Dame Texted Me This Today......

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    Since most of us don't speak Spanish or Russian or whatever, how would we know?
     
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    Stren!!! I can tell Sly is joking. Do we need to take you out and get you all drunk and fired up to chill you out? Your as grumpy as me a few weeks ago when I was fed up with all the negativity. :)
     
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    has Sly ever been serious....come on now.
     
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    You don't understand. Joking or not NOBODY implies that I'm racist. I am not racist in the slightest. I'm putting that out there. DO NOT accuse/imply that I am racist.
     
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    Sorry. You hit a button.
     
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    Whoa, I was not calling you racist. I said that comment was kinda racist. I did know EXACTLY what you meant by your comment and that's what made me a little nervous. A person in a different part of the country could be considered very articulate by members of his community and yet could be difficult for us to understand due to accent and pronunciation.

    I didn't mean any insult by my post.
     
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    The thing is, I would say that about ANY person that I knew as a public figure. I literally don't see color. So you made an assumption that that is what I made. It clearly wasn't, it never would or will be, so regardless I don't know why it needed to be said. It just makes me look bad, when I clearly meant nothing other than it's a question. How is that fair to me? I obviously asked it as a question... a question I would ask about ANY public person like that. Hell, I posed it about Bernie Fucking Sanders. Color means NOTHING to me. Ethnicity doesn't could my judgement. I go by individual basis, I don't do the news thing and lump people together.
     
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    Im not racist either. HCP just has that mow the yard go getter attitude.
     
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    The Biden quote I posted, I honestly don't think Biden is a racist. I don't think Obama thinks Biden is a racist. But was what Biden said racist? Yes, it may have been unintentional, but it was racist.

    Anyway, I was just pushin' your buttons. Again, I don't think you're a racist. I've met you in person and you're a true gentleman.
     
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    Okay. Sorry, I have to defend myself when I feel like my morals and values are attacked. Whether implied or not... it's something I pride myself on to see everyone as equal in all facets. They deserve it until they, individually as one person, not a group of people, give me a reason not to.

    I'm good now. Love you.
     
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    Dame is the most popular player on the team. And the most visible. And the most marketable. He has a certain positive persona and reputation. I took the question to mean: Is he genuine? Is he too good to be true? Ethnic heritage has nothing to do with it. It's like asking if some white guy, say Kevin Love, or Kevin Love's dad, is really the egocentric douche some Portlanders contend he is; or is he just a misunderstood every man who loves Jesus, and America too? Only someone with first hand experience with them would know.
     
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    THANK YOU. <3 That's exactly what I meant.
     
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    Back to Dame:

    I love him.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    It didn't seem to with Brandon...
     
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    come on now, this is a little too much
     
    3RA1N1AC, Apr 14, 2016
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    Biased because I'm close to him, but I can say that he is one cool guy. Very down to earth and chill despite all that social media activity. Knows where he came from, and it sounds cliche, but very humble and knows who was with him from day 1. I told you guys on here about asking him finally to put it to rest, is it DameTime (which I like) or LillardTime? He said LillardTime, because it represents more than just himself, his family. Now he told me this on a bus with nobody around. He wasn't trying to put out a false message.... he's just cool as hell. I've seen players join us and do a complete 180 personality wise as they went along, not with this kid. Real deal
     
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    It's easy to be a Lillard fan. He puts up with causin' panic, so he must be real.
     
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    Thank you, HCP. :cheers:
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    You wouldn't dare let him know about the 23 you predicted.
     
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