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Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma
It's a weakness in the sense that it is pathological, without a doubt.
But being portrayed as soft, a coward, and a weakling, is immensely insensitive and wrong. And many in the "well now the facts are coming out" crowd are spinning it as if there are both sides to the story and Incognito's role in this matter was less of an issue than originally thought. After all, Martin was weak to begin with.
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It might be insensitive, but it's the truth.
Someone who is dealing with depression, and by the sound of it, Martin is, is typically dealing with confidence issues.
Lacking confidence in yourself can certainly make you "soft" and "weak". If you don't have confidence in yourself, you won't stand up for yourself.
Players have already stated that Martin was quiet, kept to himself, wouldn't look people in the eye when talking to them. Reports are coming out that Incognito had to step up and defend him because he wouldn't defend himself.
In a culture full of overconfident, huge men, he'll absolutely be viewed as soft.
You may not like the terminology being used because you have sympathy for his condition, but that doesn't change the reality of what he is right now.
You can't go around in life being PC about everything. Sometimes you have to call it for what it is.
In a culture where you're constantly on the hot seat, coaches are constantly nitpicking at you, the media is ripping you apart, thousands upon thousands of fans are calling you a failure and your teammates are giving you a hard time and making you the butt of their jokes, it's very easy for someone to lose it.
And I think that's what happened here.