Is the internet bad for the passion of our fandom?

btw, any kray vs Tebow debate you should know kray wins, hands down

they didn’t like Tebow because of his religion.

I think the MSM has painted him as a “holier-than-thou” character who walks around with a halo on his head… But I could really care less about that too.

People get riled up because they see him play at the college level and do well, so that automatically means he’s going to do well in the pros, right? Then when they are presented with reasons as to WHY he is a longshot to make a good pro (at the QB position at any rate), the popular rebuttals to the factual arguments are “upside. Leadership. Good morals and character. Oh, and he’s a great christian.”

Because we can see from the superstars of ANY sport, it’s important to have religion on your side (Tiger, Kobe, O.J., Ray Lewis, Donte Stallworth, and really pretty much any other star athlete in the history of EVER.)

I would prefer everyone be able to take a joke, move one, and agree to disagree. i don’t think anyone really thinks the Chiefs will draft him, and if for some reason they do, I don’t think we’re going to be losing any Chiefs fans.. and if we do, the we didn’t want you to begin with anyway.

Moral of my post here is… Really who cares? Go to the tittilating post of assets and calm your shit down. It’s the internet for gods sake.

…pretty much explains why my postings went from quite a few a day to a rarity.
Now I just shake my head and skip over some of the topics/conversations.

It was pretty good when Chris and Joel/Primetime knew there were a few of us that could “police” ourselves. When it got close to getting out of hand, we’d just remind ourselves and folks we’re all on the same team….and jets cooled.

I think this is just a result of the site getting big.

I’m glad that Up’s wasn’t logged in last night or we would have probably both gotten banned. We would have been going toe to toe against another member on here for the way I was attacked. It’s private now. I won’t repeat names or any details. Just thought this post was good for putting things in perspective.

We are dealing with humans on the other side of the screen. These are people. There is never an excuse to berate and humiliate someone no matter what they do on here. It’s unacceptable, arrogant, selfish and rude. I have never flagged anyone ever. I have had plenty of reason though.

Some people get so mad on a personal level over the stupidest shit on here. Before you go try and degrade a fellow human and fellow fan, take a breath. Ask yourself if it’s really that important. Can I just not read the post? If I’m only going to be an asshole, am I any better than the person I’m condemning?

No member of AP own’s this site or anyone on it. We don’t have the right to belittle others over something like a football website. If you don’t understand somebodies passion, then don’t try. Just walk away. How much do you think a site like this means to J-man? He looks at us like extended family. People used to rag on him too until they read his profile. But profile or not. We do need to treat each other better. Because come gameday, we’re all we have.

after a while you get to know how to deal with people. Some people have great information and picking their brains is really informative. Some people are really funny and you can have a blast joking around with them. Some people make really infomative arguments and a debate with them can benefit the entire site because of the well thought out arguments on both sides. Then again, some people are “hot heads” and if you find yourself on the other side of their opinion, you’re better off saving the effort, because they aren’t really listening to what you have to say. Stay away from posts or posters that you don’t like and let the mods take care of the rest. At any given time there are good guys (and girls) on here who you can talk Chiefs with, you just have to look for them.

There are times I just don’t care. I’m not doing any mock drafts because the Chiefs are going to pick who they want and I just don’t care who they are until they are a Chief. I don’t care what Tebows views on religion are no matter what it is it has absolutely No effect on me or my life. Just because someone is a “celebrity” I don’t care what their political thought’s are or if they are in rehab or any other “Breaking News” Tiger got caught outside his wife, agent and him Who cares enough to have the media cover it every day for hours.

I have seen people here on AP get mad and disrespectful over a view over a player, and there’s no reason to. We are all fans, we may have a different view of the topic, but we are just fans. If something is said to upset you to the point you feel the need to insult someone for their opinion or choice of words, then you might need to take a step back and cool yourself, we all have opinions and not all will agree with yours or mine.

The point of any debate is to make your case in such a way to get others that are opposed to your opinion , to change their minds due to your skills of convincing them that your opinion is correct. However with that comes the other side of the coin, you must listen to their opinion with an open mind so they can try to convince you to see things their way.

The point is we ARE all Chiefs fans, and we should debate amongst ourselves but to the rest of the world we present a unified front, of loyal Chiefs Fans.

(puts the soapbox away)

I’ve voiced my opinion once (actually twice) on what I think of people hating Tebow for his apparent pious attitude. Opinions aren’t likely to change by some sudden revelation through an internet thread. More often than not it turns into a “your views are wrong” which leads to a “you’re a dumb ass for having said views”.

Good job reminding us that differing views are healthy, but attacking people because of their views is not. Rec’d Lanier.

If you have not heard of “Michael Travesser”, look him up online sometime. That is what I was raised with. A super secretive cult. When I escaped, my obsession was to save my family from the cult. I chased that obsession right up to the doorstep of self ruination.
My spiritual mentor saved my life when he told me the following;

“Chris, God (whoever that is to you) only gave you the right to control one thing. You. No one else. Nothing else. Not even your kids. You can’t control them, you can only guide them. They, like everyone else, will do what they want regardless of your opinion.

Stop trying to be the director of the show. Stop trying to manipulate everyone and everything around you. Stop trying to force life to submit to your wishes. It can’t be done. You need to work with life and not against it.

So lose the ego. And the next time you let the actions of another person get in your head and piss you off, go look in the mirror. You’ll find the real problem right there looking back at you. Never let people rent space in your head unless their paying you rent.

You need to concentrate on taking control of the one person you actually have control over; YOU. The sooner you realize that you are not anyone else’s God and don’t have the right to try and force anyone else to do what you want them to do, the sooner you will know serenity.

KcFanatic made a great point earlier about how silly it seems for him to argue about things like mock drafts since you can’t control the outcome anyway. Pioli & co. will draft who they want to regardless of how much we stress ourselves out arguing over something that is out of our hands.

Same is true of AP. You can’t control anybody else on here except yourself. Regardless of how much belittling or berating or humiliating you do towards anybody else, you can’t change a thing. Chris, Joel & co. will do what they want with their site regardless. So it’s out of your hands.

I think it’s unbelievable that anyone would feel that they have the right to tell anyone else what’s right or wrong on AP. For example;

 Let’s say I’m a disgusting loser. I have no friends. No wife, No kids. No job. I’m handicapped, I’m a fat gross slob. I’m horribly insecure and have no real friends in life. Let’s say this is the only place I can feel myself and feel accepted. Let’s say having friends on here is SO important, because it’s the only time people don’t judge me on my looks and my station in life. Let’s say I need the attention I get on here to feel like I’m worth something.

If you are such a pathetic human being, that you would trample on someone for wanting to be popular on AP or any site, because of the above situation, you need help. How dare anyone belittle someone else for acting in a way you feel is ridiculous.

How dare you belittle somebody because you don’t want them “giving shouts out” or acting like this is a “popularity contest” etc. You need to go take a long hard look in the mirror and ask the problem looking back at you, “Why do I let things I can’t control bother me so much”? What is MY problem? If that person I think is so pathetic for the way they act on AP has had such a hard life that they feel the need to act that way, why can’t I show some compassion?

You need to stop worrying about how bad you can degrade someone else and be grateful you don’t have those issues. I used to. So I get it. And I would never ever belittle someone for acting on those insecurities. It’s none of my business anyway.

If you hate the things that go on here at AP, start you own site. Then you can stroke your ego by making yourself feel good by controlling everything everyone does. Good luck with that site making a go of it.

rapid fire info is a beautiful thing. Feeding frenzy pack mentality makes me laugh, especially when it’s related to the Chiefs. :) Open threads are the best. Lol