Dame added to the 30 player list for team USA

Next time someone calls me a douchebag, I'll tell them to check their privilege at the door.

 

I could take this comment a few different ways. Most, or all, of them seem a bit odd, though.

 

Douchebag.

 

You would think they would have their own lawn people down there in Rio.

 

A douche bag is a necessary part of female health. Why do you have to be so sexist, bro? Check your privilege.

 

Are you telling me you wouldn't like to have a six pack? The dudes in her avatars were always ripped. The only six pack around these parts is the coors light that Wookie drinks every night.

 

You beat me to it youngster!

 

I'm still pissed. My bad.

 

Please stop shaming those of us with urinary incontinence.

 

I hope it was the one he used to flip us off....

 

To be clear though, I was referring to the softness of a woman. I was in no way saying women are less than.

 

Speed for the (relatively) young guy....

 

Was what I said insensitive toward women?

Yes.

I have lots of problems with lots of shit people post. Racism is rampant in the forum as is White privilege.

 

I think we all knew what you were getting at. Several of us had similar thoughts.

Some peeps are contrary to be contrary and turn everything into a movement.

 

When you care about the stupid shit people post in a lightly-moderated forum, then you have given way too much credit to the level of intelligence to the human race (and this board in general).

Just sayin', FAMS...

 

Well, when you don't deal with racism or sexism everyday it's easy to have that opinion.

 

I get what you're saying. Obviously, my post was mostly in jest, but it was in the mold of the, "if you have faith in others that they won't let you down, prepare to be disappointed......"

I expect people to be dumb/ignorant/racist/sexist/etc. So, yeah.... I generally just don't take notice (unless directly pulled into the situation) because I have low expectations of people in general. I lower my standards when I pull up S2 on the browser (that's not a knock on people, necessarily, just an acknowledgement that people act differently, or more extreme, on public forums, such as this).

 

Heart problems.

(I know. It was too easy to pass up.)

 

I like Crandc and have yet to have any problems with what she has posted. I get the feeling that she's speaking her mind and not just trying to stir shit up. I have no problem with people speaking their mind, unless their mind is being used to deliberately cause pain/trouble for somebody else.

In my mind all of us on this earth are equal, and therefor I too would make a joke along the lines of what Dviss said. It doesn't mean that I think women are inferior to men, it just means that Aldridge is a whiny bitch. I think a lot of the meaning of what we say has to do with our intentions for saying it, and I don't think Dviss intends to put men above women.

 

Back on topic...

I'm all for Dame playing on team USA. It will be a great opportunity for him to grow his image. We've already seen he was #44 on the top 100 world athletes. The Summer Olympics are a great way for him to climb that list. While his image benefits him more than the team, it still does carry over to the team. The bigger he grows in the league the more people around the league will take notice. He's obviously already on the radar of anyone who is anyone around the league, but the chance to play on a competitive team with other star players who he would not otherwise have the opportunity to play with will be huge as well. You go from people saying "Dame's a great player, he's hard to defend..." to "I knew Dame was a great player, but had no idea he was this great to play with. He's always looking for the open guy and sets them up to succeed".

Basically the other stars know Dame is a good player, but they might not know how nice playing along side him could be.