Dame's night on Twitter

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    Not victim blaming. He said that black on black crime was a bigger problem.
     
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    The timing though can make it sound like he doesn't care that the police act like they have N****r Hunting Licenses.
     
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    I think he properly addressed both issues. This dude grew up in east Oakland, remember that. I think he knows what he's saying
     
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    The timing definitely is causing an uproar but is there ever a perfect time to bring it up?

    He says as much too, that both are wrong.
     
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    Agreed; I thought he was even-handed.
     
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    That said, it's hard to get your house in order when it's being fired on from the street by everyone else too.
     
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    God damn, People fucking suck. Offended by this, offended by that. Go fuck yourself. The man said some pretty even keeled shit, and furthermore if you don't like it, fuck off and don't reply to his tweet.

    People need to mind their fucking business.
     
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    NO! And that's another problem. There's never a good time to suggest our people take a look within. I get that last night was probably the worst time to do it, but the fact remains that it's never received well.
     
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    Bit it's probably the truth.
     
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    spoken like someone who's offended by something
     
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    I think you need to learn when joking is appropriate, when it's not and when it's proper to just let things go. The matter being discussed is a very sensitive, relevant subject that doesn't have wiggle room to try and make some form of basketball joke of.

    Gotta wake up man, gotta wake up.
     
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    Oh, the outrage for the racism but seriously? Two derogatory vagina references?!? You guys just don't get it.
     
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    Personally, I welcome Dame's conciliatory tweets as a launching point for discussion. He is much more than a professional basketball player. Kudos to him for speaking his opinion about a sensitive subject and to do so with maturity.
     
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    I think the biggest issue is that the rules seem to only apply to certain people. If you're rich or a cop you can get away with just about everything.

    If a black guy shoots another black guy, and he's caught, he's going to jail for the rest of his life.

    If a cop shoots an unarmed black guy in cold blood, he's probably just getting fired or put on paid leave.
     
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    In fairness, it's "those guys" who used said references, not necessarily the majority of us. And I see it appears that a moderator has removed the references of which you speak, so there may be hope for us neanderthals yet.
     
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    and in another slant...having a handgun in your pocket might not protect you from being shot..this is tragic and I hope they fry these cops
     
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    If we are gonna edit "vagina" can we go ahead and edit when people use the word "retard or retarded?"

    http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/side-rant.302524/

    Post 6, derogatory towards mentally handicap.

    Wheres the outrage for those individuals when those words are used?
     
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    We should start fining people for violating the verbal morality. And while we are at it, let's get those three sea shells. We wouldn't want any mdk's.
     
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    Nope, just speaking my mind on the forum, where discussion is taking place. If I was your typical offended liberal I'd be all over twitter blasting people publicly, nice try though.
     
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