Tebow is respectful, wholesome, and a man of God. He has no obvious failings besides an inaccurate throwing arm. If Disney were to concoct the plot of a movie about an altogether admirable young man who joins the NFL and is scorned by all the experts for his unorthodox style, yet wins week after week, Tebow would play the lead. In fact, at this point Disney could make it a documentary.
Nonetheless, Tim Tebow is considered “controversial.” It’s now cutting edge to be a straight arrow. It’s countercultural to be an outspoken Christian. A player who embodies everything meant by the cliché “role model” is for his critics a figure of fun, or even hatred.
Dan Foster, in another great piece on Tebow on NRO, finishes Lowry's thought and hits the nail on the head:
[Tebow's life] is way too much earnestness for the ironic. It’s way too much idealism for the cynical. And it’s way too much selflessness for the self-absorbed. In short, people aren’t upset at Tebow’s God talk. They’re upset that he might actually believe it.
When people meet someone like Tebow, who in all accounts believes what he says and lives his life accordingly, they get mad, angry, and maybe even scared. Great example like Tebow often make us reflect on ourselves, what we are doing wrong, and what we need to do in order to make ourselves better. People in general usually don't like that sort of thing.
On Hannity tonight the majority of the panel (2 out of 3) think Tim Tebow is weird for being a virgin at 28 instead of respecting his religious and moral beliefs. Why? Yet they accept or look aside people who jump from bed to bed.
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