally. He was conned by an institution of corruption.
This post was edited on 5/1/16 at 10:32 am
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95873 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:31 am to
He was what? 18-22 when the video was probably taken?

Call me crazy but recording myself smoking weed is way better than committing a crime or something that actually has a victim. Hell, it's completely legal in some parts of the country.

He's a college kid. If the dumbest thing he did is record himself smoking weed, he will be alright.
Posted by heartbreakTiger
grinding for my grinders
Member since Jan 2008
138974 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:34 am to
Exactly, he is a victim of his stupidity. Even Powe was like come on retard you don't film yourself doing something illegal and then keep the film.

Weed shouldn't be a big deal, but it is illegal and the NFL test for it. When you are a million dollar investment you can't be doing stupid shite like that.

All the Pity id feel goes out the window with the ole miss fans that are in full cover up mode, and the shite that the beaver preaches. They just need to admit that LT is a retard, and hugh is a typical fake back woods snake oil salesman.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59599 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:35 am to
If I was a player I wouldn't be on social media
Posted by hawgfaninc
https://youtu.be/torc9P4-k5A
Member since Nov 2011
46358 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 10:39 am to
It's not that he smoked weed.

It's that he was dumb enough to film himself doing something illegal
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