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I think Lesnar is a great athlete

 
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PostPosted: Sat 14:40, 03 Aug 2013    Post subject: I think Lesnar is a great athlete

I Take Umbrage at You Doing Your Job, Cont. Ta-Nehisi Coates May 24 2010, 1:00 PM ET Tweet More Email Print A reader offers the following on fans crying "lack of respect" for their favorite sports team:I think the highest form of this mentality is "I bet you've never played a down of fottball in your life" and various versions of the same. It's especially bad in discussions of MMA. Fan 1: Brock Lesnar rulez Fan 2: I think Lesnar is a great athlete, but he is unproven. Fan 1: I bet you never fought in your life you have no clue what you're talking about And so on. It's a conversation-stopper of the same form as the often-legitimate "you're not [race/gender/class/ethnicity], you can't understand," except that it is almost always used by people who have also never coached in the NFL, fought Brock Lesnar,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or tried to stop Alexander Ovechkin. It's also the same argument as "you can't criticize the war, my brother is a Marine."Of course, the rule that

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