OK, then let's throw in Tim Tebow. Here is a guy who has done nothing wrong in his entire life and yet the hatred for him on these boards and others is astounding and 100 times worse than Newton has ever gotten and none of it has to do with Tebow's skill level, or lack thereof. In fact, I'm confused as to the level of hatred Tebow gets on any level. He's never broken the law, isn't a drug abuser or drinker, never acted like an ass in public. Stranger is that he's mocked because he doesn't believe in pre-marital sex. In short, Newton is getting heat now but he's never gotten Tebow heat.
As for Newton, it isn't the fact that he lost, looked horrible in doing so, "for who, for what'd" a fumble, etc. The reason why he's getting so much heat is because in victory he goes out of his way to make sure the light is shone directly on himself and only himself. The Superman gesture and t-shirt wearing, the dancing, bowing, and dabbing on TD's, and when it comes to us, the way he and his teammates rubbed our noses in it when they beat us 2 weeks ago(taking team celebratory photos when the game was still in progress, etc) but in defeat he turns into a skulking little cry baby from his on field bitching at the officials to his one word answers then getting up and walking off the podium press conference. If he would have come out and been humble, congratulated his opponent, and essentially took it like a man he wouldn't be getting near the heat he's getting now. He came off as a straight up poor sport and this is going to follow him for the rest of his career. He better hopes he wins a title because this is going to get thrown in his face until that happens.
And this racism is a one way street I assume? Oh, and I'm such a racist that I adopted a black child.
