On this i can certainly agree with you on. He seems to have grown up a bit. Deserves the credit for that.
I disagree completely. I expect much less from everyone else than I expect from myself. Especially around here.
The point would be that you’re not holding others to a standard you yourself cant or are unwilling to meet.
I understand the point. I'm just saying that I go even farther the other direction. Keep your expectations (of humanity) low, and you'll never be disappointed.
Well really i don't expect much from me so that kind of works also. Like my moniker says- Talkin Truth and Pissin People Off!
I must admit if he put that stuff out there in that manner, he's got a lot of growing up to do. The mouth is like the rudder of a ship. I know he's young and thats sometimes hard to remember with these pro's and I hope he learns from mistakes like all of us. But someone needs to let him know that talk like that is BS and grow up, either he will or won't.
I remember back in the day when people could have different opinions on topics and that was okay--and somewhat expected. Now that we live in 1984 the number of people that try and enforce wrong think is disturbing. ET was a good teammate. ET also did/said things to others that weren't his teammates that some (including me) crossed my personal lines of decency. Others may draw their lines in different places, and that is up to them. However we should all be careful of trying to force groupthink and punish those who don't conform.
Just stuff he said on social media--usually to someone opposing him. Most of it is buried in this thread. I remember seeing a few things in games and thinking "wow, don't get on ET's bad side".
Really quickly, and imma need you to check that "disappointed in you shit" at the door and here's why: When the FUCK did I say what Turner did was good, ok, right, or something to be praised? Riiiiiight... I never did. What I did was compare what he did to Blake Griffin's transgressions. And IMHO, compared to Blake, what ET did was NOTHING... No one was physically harmed or assaulted. So the whole: "You want that influencing the youth?" Is a convoluted, bullshit, straw man that you just made up because I never said that either. That said, wasn't Turner "influencing the youth" when he got Simons and Trent fitted for suits so they could set good examples while dressed out on the road?? YES, I'd rather have him "influencing the youth" than that sexual assaulter... After I say this, this is the last time I'll speak of it because you think talking about somebody's mother is worse than fighting someone or grabbing the back of their neck to have crotch face... That's ALL I'm comparing. "Thats every day shit?" Really??? You play online games and you're gonna tell me that's not everyday shit?? You play Rocket League and you've never heard foul racist shit said? Try playing 2K with people making black jokes. Yeah that happened to me 3 days ago... So YES it's everyday shit. People say the most foul things online and you know it because it's your generation that's doing it the most...
Your downplaying it by saying it's every day shit and bringing up something that happened 4 years ago with someone else. Thats not every day shit for a public figure. Not at all. You're comparing randoms on a video game to NBA players. So the dude used his $18M to get rookies some suits? That excuses everything? Meanwhile BG hasn't had any public issues in 4 years ...
