Serious question about Pat Tillman

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  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    THC wrote:
    I knew a kid in grad school who went to high school w/ both the Tillman brothers. This kid said that Pat was a real asshole, and a violent type of person who he remembered once ran across a field to beat up a group of mexican students.

    I don't know if that is true. That's just what i heard. take it for what its worth.

    isnt it weird that we really dont know what this guy was like in real life...we got the family and media point of views that obviously have been biased and then you say this, which like you said we can take for what its worth, but still interesting to ponder

    all we know is the legacy of Tillman is a disaster at best because of the cover up
  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    I think I read a quote from him bemoaning the class component to the military and warfare. He may have gone, in part, because he did not think he was special because he was rich.

    I don't recall where i read that or what he said the contribution of that feeling was to his joining. I wish I remembered...
    I cannot come up with a new sig till I get this egg off my face.
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    THC wrote:
    I knew a kid in grad school who went to high school w/ both the Tillman brothers. This kid said that Pat was a real asshole, and a violent type of person who he remembered once ran across a field to beat up a group of mexican students.

    I don't know if that is true. That's just what i heard. take it for what its worth.
    I'd like to think that, even if this is true, that he learned and grew a lot by the time he died at age 28. God knows I wouldn't want to be judged by my actions in high school.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963

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