That's such crap. You can respect everything that he has accomplished and still be disgusted at his actions. His "expressing" himself is always at the expense of others to bring attention to himself. He thrives on belittling others and using them to propel himself. The example of Muhammad Ali is also a poor one. Is the writer condoning the extrodinarily cruel things that Ali did like publicly calling other black men "field ******s" or "gorillas"? He propelled himself to extrodinary heights in part by belittling a decent man in Frazier so that he could be the center of attention. That doesn't take away from all the amazing accomplishments in Ali's life, but that is part of the story. The concept that it teaches us we don't like success by the lower class is a horrible argument. As is the idea that because some NFL players are genuine criminals we should embrace Sherman's actions.