Idk why everyone is totally freaking out about Boutte. I mean I liked him a lot but we’re in a good place with the WR room, and he requested a trade. He was most likely leaving after this year anyways, so better to get a young promising safety plus a pick in return
HEARTBREAKING: New England #Patriots fans with an emotional thank-you video for wide receiver Kayshon Boutte after he was traded to Houston today.
Boutte turned into a star in New England & was a homegrown talent.
Heck of a run Kayshon had with the Pats.
This is my hot take on mental illness... you may not like it. So strap in.
People who are in the throws of mental illness are typically deeply ashamed of that struggle. They don't talk about it. They don't put it on display.
"Destigmatizing" mental health struggles was well intentioned to get people the help they might have otherwise not sought out. It's had some unintended consequences.
"Mental illness" has now been co-opted by people (mostly women) who suffer from a desperate need for attention. They wear their "diagnoses" on their sleeves like a badge of honor.
Just think about what had to occur for this video to take place... she set up her camera, put ice in a bowl, did the whole throwing it at the bathtub thing, and then edited the video after to post on the internet.
So many steps. So many opportunities to rethink those choices. People in the throws of the mental illness they claim are not usually thinking when they act. They have no time to prepare. They just "do."
This isn't someone experiencing any level of shame. This is someone experiencing pride. She wants attention. She wants to feel like the hero and this is her opportunity.
We want people to feel less shame in order to get help, but we do not want a society without shame altogether. It only encourages others to overly identify with their illness (and let's face it, even sometimes fake one), and stay fully in it for the validation it brings in our modern culture.
@Savageboston Same thing is happening to us down in Connecticut too. Completely priced out of the market. We were forced to rent instead. Something’s gotta give, this is unsustainable for the middle class
I find it interesting the Patriots that won 6 Super Bowl Championships while making 9 trips have only 3 Hall of Famers (Seymour, Law, and Moss) versus Bill Polian’s Indianapolis Colts (Manning, Harrison, James, and Freeney) that were routinely beaten by New England.
Boys were out there advocating a tank cause “we want New England” just to come up here and get that piping hot leather and score 3 points. Fuck outta here.
Patriots RB fumbles today…
Stevenson- 2
Gibson- 1
…if only they had an RB who hasn’t fumbled once on his last 686 touches and is actively better than both at football.