Cam Montana

[CRA]

 

[Malt Liquor]

Lmfao

[Jangler]

who's playing Jerry Rice?

[Admiral Ackbar]

Just like Ron to sit back with that faceless expression not saying a word.

[rayzor]

too funny. kind of hits the nail on the head, though.

people need a heel. for whatever reason the media and a lot of the public who feed off it singled cam out as one as soon as he started getting attention at auburn and have looked for any reason to show him as one. the press and the public that feeds on every word the press serve aren't really interested in good guy cam. it doesn't matter if that is who he really is, they like(to hate) bad guy cam so he can't do anything without an extraordinary amount of scrutiny...constantly looking for those moments that he "proves" the bad guy narrative right.

a couple years ago, we had his back and for a brief moment a lot of people in the national media had it, too. the tennessee mom lashed out at how "bad" a guy he was, but we stood up and pretty much said, "he's just being himself! who are you to judge him?"

a couple clumsy and unfortunate press conferences later and all of a sudden many of his own fans turn into tennessee moms.

people want everyone to fit into a mold that makes everyone appear the same. when someone doesn't quite fit into that mold, it makes us uncomfortable. we ask them to just pretend to fit in that mold..."just go up there and give them the performance or answers they want and act the way they/we want."  we want compliance. we want assimilation. we want conformity to a bland pleasant standard.

when someone is reluctant to change that part, we start to grimace. if they can be funny...we'll let it go for a little while, but if that person stops being funny and maybe just shows an uncomfortably honest side of their personality (or dresses or speaks differently), we get really uncomfortable. we see others around start to point at that person and distance ourselves and eventually join in the majority narrative that this is a bad guy....immature...whatever.

at that point, it doesn't matter what his real life is like. it doesn't matter if he does a lot of good in the community. it doesn't matter if he takes care of his family and is the ideal son, brother, husband, and father. it doesn't matter if he has stayed out of trouble, doesn't go out and get wasted and make an ass of himself on the streets or beat on people.

we take brief, uncomfortable moments where a person who obviously in incredibly passionate about everything he does and wears his heart on his sleeve (happy or sad) and go on the attack because he won't suppress who he is and how he reacts. we expect conformity to the "norm" whether it's honest or not.

we don't like people judging us on brief moments, but man, we're sure quick to judge people for those moments. we don't like people taking things we say out of context or overblowing some meaning, but we do it pretty often to others. we're all hypocrites in that way. the unfortunate thing is that we are either very comfortable with it or in denial of it. and when confronted with the question "who's the one who sets the standards?" or " what makes one way right or wrong?" we will too often come back with the incredibly lazy answer, "that's just the way it is."

tl,dr...we don't like it when people don't fit into our version of normal and when they don't we want them to pretend and if they can't do that we're quick to judge and label. we'll do it on the briefest of moments and judge their whole character based on those moments, regardless of whether 99% of their lives speak against it or not. judgmental people suck but we're all judgmental or have a tendency to it and we need to recognize and fight it in ourselves.

sorry about the soapbox. i'll get down now.

[MikeD83]

Every story needs a bad guy, and I am totally fine with Cam being it. Just has to back it up on the field.

[Khyber53]

Sorry, was expecting to see a picture of him wearing that Arby's hat again.

[JawnyBlaze]

Absolutely fuging brilliant. 

[Darvinsun]

2 hours ago, rayzor said:

too funny. kind of hits the nail on the head, though.

people need a heel. for whatever reason the media and a lot of the public who feed off it singled cam out as one as soon as he started getting attention at auburn and have looked for any reason to show him as one. the press and the public that feeds on every word the press serve aren't really interested in good guy cam. it doesn't matter if that is who he really is, they like(to hate) bad guy cam so he can't do anything without an extraordinary amount of scrutiny...constantly looking for those moments that he "proves" the bad guy narrative right.

a couple years ago, we had his back and for a brief moment a lot of people in the national media had it, too. the tennessee mom lashed out at how "bad" a guy he was, but we stood up and pretty much said, "he's just being himself! who are you to judge him?"

a couple clumsy and unfortunate press conferences later and all of a sudden many of his own fans turn into tennessee moms.

people want everyone to fit into a mold that makes everyone appear the same. when someone doesn't quite fit into that mold, it makes us uncomfortable. we ask them to just pretend to fit in that mold..."just go up there and give them the performance or answers they want and act the way they/we want."  we want compliance. we want assimilation. we want conformity to a bland pleasant standard.

when someone is reluctant to change that part, we start to grimace. if they can be funny...we'll let it go for a little while, but if that person stops being funny and maybe just shows an uncomfortably honest side of their personality (or dresses or speaks differently), we get really uncomfortable. we see others around start to point at that person and distance ourselves and eventually join in the majority narrative that this is a bad guy....immature...whatever.

at that point, it doesn't matter what his real life is like. it doesn't matter if he does a lot of good in the community. it doesn't matter if he takes care of his family and is the ideal son, brother, husband, and father. it doesn't matter if he has stayed out of trouble, doesn't go out and get wasted and make an ass of himself on the streets or beat on people.

we take brief, uncomfortable moments where a person who obviously in incredibly passionate about everything he does and wears his heart on his sleeve (happy or sad) and go on the attack because he won't suppress who he is and how he reacts. we expect conformity to the "norm" whether it's honest or not.

we don't like people judging us on brief moments, but man, we're sure quick to judge people for those moments. we don't like people taking things we say out of context or overblowing some meaning, but we do it pretty often to others. we're all hypocrites in that way. the unfortunate thing is that we are either very comfortable with it or in denial of it. and when confronted with the question "who's the one who sets the standards?" or " what makes one way right or wrong?" we will too often come back with the incredibly lazy answer, "that's just the way it is."

tl,dr...we don't like it when people don't fit into our version of normal and when they don't we want them to pretend and if they can't do that we're quick to judge and label. we'll do it on the briefest of moments and judge their whole character based on those moments, regardless of whether 99% of their lives speak against it or not. judgmental people suck but we're all judgmental or have a tendency to it and we need to recognize and fight it in ourselves.

sorry about the soapbox. i'll get down now.

This needs to be published nationally..It is so very true

[Popsickle]

5 hours ago, CRA said:

 

Wow, even when acting RRs facial expression never changes....

[rippadonn]

3 hours ago, rayzor said:

too funny. kind of hits the nail on the head, though.

people need a heel. for whatever reason the media and a lot of the public who feed off it singled cam out as one as soon as he started getting attention at auburn and have looked for any reason to show him as one. the press and the public that feeds on every word the press serve aren't really interested in good guy cam. it doesn't matter if that is who he really is, they like(to hate) bad guy cam so he can't do anything without an extraordinary amount of scrutiny...constantly looking for those moments that he "proves" the bad guy narrative right.

a couple years ago, we had his back and for a brief moment a lot of people in the national media had it, too. the tennessee mom lashed out at how "bad" a guy he was, but we stood up and pretty much said, "he's just being himself! who are you to judge him?"

a couple clumsy and unfortunate press conferences later and all of a sudden many of his own fans turn into tennessee moms.

people want everyone to fit into a mold that makes everyone appear the same. when someone doesn't quite fit into that mold, it makes us uncomfortable. we ask them to just pretend to fit in that mold..."just go up there and give them the performance or answers they want and act the way they/we want."  we want compliance. we want assimilation. we want conformity to a bland pleasant standard.

when someone is reluctant to change that part, we start to grimace. if they can be funny...we'll let it go for a little while, but if that person stops being funny and maybe just shows an uncomfortably honest side of their personality (or dresses or speaks differently), we get really uncomfortable. we see others around start to point at that person and distance ourselves and eventually join in the majority narrative that this is a bad guy....immature...whatever.

at that point, it doesn't matter what his real life is like. it doesn't matter if he does a lot of good in the community. it doesn't matter if he takes care of his family and is the ideal son, brother, husband, and father. it doesn't matter if he has stayed out of trouble, doesn't go out and get wasted and make an ass of himself on the streets or beat on people.

we take brief, uncomfortable moments where a person who obviously in incredibly passionate about everything he does and wears his heart on his sleeve (happy or sad) and go on the attack because he won't suppress who he is and how he reacts. we expect conformity to the "norm" whether it's honest or not.

we don't like people judging us on brief moments, but man, we're sure quick to judge people for those moments. we don't like people taking things we say out of context or overblowing some meaning, but we do it pretty often to others. we're all hypocrites in that way. the unfortunate thing is that we are either very comfortable with it or in denial of it. and when confronted with the question "who's the one who sets the standards?" or " what makes one way right or wrong?" we will too often come back with the incredibly lazy answer, "that's just the way it is."

tl,dr...we don't like it when people don't fit into our version of normal and when they don't we want them to pretend and if they can't do that we're quick to judge and label. we'll do it on the briefest of moments and judge their whole character based on those moments, regardless of whether 99% of their lives speak against it or not. judgmental people suck but we're all judgmental or have a tendency to it and we need to recognize and fight it in ourselves.

sorry about the soapbox. i'll get down now.

Preach!

[rippadonn]

3 hours ago, MikeD83 said:

Every story needs a bad guy, and I am totally fine with Cam being it. Just has to back it up on the field.

That's why we should wear the black uni every game.

[Ricky Spanish]

On 10/28/2017 at 11:56 AM, rayzor said:

too funny. kind of hits the nail on the head, though.

people need a heel. for whatever reason the media and a lot of the public who feed off it singled cam out as one as soon as he started getting attention at auburn and have looked for any reason to show him as one. the press and the public that feeds on every word the press serve aren't really interested in good guy cam. it doesn't matter if that is who he really is, they like(to hate) bad guy cam so he can't do anything without an extraordinary amount of scrutiny...constantly looking for those moments that he "proves" the bad guy narrative right.

a couple years ago, we had his back and for a brief moment a lot of people in the national media had it, too. the tennessee mom lashed out at how "bad" a guy he was, but we stood up and pretty much said, "he's just being himself! who are you to judge him?"

a couple clumsy and unfortunate press conferences later and all of a sudden many of his own fans turn into tennessee moms.

people want everyone to fit into a mold that makes everyone appear the same. when someone doesn't quite fit into that mold, it makes us uncomfortable. we ask them to just pretend to fit in that mold..."just go up there and give them the performance or answers they want and act the way they/we want."  we want compliance. we want assimilation. we want conformity to a bland pleasant standard.

when someone is reluctant to change that part, we start to grimace. if they can be funny...we'll let it go for a little while, but if that person stops being funny and maybe just shows an uncomfortably honest side of their personality (or dresses or speaks differently), we get really uncomfortable. we see others around start to point at that person and distance ourselves and eventually join in the majority narrative that this is a bad guy....immature...whatever.

at that point, it doesn't matter what his real life is like. it doesn't matter if he does a lot of good in the community. it doesn't matter if he takes care of his family and is the ideal son, brother, husband, and father. it doesn't matter if he has stayed out of trouble, doesn't go out and get wasted and make an ass of himself on the streets or beat on people.

we take brief, uncomfortable moments where a person who obviously in incredibly passionate about everything he does and wears his heart on his sleeve (happy or sad) and go on the attack because he won't suppress who he is and how he reacts. we expect conformity to the "norm" whether it's honest or not.

we don't like people judging us on brief moments, but man, we're sure quick to judge people for those moments. we don't like people taking things we say out of context or overblowing some meaning, but we do it pretty often to others. we're all hypocrites in that way. the unfortunate thing is that we are either very comfortable with it or in denial of it. and when confronted with the question "who's the one who sets the standards?" or " what makes one way right or wrong?" we will too often come back with the incredibly lazy answer, "that's just the way it is."

tl,dr...we don't like it when people don't fit into our version of normal and when they don't we want them to pretend and if they can't do that we're quick to judge and label. we'll do it on the briefest of moments and judge their whole character based on those moments, regardless of whether 99% of their lives speak against it or not. judgmental people suck but we're all judgmental or have a tendency to it and we need to recognize and fight it in ourselves.

sorry about the soapbox. i'll get down now.

It's not an issue when we win, because we're winning.

But because Cam is unique, they nitpick at his differences when we lose. 

Unfortunately, we've been doing a lot of losing lately. Winning fixes that.