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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 2068093, member: 37"] My argument isn't flawed. Circular yes. I just took the second lap after you took the first lap. Unbeknown to you I was doing a poor [USER=1234]@[/USER] impersonation on you. You probably don't even know who is. Lucky you. The part I highlighted in red was a tongue and cheek statement in response to your line "call me every name in the book... " I just ignored the second line about the qualifier. Personally I don't think there is any justification for bashing people, even the one that says these people know what they're getting into when they become public figures. My take is almost everyone has anger issues. Your first post in this thread was an angry statement directed at people who try to control how things are expressed. It's a hot button for you. It's obvious to me that the reaction against the op, not just by you, but most of the posters who responded against it, is that they feel the need to be angry towards Rodney and don't want anyone censuring the anger. At some point in time most of you will no longer need to "hate" on him the same way most of the people who directed their "hate" on Taliek and Dyson no longer need to do so. And those responding to this group, myself included, are angry that people can't control themselves. And there's the lap. Most of us will not be upset with most of you in the near future and vice versa. And lest people miss the quotes I put around the word hate those quotes are intended to express a qualifier. I know most of you are good people who just need to get it out of your systems. I just want to point out to people who need to express more than criticism that how things are expressed have a value (positive, negative, meant to hurt, meant to support, meant to inform, meant to rebut). I meant my statement in red, purely as a joke. I thought it was obvious when I put the statement in red and put the line in your post in red. Obviously you missed that I put one of your lines in red. Had you seen it, maybe you would have responded to me differently. You would have also needed to be aware my statement was OTT and of course that isn't a given. Nonetheless, the misunderstanding is a good teaching point. No matter who we are it's difficult to feel good or unaffected when people say things intended to hurt. It's why I choose to point this out when I perceive it happening (of course perception is different than fact so obviously I'm fallible). It's not that I'm better than the people I'm responding to. Lord knows I've got my own hot button issues. My "belief system" in this forum and elsewhere is that every person is part of a community. In this community not only can we provide information about UConn men's bb, but also do things such as help people find the best pizza, best beer, problem solve requests, support one another through difficulties and offer advice to help us understand one another. [/QUOTE]

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