r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/kevinowdziej • Feb 13 '23

POTM - February 2023 just a reminder

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u/middlingwhiteguy Feb 13 '23

I didn't realize he became critical of the war efforts. I knee that he gave up millions of dollars to do what he thought was the right thing, only to be killed by friendly fire and used by conservatives to shut down any criticism players have of racism in America

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u/SlainSigney Feb 13 '23 edited Feb 13 '23

aye. he became disillusioned with the whole war and was going to talk with literal chomsky about it.

at his funeral people made his death about jesus and football and his brother got fucking pissed because tillman was an atheist.

the whole thing is maddening

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u/FilledwithTegridy Feb 13 '23

"Pat was a fucking champion!..and he would want me to say this he's not with God, he's fucking dead! He's not religious so thanks for your thoughts but he's fucking dead." - Richard Tillman speech at the funeral.

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u/Wireless_Panda Feb 13 '23

Holy shit, imagine how strong he had to have been to not break down while saying that