SSUBluesman wrote:FNQ wrote:SSUBluesman wrote:
It's not a threat. Do people seriously believe that he was calling himself a coward? I mean, c'mon...
It looks to be him pointing to those who bullied him in the past (I presume that was the point of tagging former high school classmates) and saying "Bullying can have terrible consequences. Stop being ********!".
Feel like that message can be conveyed without a shogtun and shells in it, but then again, I'd likely pass a psych evaluation
As I said, to even intimate that violence COULD be your answer.. he's either obscenely misguided (maybe he's autistic?), got a serious screw loose, or is really, really dumb. Since he went to Stanford and his parents are academics, I'm throwing the last one out. Above, I theorized if he had a screw loose, why it could have came loose recently
Frankly I think the autism aspect has legs. Socially awkward kid from high school to adulthood, and likely undiagnosed because he was a football player and you dont suspect a ton of football players to be autistic because of the high level of communication needed to succeed.
Attention. Aside from the whole social media purpose of being shocking/grabbing attention, how effective would it have been for him to calmly make an argument of "Bullying has consequences and we need to be mindful of that."? What venue would he have even had for that at this point? Maybe if Americans weren't completely obsessed with guns...
The whole "Awkard === Autism" thing needs to stop. Aside from how lazy it is, it seems to escape entire groups of people whom it would fit...like bullies. Lacking empathy, oblivious to the consequences of their social interactions, prone to violent outbursts, etc.
Grabbing attention on his private instagram with several hundred followers? Not buying it. Not sure how America's obsession w/guns gets worked in here, but clearly that was something you wanted to wedge in.
You know what else would be great to stop? People assuming. Like you, assuming I'm lazily throwing autism out there, as if I wasn't very very aware of Jonathan Martin's history, not just here, not just in Bullygate, but the extensive mental history he willingly put out there in interviews when he joined the 49ers.
But since you were busy on the high horse, I'll run down exactly why I think he has it:
- struggles with understanding other people (social outcast, doesnt understand how others can banter but he cant)
- gets upset with minor changes in routine (eats once a day when not in training, this blow-up after football)
- very few interests (read his big interview after the bullying thing, "football is my entire life")
- failure to establish friendships (few sympathized with him after Bullygate, which was weird, you'd think some would have his back)
- social awkwardness
Yeah, he checks a TON of those boxes off. Awkwardness is mostly a byproduct of everything else, and people's reactions to it, so yes that would be a tell-tale symptom, but doesnt mean its guaranteed. But because there are so many other factors pointing against him, I think its entirely viable.
I'll thank you to not use me to grandstand. If you want to have a conversation, I'm obviously game. But if you have to use someone's condensed version as a jumping off point to put yourself on a pedestal, be prepared for silence in return
