I'm guessing you didn't pick Steinbeck for you book report.
Sigh...
YES, I’ve read the book and I know who and what Lennie is.
So you are suggesting that Ben is a big, dumb idiot with mental issues who crushes everything that he touches???
I see takes like this all the time and it is also the reason that a lot of Pittsburgh “fans” hated Bradshaw as well...
Terry was from LOUSYANNA, talked with a drawl and was mocked for being an idiot and a moron. (Even Coach T attacked his intelligence when he dared criticize Aviators).
Same thing with Ben, and it’s not just the local media, the national media as well.
Both Ben and Bradshaw came from “middle America”. You know, “flyover country”. Terry was a southern “hick” who talked funny and Ben is somebody form RURAL Ohio that wears camo BOWTECH hats doesn’t drink unicorn blood smoothies during the off-season...
On the other hand, the golden boys like Brady and Rodgers come from California! Sophisticated! Educated! Good looking! In shape! Hot wives abs girlfriends!
We saw the same thing with the Manning brothers. People literally hated them because of their aw shucks drawls and attacked them as dumb hicks from the south as well...
This is where we are in society today. Those who scream the loudest about “unity” and “acceptance” and “tolerance” are the first to attack people simply because of where they are from or how they talk or what they look like...
