NFL'S SMARTEST MAN WRITES INTERNET'S SMARTEST FERGUSON REACTION

Breitbart Sports ^ | November 27, 2014 | Daniel J. Flynn

[Bratch]

New Orleans Saints tight end Ben Watson scored a 48 on the Wonderlic test, making him, along with Houston Texans quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, the smartest guy in the NFL according to the predraft intelligence gauge. Anyone doubting the man's brains, or the test's ability to judge them, should immediately read Watson's observations--before you read anything more here--on the killing of Michael Brown, the backlash against Darren Wilson, the looting in Ferguson, and so much more.

Watson posted a piece on Facebook outlining the range of contradictory emotions the Missouri grand jury's decision unleashed in him. It's insightful. It's provocative. It's profound.

[PA Engineer]

The American craving for the Magical Negro is strong, even among Freepers.

I didn't see that as much as I saw despair.

I'M HOPELESS, because I've lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen.

Sometimes "us Freepers" share the Red Pill and Blue Pill understanding.

[TigersEye]

I am much more impressed with this man's words...

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (on Cavuto) Youtube video 7:40

Apologies for the video quality.

[Ingtar]

I believe this predates the grand jury decision and release of evidence.

[Ingtar]

The decision was announced after the game began. He had no access to the testimony yet.

[dowcaet]

Very well thought out piece but he’s gonna get hammered by the left because he spoke of accountability and the gospel which of course he means GOD!!!!

[dadfly]

as the Psalmist says “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” he says “SIN” not “SKIN” is the problem. this is a brother who fears the Lord.

“smart” people are a dime a dozen. wise brothers and sisters are pearls beyond price.

[rlmorel]

I wouldn’t look at it that way, that it is a glass half-empty (or full). That statement was precisely the thing that stuck out for me as well.

But as faulty and wrong as I find that single statement, it doesn’t invalidate everything he wrote.

And, he is not the only one to make this kind of statement that seems to want to level everything out at the beginning of it, to assume a degree of moral equivalency.

I saw a thread started by a well known Freeper who I don’t consider to be a squishy small “c” conservative, but he did exactly the same thing as Ben Watson did.

The bottom line is, this is not a situation of moral equivalency where a cop and a black citizen met in a random situation where both were minding their own business, obeying the laws and not bothering anyone, and the situation somehow got out of hand.

This is a situation where a thug stole goods from a store, intimidated the shopkeeper, and walked down the middle of a busy thoroughfare on the yellow line with his stolen goods.

The “I wasn’t there, I don’t know what happened any more or any less than anyone else” mindset is just stupid. We have enough factual information to determine that the dead guy was a perp thug, the cop was doing what cops are supposed to do, and the race baiters, white guilt liberals, and media have been both deliberately or ignorantly (or both) supporting the wrong version of events that portray this as an injustice.

Ben Watson made a mistake to make that statement, but it doesn’t invalidate the entire thing.

[rlmorel]

"Watson is trying to have it both ways. In the immortal words of Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?"

That is the real problem with his missive...he does want it both ways. But even with the parts that are faulty, there are parts that ring true.

It reminds me of the old saying that, whenever someone says the word "BUT" in a sentence, you disregard everything that comes before the word "BUT", and glean the true meaning of what the person is trying to say from what follows the word "BUT".

I like Ben Watson, as much as one can like or dislike any public person in the absence of any real personal interaction, and instead on the basis of interviews, quotes, or articles.

I have been a football fan for 40+ years, and a Patriots fan for 20+, so I have had the opportunity to be familiar with Ben Watson.

As an NFL player (when he played for the Patriots) a freakishly physically talented individual who is a very intelligent team player and doesn't make mistakes. Big, very strong, very quick, and fast. He would be the perfect tight end, one of the all-time greats, if he didn't suffer from a fundamental fault for someone who plays his position: He has hands of stone. Can't catch the ball. Oh well. That is what made him somewhat of a journeyman instead of a real star like Gonzales, Graham or Gronkowski.

Check out this video of a play Watson made against the Denver Broncos a few years back in the 2005 AFC Championship game, where Denver completely kicked the Patriots collective butt. Brady was intercepted, and the ball ran back for what appeared to be a 101 yard interception return. But Ben Watson, who had to cover 120 yards to the 101 the defensive back had to cover, somehow caught up with him at the 1-yard line and plowed into him.

How we loved him for that play!

Anyway, I think he is a quality guy, just tried to straddle the line with some aspects of his opinion piece, which I think he should have avoided.

[Smokin' Joe]

One of the comments on that YouTube holds a simple change in thought processes that is key to turning things around, for black individuals, for black people in general. "Stop thinking of yourselves as a people and start thinking of yourself as a person."

Yeah, we all have a heritage, but it is the individual who creates that heritage, like building a building, one person, one brick, at a time.

When someone thinks of themselves as a people, they shoulder the burdens of all wrongs done by and to that people, they assume the guilt, the pain, the joy, the resentment, the forgiveness, the mercy, the achievements--good and bad--of their entire people.

When it is just one person being one person, they only own their own triumphs and failure, their own sins, their own salvation, and suddenly they are empowered because while they cannot change the rest of their people (except by leadership or example), they can change what they themselves do, how they act, how they interact, and be responsible for that.

If enough people do that, the collective “the people” will change, too.

[Theophilus]

AMEN

[jocon307]

My daughter showed me this. It’s so much better than things written by people who get paid to write things. Although, to be fair u haven’t read very much about Ferguson.

[Altura Ct.]

The former Patriots and Browns tight end explains that he’s angry at the injustice of Brown’s death but at the same time sympathetic to Wilson because he doesn’t know exactly what happened.

Huh?

[Theophilus]

I would have loved it even more if he had directed some thoughts and feelings toward the purjurors and the amplifying media agitators.

[PghBaldy]

"I'M ANGRY because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes."

Sounds like an idiot.

[PghBaldy]

He is giving credence to BOTH sides. Obama does this, and we hate it. A Christian NFL player does it, and people think he’s a genius.

[harpu]

Thank you for lifting the Facebook post and dropping in here for those of us who choose not to access Facebook.

His words (thoughts) look to to be...'for what'?

REALLY!!! I hope this guy isn't thinking about giving up his day job!!

[NCLaw441]

I generally liked the statement, even with grammatical and punctuation errors. As some have commented, he did waffle on somne points, but (I may be giving him too much credit) perhaps he was trying to get some people who might otherwise disagree with his ultimate points to agree with him by “throwing them a bone” about some potential doubts. HIs mention of Officer Wilson possibly egging Brown on, while not likely or supported by the evidence presented, is plausible. The point is, as I read his statement, that even if that were the case, the reaction of many/most in the black community was misguided, and he provided good reasoning for his conclusion.

For a football player, pretty good stuff.

[GreyFriar]

Yes, he is smart, especially since he thought through what happened and didn’t just ‘react’ and join the Sharpton led herd.

[kabar]

That is the real problem with his missive...he does want it both ways. But even with the parts that are faulty, there are parts that ring true.

The same way parts of Obama and Sharpton speeches "ring true." Watson is doing something similar including invoking Christianity. The bottom line is that they are all legitimizing these protests because blacks have real reasons to protest systemic discrimination. Yes, things are getting better, but there is still a long way to go for minorities in this country. This is the message. Even millionaire Ben Watson must worry about his children suffering at the hands of racists.

What about the message of individual responsibility? What about the destruction of the black family with 73% of children being born out of wedlock? What about failing urban schools and the corrupt people running our major cities, most of them minorities. What about rampant crime and drug use?

[kabar]

It was posted on Facebook the day after the decision. He already knew the decision and the aftermath of the burning and looting. Also, I am sure he must have seen the video of Brown robbing the convenience store moments before his altercation with Wilson. Why wouldn’t he support the Grand Jury process and accept its findings? He did not have to read all of the evidence to reach that conclusion.