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You really should just stop
Lil ol' Dabo update
Kind of an awkward defense Dabo had for his assistant. To paraphrase, "He said the word, but didn't directly call anyone the word. So it's not that bad." How I interpreted it, "please go away media, I don't want this to linger. Please leave me, the good ol' boy, alone. I love Jesus, remember?"
I didn't flip you off. I merely raised my middle finger in your general direction with an angry expression. Completely different.
I don't know how to address the issue properly, but I think a good start would have been being more public about the incident instead of trying to stay private about it.
I didn't take it that way at all. I could be wrong, but what I perceived was that the player used the N word and the coach disciplined him and told him to knock it off. They got into an argument about it and the coach said how would you like it if we all used that type of language and he demoed it. IMO, the whole point was stopping that word's use, and it exonerates the coach. Dabo said he would immediately fire any coach who used that word. I hope we don't suffer from jealous fan syndrome where we would trash anybody just because they are winners and rivals on the field. I think we can beat Clemson this year with their whole team and coaching staff in place!
Deshaun Watson and Deandre Hopkins felt oppressed at Clemson.
"I felt this oppressive figure during my time at Clemson and purposely do not mention the University's name before NFL games because of it"
@PerroGrande the coach has already apologized for using the word, and several players have stated he used it. So, Dabo clearly won't fire anyone who uses it. That's why I mentioned it was an awkward defense... I think a better defense for Dabo would've been, "he should've never used the word, but he didn't personally call anyone that word, but instead was trying to use it as a teaching moment."
@Teddy I agree with most of that, but the key point for me is that the coach was trying to teach the player that the use of that word is unacceptable. Surely, people don't want to fire a coach for trying to eliminate the use of that word, do they? I thought it was clear that what Dabo meant was what you said, but I agree your language is clearer.
That sounds worse to me. White men shouldn't dictate if the use of that word is unacceptable.
I'm not sure I follow your logic. White men aren't the only ones who consider that term disrespectful and inappropriate @YaleDawg. Are you saying that word is OK for black coaches and players to use on other people?
Any way you analyze this it's just bad. Dabo keeps trying to talk himself out of the situation without realizing he's digging a deeper hole.
"@Teddy I agree with most of that, but the key point for me is that the coach was trying to teach the player that the use of that word is unacceptable"
Interesting teaching methodology. Trying to teach someone that a word is not acceptable by using that very word.
I'm saying white people don't get to have an opinion on who gets to use it or if it's appropriate. Black people aren't a monolith and there is a debate about the N-word especially between the younger and older generations, but that debate shouldn't have input from white people.
From the article linked above:
"I would fire a coach immediately if he called a player an N-word. No questions asked," Swinney said Monday. "That did not happen. Absolutely did not happen. It has not happened. Coach Pearman was correcting D.J., and another player was talking to D.J., or D.J. was yelling at the player, and D.J. said something he probably shouldn't have said. He said, 'I blocked the wrong f---ing N-word,' and Coach Pearman thought he was saying it to him, and he's mad, and he reacted, and in correcting him, he repeated the phrase.
"And [Pearman] said, 'We don't say we blocked the wrong f---ing N-word.' And he repeated it. He shouldn't have done that. There's no excuse for even saying that. But there is a big difference. He did not call someone an N-word."
How is what Dabo said any different?