The Blind Side scandal

[Anonymous]

Trolliest troll I’ve seen in awhile here. Can we lock this thread up now?

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Anonymous wrote:What is incriminating about a happy photo of him at the wedding?

You’re hung up on assuming he feels betrayed and has emotional pain. Most of us are saying it’s hard to imagine that given that they jet when he was an older teenager. Never mind legal definitions- did he feel loved? Did he feel like part of the family?

They are boosters. Fame whores. Ok. He got a free education and a great pro career. The only reason he has a book to sell is because they had a book to sell. It’s not a fairytale but his life is indisputably better regardless.

Yes, but it’s 2023 and woke culture demands the white family be dragged through the mud.

I don’t know what woke culture is.

Can you not acknowledge that much/all of the Tuohy’s narrative about their history with Michael puts his “African Americanness” front and center, and portrays them as “being so brave and good for how they saved him, their adoptive son”? That is what I see, over and over. And it’s a gross, false portrayal. That falsity invites me to reflect on why they were so insistent on selling that false portrayal.

Is that woke?

Did they not help him out?

Sure but do you really think that if they were honest with the fact that they let him live with them for a few years and paid for a tutor in exchange for him going to Ole Miss that was a story that should’ve been made into a movie and would’ve supported Leigh-Ann getting five figure motivational speaking gigs as his “adoptive mom”? Like I tutored underprivileged children throughout college if one of them makes it to the NFL should they write a book about me?

Do you really think anyone would buy his book today if not for The Blindside? “Talented poor kid makes the NFL” is not a unique story. There’s only a market for his book because of the movie.

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What is the relevance of this question?

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Anonymous wrote:What is incriminating about a happy photo of him at the wedding?

You’re hung up on assuming he feels betrayed and has emotional pain. Most of us are saying it’s hard to imagine that given that they jet when he was an older teenager. Never mind legal definitions- did he feel loved? Did he feel like part of the family?

They are boosters. Fame whores. Ok. He got a free education and a great pro career. The only reason he has a book to sell is because they had a book to sell. It’s not a fairytale but his life is indisputably better regardless.

Yes, but it’s 2023 and woke culture demands the white family be dragged through the mud.

I don’t know what woke culture is.

Can you not acknowledge that much/all of the Tuohy’s narrative about their history with Michael puts his “African Americanness” front and center, and portrays them as “being so brave and good for how they saved him, their adoptive son”? That is what I see, over and over. And it’s a gross, false portrayal. That falsity invites me to reflect on why they were so insistent on selling that false portrayal.

Is that woke?

Did they not help him out?

Sure but do you really think that if they were honest with the fact that they let him live with them for a few years and paid for a tutor in exchange for him going to Ole Miss that was a story that should’ve been made into a movie and would’ve supported Leigh-Ann getting five figure motivational speaking gigs as his “adoptive mom”? Like I tutored underprivileged children throughout college if one of them makes it to the NFL should they write a book about me?

Do you really think anyone would buy his book today if not for The Blindside? “Talented poor kid makes the NFL” is not a unique story. There’s only a market for his book because of the movie.

Sorry- I meant to quote this. Why is the question of whether anyone would buy his book today without “The Blind Side” relevant?

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Just read an article where Leigh Anne mentions Michael is very frugal and you can tell from his instagram that he’s not a flashy guy. His clothes don’t even look overly luxurious. I have no reason to believe he is doing this because he ran out of money. I truly believe after getting married he wanted to tie up some legal ends and all of this information (or lack of) came to his attention. He has every to ask for his financial documents from his conservators. The Tuohys neglected to provide them to the court for almost 20 years.

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Anonymous wrote:Trolliest troll I’ve seen in awhile here. Can we lock this thread up now?

Yeah this thread is filled with non sequiters and logical fallacies, all with the aim of distracting from the definite moral and possible legal culpability of the Tuohys.

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Anonymous wrote:Trolliest troll I’ve seen in awhile here. Can we lock this thread up now?

Yeah this thread is filled with non sequiters and logical fallacies, all with the aim of distracting from the definite moral and possible legal culpability of the Tuohys.

You mean like writing about a conservatorship in your own book in 2011 and then pretending in 2023 you just found out? And expecting everyone to believe you? Come on.

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Anonymous wrote:Just read an article where Leigh Anne mentions Michael is very frugal and you can tell from his instagram that he’s not a flashy guy. His clothes don’t even look overly luxurious. I have no reason to believe he is doing this because he ran out of money. I truly believe after getting married he wanted to tie up some legal ends and all of this information (or lack of) came to his attention. He has every to ask for his financial documents from his conservators. The Tuohys neglected to provide them to the court for almost 20 years.

I suspect it all stemmed from a core emotional issue--coming to realize he wasn't really a part of the family, which then led to suspicion about finances etc. I feel for him. The Tuohys could have been transparent. Why weren't they? No excuse for them to fail to provide the annual accounting required by law.

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Anonymous wrote:What is incriminating about a happy photo of him at the wedding?

You’re hung up on assuming he feels betrayed and has emotional pain. Most of us are saying it’s hard to imagine that given that they jet when he was an older teenager. Never mind legal definitions- did he feel loved? Did he feel like part of the family?

They are boosters. Fame whores. Ok. He got a free education and a great pro career. The only reason he has a book to sell is because they had a book to sell. It’s not a fairytale but his life is indisputably better regardless.

Yes, but it’s 2023 and woke culture demands the white family be dragged through the mud.

I don’t know what woke culture is.

Can you not acknowledge that much/all of the Tuohy’s narrative about their history with Michael puts his “African Americanness” front and center, and portrays them as “being so brave and good for how they saved him, their adoptive son”? That is what I see, over and over. And it’s a gross, false portrayal. That falsity invites me to reflect on why they were so insistent on selling that false portrayal.

Is that woke?

Did they not help him out?

Sure but do you really think that if they were honest with the fact that they let him live with them for a few years and paid for a tutor in exchange for him going to Ole Miss that was a story that should’ve been made into a movie and would’ve supported Leigh-Ann getting five figure motivational speaking gigs as his “adoptive mom”? Like I tutored underprivileged children throughout college if one of them makes it to the NFL should they write a book about me?

Do you really think anyone would buy his book today if not for The Blindside? “Talented poor kid makes the NFL” is not a unique story. There’s only a market for his book because of the movie.

Sorry- I meant to quote this. Why is the question of whether anyone would buy his book today without “The Blind Side” relevant?

It’s a long thread. You’ll have to go back and read more I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:According to The NY Times their charitable foundation only gave 20% of contributions received to charitable purposes so at least the Touhys are consistent.

Wow. That sure fits. What horrible people.

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Anonymous wrote:Using Other’s same logic, the Tuohy’s could counter sue for a portion of his NFL profits since they were instrumental in helping him achieve success. It doesn’t matter if he could have been helped elsewhere…he accepted their help. I hope they do countersue. Based on the information that came out this week about how much all parties made from the movie, they’re (the Tuohy’s( are more likely to receive damages. It’s irrelevant whether PPs like the Tuohy’s, how many black kids in foster care, etc.

They were not instrumental in his success. Their white savior complex is pure fantasy and everyone sees through that. That was a fantasy portrayed in the movie. They'd never get a single dollar from him and you know it. I can't wait for the findings.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe this is a cry to reunite. Seriously let’s hope they can work this out. Maybe he is feeling upset and not included and maybe he is being bratty but so do a lot of grown kids.The Tuoys said they would like to reunite and hopefully they will. I can only imagine his anger at his childhood-how many of us without threads issues are working out our own trauma.

Maybe he wanted to get his name back out there so people would buy his book? Who has been thinking about Michael Oher in the past decade? Nobody. Why do you think he had this deep emotional attachment to these people? This 37 yr old married man has a wife and kids, he's likely been busy with his own life and nuclear family barely thinking about them.

I am seriously shocked by these kinds of posts - Calling Oher “bratty” because he is taking very justified actions related to the ways that he was exploited and deceived by the Tuohys? They.used.him.and.lied.to.him. And promoted and profited from a book and a movie that made them look like spunky sweet saviors, while making him look like a dumb ignorant wastrel.

He has oceans full of pain and trauma to process. I hope that some healing comes to him from bringing light to the reality of how he was treated.

Is he your friend or something? You don't know him or his feelings. You're way too invested in this.

Go away hypocrite. We know you are paid by the liars or the liars lawyer. Who is way too invested in this?
The Tuohys are disgusting fake creeps who take advantage of people.

Sorry he's broke and looking for another hand out. Who is paying you to be here?

No one is paying me. He isn't looking for a handout. He is looking for what he is owed and an accounting of the conservatorship that they mismanaged. He wants them to stop making money off of the lie that they are his adoptive parents.

What do you have to say about the Touhys only giving 20% to the charities?

What do you have to say about the Touhys lying and saying Oher is their adopted son?

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Anonymous wrote:What is incriminating about a happy photo of him at the wedding?

You’re hung up on assuming he feels betrayed and has emotional pain. Most of us are saying it’s hard to imagine that given that they jet when he was an older teenager. Never mind legal definitions- did he feel loved? Did he feel like part of the family?

They are boosters. Fame whores. Ok. He got a free education and a great pro career. The only reason he has a book to sell is because they had a book to sell. It’s not a fairytale but his life is indisputably better regardless.

The Touhy’s had nothing to do with his “free education.” He was already going to the private school he met them at for free BEFORE he met them. And he went to Ole Miss on a football scholarship (which given he had the talent to play in the NFL to be paid for playing the same game seems more free-adjacent). I don’t know if you don’t know the actual story of when he met them or are being intentionally misleading.

Count on the intentional misleading. They keep posting the same thing over and over and posters keep hitting the pr team with facts. It's an endless cycle. They are posting word for word comments on the WAPO article.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe this is a cry to reunite. Seriously let’s hope they can work this out. Maybe he is feeling upset and not included and maybe he is being bratty but so do a lot of grown kids.The Tuoys said they would like to reunite and hopefully they will. I can only imagine his anger at his childhood-how many of us without threads issues are working out our own trauma.

Maybe he wanted to get his name back out there so people would buy his book? Who has been thinking about Michael Oher in the past decade? Nobody. Why do you think he had this deep emotional attachment to these people? This 37 yr old married man has a wife and kids, he's likely been busy with his own life and nuclear family barely thinking about them.

I am seriously shocked by these kinds of posts - Calling Oher “bratty” because he is taking very justified actions related to the ways that he was exploited and deceived by the Tuohys? They.used.him.and.lied.to.him. And promoted and profited from a book and a movie that made them look like spunky sweet saviors, while making him look like a dumb ignorant wastrel.

He has oceans full of pain and trauma to process. I hope that some healing comes to him from bringing light to the reality of how he was treated.

Is he your friend or something? You don't know him or his feelings. You're way too invested in this.

Go away hypocrite. We know you are paid by the liars or the liars lawyer. Who is way too invested in this?
The Tuohys are disgusting fake creeps who take advantage of people.

Sorry he's broke and looking for another hand out. Who is paying you to be here?

No one is paying me. He isn't looking for a handout. He is looking for what he is owed and an accounting of the conservatorship that they mismanaged. He wants them to stop making money off of the lie that they are his adoptive parents.

What do you have to say about the Touhys only giving 20% to the charities?

What do you have to say about the Touhys lying and saying Oher is their adopted son?

They should be paying you. You're highly emotional and distraught over a bunch of people you don't know.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe this is a cry to reunite. Seriously let’s hope they can work this out. Maybe he is feeling upset and not included and maybe he is being bratty but so do a lot of grown kids.The Tuoys said they would like to reunite and hopefully they will. I can only imagine his anger at his childhood-how many of us without threads issues are working out our own trauma.

Maybe he wanted to get his name back out there so people would buy his book? Who has been thinking about Michael Oher in the past decade? Nobody. Why do you think he had this deep emotional attachment to these people? This 37 yr old married man has a wife and kids, he's likely been busy with his own life and nuclear family barely thinking about them.

I am seriously shocked by these kinds of posts - Calling Oher “bratty” because he is taking very justified actions related to the ways that he was exploited and deceived by the Tuohys? They.used.him.and.lied.to.him. And promoted and profited from a book and a movie that made them look like spunky sweet saviors, while making him look like a dumb ignorant wastrel.

He has oceans full of pain and trauma to process. I hope that some healing comes to him from bringing light to the reality of how he was treated.

Is he your friend or something? You don't know him or his feelings. You're way too invested in this.

Go away hypocrite. We know you are paid by the liars or the liars lawyer. Who is way too invested in this?
The Tuohys are disgusting fake creeps who take advantage of people.

Sorry he's broke and looking for another hand out. Who is paying you to be here?

No one is paying me. He isn't looking for a handout. He is looking for what he is owed and an accounting of the conservatorship that they mismanaged. He wants them to stop making money off of the lie that they are his adoptive parents.

What do you have to say about the Touhys only giving 20% to the charities?

What do you have to say about the Touhys lying and saying Oher is their adopted son?

They should be paying you. You're highly emotional and distraught over a bunch of people you don't know.

What about their comment is highly emotional. They are being fair and factual. You’re the one working so hard to defend the Tuohys for no other reason than them being white Republicans.