General crabs in a bucket mentality mixed with our pleasure at a public figure's downfall, especially as a result of their own choices.
We all suffer from it but few of us take a moment to analyze what's non-profit to us about it. Being human is to standards as being a teenager is to sanity. Good luck.
That said, I'm on Francis' side easily. I am not the kind to plant a seed and dig it up each day to see if it's growing. The man is brand new and green at this and is willing to learn his lessons and take his bumps, to get where he's going.
What he's asking for is indeed unrealistic. But if he gets anything more than has been done before then it will be called "unprecedented". The cost of being right is often enduring the world saying you're wrong UNTIL..... until they rewrite history to say they always knew you would be right eventually, lol. Human fucking beings - we're really something.
What I find remarkable is Francis' take on everything that has transpired. He smiles and laughs while promoters burn his name and he says very little back about them beyond pointing out their hypocrisy or fixation with him. He seems to have no bitterness towards them when they clearly harbour feelings towards him. Either he's actually a rude asshole or else he offends these guys for a totally different reason. Something based on HIS PARTICULAR view of himself.
I think the guy is just different from how we are and he's simply going to do things his way. We might call it "stupid", "crazy", etc., but I'm sure there were times in the desert where HE had to question if he was crazy to keep following his dream of being the HW champ of the world with zero fight training, and zero access to training, and unclear chances of physical survival in deserts and seas. THAT was crazy and stupid and ill-advised. And it got him his HW championship of the world, lol.
If I were Francis, I'd keep laughing at us limited thinkers and keep smiling at my unwavering intention to build impossible success out of my life chances. That's ALL that got him where he is. If he listened to us, he'd be at a big city in Cameroon, with little education, eking out an existence. We are NOT the ppl to listen to for a guy like Francis!
War THAT mutherfucker. War Francis!
But when someone makes a joke about him, I'll laugh if it's funny. That's the cost of greatness. If he actually succeeds at something, all these laughs will have been fuel to his fire. Burn, baby, burn, and go get your turn!