Why We Hate Tim Tebow
It’s not really about his religiosity, or even the way he uses his fame to evangelize. People, including me, are put off by Tebow because he is SINCERE, and cynical people dismiss all sincere worldviews, whether secular or religious.
Tebow exposes our cynicism. He is unafraid to care deeply and unironically about things. Maybe some of those things—football for instance—are silly, but his passion and depth of feeling are something we all hope for. (I’d like to think I lack Tebow’s sense of certainty because careful examination of the universe does not lend itself to certainty, but I might be wrong, and even if I’m not I’d argue it’s an internet-wide character flaw* to ridicule sincerity.)
Basically, it’s not about Tim Tebow. It’s about the lens through which we view him.
*obviously I don’t mean that everyone who uses the Internet struggles with sincerity, but many of us do, and imho the culture of the Internet celebrates—and not without reason—investigation and interrogation (and silliness and irony)—over certainty and sincerity.
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This basically sums up my feelings for Tim Tebow. I can’t...entirely being devoted to
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I don’t hate him, I envy him. I wish I was secure enough in my faith to live life the way Tim Tebow does. The world...
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Exactly, I am in no way a football fan and have no opinion on Tebow as a player, as a human being I find him repugnant...
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disclaimer: i know very little...But this resonates
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Some might say that they dislike him...then having a big Look Who Saved
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you weren’t my hero already, this would have sealed
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This. As for the part in bold- this also applies to John himself. His oversimplification of the reason why people...
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I don’t know. I hate Tim...a horrible quarterback who keeps lucking himself into wins
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