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Whitlock was universally despised several years ago and people on TD cheered when he was fired. He found a gimmick, much like Clay Travis did, and now everyone loves him.
Now, I'm not saying he didn't have some kind of Saul/Paul moment after he was fired, but I tend to think he saw what Travis was doing and ran with it.
Also, why is this on the SEC rant?

I’m fairly unfamiliar with Clay, but I am quite familiar with Jason, and I don’t get insincerity from him in the slightest, especially those opinions which are based on sound biblical foundations, and he takes a ton of flack for his stances from everywhere. In my estimation, when you disagree with something someone says, the best strategy is to refute it with facts to the contrary, not disparage the man’s character. The very same can be said for people who raise objections to conduct they find reprehensible in people in the public eye for example. We don’t really listen, and we don’t really want to know. We just think that anyone who doesn’t fall in line must be coming at it from some other place than a sincere devotion to another set of principles than what is on display. In short, we all have 2 ears and 1 mouth, yet we continually do twice as much talking as we do actually listening to people. If we did, then maybe we could at the very least begin to respect people for it, even if we may disagree.

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Posted by BamaSaint

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Member since Mar 2013

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Posted on 9/26/23 at 9:33 am to Mike da Tigah

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In my estimation, when you disagree with something someone says, the best strategy is to refute it with facts to the contrary, not disparage the man’s character

I don't necessarily disagree with what Whitlock says most of the time. Was just pointing out the fact the he was disliked by everyone until he started this shtick. Was he being kept quiet on the big networks? I don't know. But I think it's funny that he is so loved on TD now

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Posted by scrooster

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Posted on 9/27/23 at 7:17 am to Mike da Tigah

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by Mike da Tigah

I’m fairly unfamiliar with Clay, but I am quite familiar with Jason, and I don’t get insincerity from him in the slightest, especially those opinions which are based on sound biblical foundations, and he takes a ton of flack for his stances from everywhere. In my estimation, when you disagree with something someone says, the best strategy is to refute it with facts to the contrary, not disparage the man’s character. The very same can be said for people who raise objections to conduct they find reprehensible in people in the public eye for example. We don’t really listen, and we don’t really want to know. We just think that anyone who doesn’t fall in line must be coming at it from some other place than a sincere devotion to another set of principles than what is on display. In short, we all have 2 ears and 1 mouth, yet we continually do twice as much talking as we do actually listening to people. If we did, then maybe we could at the very least begin to respect people for it, even if we may disagree.

Very well stated.