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Originally Posted by Bob148
Aaron's words are not chosen randomly; they are not offensive by accident. His words are often cunning and manipulative
To be clear, I have no idea if this is true or not. Maybe he's a really nice guy and you're the ******* for putting ill intent in his posts. Maybe he's a cunning and manipulative ******* and you're an innocent victim.
I don't know, and I more or less don't care (that is, you don't need to waste your time trying to persuade me it's one way or the other).
What bothers me is the "I'm from MA, we fight back when someone disrespects us" attitude. Aaron Hernandez took exactly that attitude - someone bumped into him in a club but he took it really personally. He thought people were doing to him intentionally, to "test" him. And I'll be equally agnostic about the truth - people in clubs are *******s and if people really were bumping into him intentionally to test him, I wouldn't be surprised. He wasn't necessarily wrong in that regard.
But he was wrong about what to do about it. He could have bought a thousand pairs of shoes with his Patriots money. He could have banged the *******'s girlfriend in the bathroom. He could use his celebrity status to get that guy kicked out of the club. He could have walked off and covered his ears while people called him a pussy. He chose to hold on to it, letting it ruin his night, and ultimately, his life. And no, not every spilled drink will end up in a drive by shooting but in general things are going to work out better if you can let stuff go - even when the other person is the *******.