Genghis Khan
The worst version of myself
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First of all, you are conflating the court system punishment with the NFL punishment. He didn't get one in exchange for the other. One saw fit to give him probation on a misdemeanor charge... the other, with the help of media and public cacophony, saw fit to throw the book at him and treat him like Literal Hitler. One has expertise and deep understanding of the issues and DV led by a judge who has dedicated her career to curtailing domestic violence, the other, well, has outrage. Definitely has outrage.Missing four games checks instead of losing your liberty (ie, jail) is a pretty good deal. As for probation, asking him to act like a civilized human being for a finite period of time is hardly "punishment." That is, unless you see him as some sort of animal who can't control himself.
Secondly, the narrative that he bribed the victim to go away is retarded. Do you know witness tampering carries serious jail time? So, you're telling me he risked serious jail time to avoid prosecution that would result in probation? Sorry but that makes zero sense.Especially since the prosecution could go forward with the case regardless of the cooperation of the victim, which happens all the time.
And herein lies the problem. The entire media narrative surrounding this has been retarded. It's all chest-pounding bluster and"DV bad!" instead of what it should be, which is, "what exactly happened here, and why?" That would do far more for curtailing domestic violence. Everybody already knows it's bad. That does nothing to forward the conversation when all people are doing is highlighting how outraged they can get.