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Title: Media Shames Tom Brady for Cliff Jump With His 6-Year-Old Daughter
Source:
Reason
URL Source: https://reason.com/2019/07/24/tom-brady-cliff-daughter-media-shame/
Published: Jul 24, 2019
Author: Lenore Skenazy
Post Date: 2019-07-25 06:10:52 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1084
Comments: 4
Fact: We love talking about celebrities. Fact: We love judging parents. Fact: When you put the two together, it's like a giant irresistible peanut butter cup. Thus it was not surprising to hear the Good Morning America crew discussing a clip of New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady jumping off a rocky cliff into the water on a Costa Rica vacation while holding the hand of his six-year-old daughter, who jumped with him. The Today Show did the same, and even came up with a name for the non-incident: The Brady backlash. (Actually, they've probably used that ever since deflategate) Anyway, Google "Tom Brady cliff" and you will see so many journalists sucking their thumbs, yours may spontaneously wrinkle in response. My take? I'm no fan of danger, but I know that with very rare exceptions, most other parents don't love it, either. They want to help their kids, not hurt, them. That's my assumption regarding Mr. Brady, too: He would not put his child in danger, so the two were doing this for reasons of their own. Adventure, bravery, bonding—who knows? And who are we to jump in, as it were? Parenting is hard enough without the Greek chorus. Brady put the video out to his millions of fans, so he must've known there would be a backlash. Heck, there was a backlash when he simply kissed his son on the mouth. But why not treat his family vacation video like all the other family vacation videos crowding our newsfeeds? Either go with a pleasant, "Wish I was there!" or a silent, "Wow, am I glad I'm not!" Then scroll on.
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#1. To: All (#0)
I don't know what the big deal is - my kids started jumping off the Black Rocks on Lake Superior since they were 8. The water is pretty freaking cold until mid to lat August.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. That can be more than just refreshing. I've jumped into Lake Michigan on a June afternoon. Makes your heart go like a triphammer.
At most, you might notice that he didn't have her sense of timing of the jump. So he kind of pulls her after him because she didn't jump quickly enough. She was apparently pretty willing to take the jump with her dad. I think you'd be hard pressed to find any families engaged in physical activities like this while raising a half-dozen kids who don't have some incidents exactly like this. And no harm done. The stink they tried to create is just jealousy of the winningest QB in NFL history, coached by the winningest coach in NFL history, playing for the winningest team in NFL history. They'd crucify him if he'd given her a slightly underinflated life preserver.
So push Fake News Media off a cliff; that might shut 'em up.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#2. To: Deckard (#1)
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
If they're still whining, do it again using a cliff with no water at the bottom.
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