We’ve been through this. First, it was the Cowboys bloggers themselves – who had quite the itchy block finger – and now it’s the commenters over on Blogging the Boys, SB Nation’s Cowboys site.

We all know comment sections are a special circle of hell (hello down there!), and though there are many things said in our comments, and many things said about our comments, I do not think for one second that our commenters would seriously defend someone like Hardy with the frequency the blinded-by-the-star fans in Dallas.

Here’s a sampling of some of the worst and weirdest from the comments section of Blogging the Boys [editor’s note: I shall remember this post the next time someone tries to gives me guff over comments about bleached balloon knots or something similarly embarrassing yet harmless]:

Three strikes guy:

“If he abuses someone else, my tone will completely change and I will demand he is cut. In the meantime, seeing pictures of things that were already widely reported and understood doesn’t mean the Cowboys should do anything in my opinion.”

Yeah but football guy:


“Say what you will about how much of a scumbag he is, he is a darn good ball player and hate it or not we need him right now just as much as we need Romo or Dez.”

Photoshop guy:

“This is the Internet, there are literally hundreds of millions of pictures. And dozens of programs to edit them; anyone can say anything they want. I’m not trying to say they are fake, I’m just pointing out that everyone needs to take a step back and make sure what you read isn’t just hate fuel but actually credible material before you bring someone to the chopping block.”

It was her fault guy(s):

“I would add that women can be just as difficult to deal with as men. It is apparently easy for some people to always view women as victims and men as offenders, regardless of facts. I know that if his version of this is true then I can understand his reaction even though I don´t condone it. If he wanted her out of his house she should have left and is therefore not without some responsibility for the situation escalating.”

“What if she was a crazed chick that wouldn’t get out of his apartment and was trashing the place, he lost it, and dragged her out by the hair of the head? I’m not saying that’s the best way to handle the situation, but he might not be the kind of a person who feels the need to incessantly show remorse for doing that.”

“As a matter of fact, I think her story doesn’t add up in a number of ways. If he was strangling her with both hands, do you think she’d have been able to tell him “I want to die” and then “he snapped out of it” and stopped choking her? If he was strangling her, she wouldn’t be able to “say” anything. If she could, he wasn’t strangling her. Wouldn’t you have to admit that that part of the story was a fabrication? And if that was a lie, what else was she lying about?”

“Holder does look like she was thrown onto a pile of guns but she doesn’t look like she got beaten up, not even a little. If she had as much to drink as SHE said she did, why is it that her testimony is gospel, and nothing Hardy says is even given the benefit of consideration?”

Aww hell no that bitch would be dead guy:

“If Hardy had an intent to kill her and half my H.S. football team, she and they’d be pushing up daisies somewhere. Get a grip man. He lost it, and probably threw her around his apartment with abandon. But he didn’t even strike her. And I doubt her story that he choked her, or “intended to kill her”. I doubt it because she’s still here.”

Hardy so big… so strong… so hard guy:

“I’m not condoning his actions. Not even in the slightest. But Greg Hardy is a big man. A big man. And he’s a strong man, a strong one. Something happened that night, I’m sure, but look at her bruising. Think about how Greg Hardy hit Tom Brady. Think about how violent he is when he plays football. Do you really believe that’s all he could do to Ms. Holder?”

“The simple fact that her jaw was not dislocated, she’s not bleeding and the bruises are not bad shows that Greg Hardy is not the monster the media and some of the folks on here are trying to make him out to be.”

Ladies and gentlemen, Cowboys commenters– the human equivalent of that weird juice at the bottom of your trash can after you throw out rotten fruit and undercooked meat. All discolored and kinda lumpy, but you just can’t help smelling it.