FuzzyWuzzy said:
iwantwinners said:
is he implying that he himself is a coward, or speaking for others who have been bullied who are also cowards?
Don't know, but how does a guy that big and tough get bullied in HS. He was a starter on one of the best college OL's in the country and made it in the pros for heaven's sake.
Bullies seek out the weak minded, not necessarily the weakest physically.
This issue followed him to the pros where he claims to have been bullied, even though he later admitted he was culpable in the inappropriate culture and nature of his relationship with Incognito.
I'm not a psychologist, but it appears when Martin is bullied (stressed, cornered, down), he either goes into a state of depression and apathy, or rage. Sometimes feeling weak and helpless for long enough will turn into rage, if not only temporarily. Maybe that is a sign of bi-polar disorder in him. I don't know.
I admit I didn't care for Martin all that much after the incident with Incognito. I'm aware of that type of relationship in sports lockerrooms myself, and just being involved with jocks and alpha males myself. And it often is mutual until one person gets upset and then tries to blame the inappropriate conduct (that was mutually engaged in) on the other person and claim to be an innocent victim. It's like when I have a rapport with someone in a professional setting and we engage in off the cuff banter about this or that with the concept of mutual trust in mind, and then that person one day gets upset and lays that behavior at my feet as if I'm forcing this conversation onto somebody. We know that was the case, to some extent at least, with Martin and Incognito. And I just can't stand that kind of weak, petty, and vindictive personality trait.
