Did anyone else find Richard Sherman's post game rant awesome?!
Well, the media made a huge deal about it thats for sure. I have never seen so much negativity toward a player who backs up his talk with his play. I am a die hard Seahawks fan and what Sherman did was a lesson for us. About character.
Our character is revealed by our actions. but also by our reactions. I think America's reaction to his post game interview revealed how our country judges another persons character and ignore their own. Richard didn't have enough time to prepare for the interview and when you go into that with all the adrenaline going through your body and let's not forget, sending your team to the Super Bowl is when your true character is revealed. When we are surprised, shocked and interrupted is when we truly see who a person is. C.S. Lewis puts it like this "Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is."
This isn't cold hard facts, it's about emotion, soul and dignity. What we should be thinking about isn't what the media say's about him, but what the media tells us about ourselves as a country and as individuals.
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