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How we should react to Jameis Winston stealing crab legs from Publix

An important primer on a sensitive issue.

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was cited for misdemeanor theft of crab legs from Publix on Tuesday, Tomahawk Nation's Bud Elliott reports. The prospect of this arrest citation was first noted by erstwhile Alligator Army author @JortsTorture.

This obviously begs an important question for Florida fans: How should we respond to Florida State's Heisman-winning golden boy quarterback shoplifting crab legs from Publix?

WITH AS MANY JOKES AND PHOTOSHOPS AND TWEETS AND SARCASTIC NOTES ABOUT HIS DECISION-MAKING AS WE CAN, DUH.

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and University of Florida grad Adam Putnam:

There will never be a funnier crime involving Florida State or Jameis Winston. The only victim in this situation, fortunately, is a multibillion-dollar corporation (that maybe uses slave labor) that would have lost like $7.99 on a pound of snow crab clusters had Winston gotten away with it. Shoplifting something from a supermarket in 2014 is incredibly dumb; you're probably not getting away with it, especially not with even a modicum of fame.

And Winston's own words about needing to get better, in the wake of the sexual assault investigation that ultimately resulted in him not being charged with a crime, are now hilariously hypocritical.

No, this isn't an excuse to make jokes that make Winston's alleged sexual assault a punchline. There is no excuse for that, and I'm going to be just as heavy-handed about that today as I would any other day.

But this is a stupid, juvenile crime. It is funny. We are most certainly allowed to make fun of Jameis Winston for this.

Laugh long. Laugh hard. Go Gators.