Perspective: The former pro football star had a very different message about patriotism than the sanitized version of him peddled by the NFL and the military
“No country has America’s gift for blending sport, militarism, celebrity, and consumerism into a single package.”
After the Sept. 11 attacks, Tillman felt compelled to join the Army. But it went deeper. Since graduating from college, he had taken graduate classes at Arizona State University in history and wanted to dive deeper into important philosophical questions. The military provided him a way to challenge himself beyond the gridiron and serve his country.Even so, Tillman remained a nonconformist, not a blind patriot.
But the warnings were to no avail. Soon after, three bullets slammed into Tillman’s head. He died instantly, one observer noting his head “resembled a punctured balloon.” The firing finally died down and one of the other Americans beside his lifeless body screamed: “It was our guys.”
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