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Painted fingernails.

Wasn't me challenging/commenting on the IU Grad thing, but he did say wearing pink is feminine (calling him out for not being masculine enough, also insinuating it is bad/lesser even telling him to "Go play in the WNBA with that foolishness". So, yeah i would say belittling & bullying. Then I was responding to someone who said it is fine since there are people out there that agree with him. So that is the standard, if someone else believes it, than it is fine. That can go a long way. Just a lot of ignorance out there, from coast to coast & this is from someone in the hear of it in the South, but from what i have seen on here the past year, plenty of same opinions still held in Indiana too.
Ok, if you really want to consider it “bullying” on a scale of 1-10 it was probably about a 1.5 or 2 and your reaction to it was about a 9 or 10.
 
I was responding to someone who said it is fine since there are people out there that agree with him. So that is the standard, if someone else believes it, than it is fine.
Not at all what I said, but it is how you twisted it, twice now. It was an igorant statement, but in the scheme of things, no I don't believe it was hurtful. As I said, I remember when there were similar posts on here about tats and dreads, and now I don't think anyone even thinks twice about that. How many kids do we have on our roster with tats or dreads now?

I don't believe what someone said on here about what would RMK have done about painted nails, is condemning a kid to being bullied or committing suicide. If you want to believe that, and tilt at every windmill that is an ignorant, misinformed or wrong statement, be my guest. When I said do you have a mirror it was because considering the source and not letting what others say affect your own temperament is a healthy practice and one you should consider.
 
Not at all what I said, but it is how you twisted it, twice now. It was an igorant statement, but in the scheme of things, no I don't believe it was hurtful. As I said, I remember when there were similar posts on here about tats and dreads, and now I don't think anyone even thinks twice about that. How many kids do we have on our roster with tats or dreads now?

I don't believe what someone said on here about what would RMK have done about painted nails, is condemning a kid to being bullied or committing suicide. If you want to believe that, and tilt at every windmill that is an ignorant, misinformed or wrong statement, be my guest. When I said do you have a mirror it was because considering the source and not letting what others say affect your own temperament is a healthy practice and one you should consider.
Could we keep tats out of this. I always wanted a “Death Before Dishonor” special forces tat but opportunity has never met with a sufficient level of intoxication.
 
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Could we keep tats out of this. I always wanted a “Death Before Dishonor” special forces tat but opportunity has never met with a sufficient level of intoxication.
As a 19 year old Marine, one night in 1972 I sat in a tattoo shop in Jacksonville NC, outside of Camp Lejeune drunk on my ass. I was 4th in line as I watched 3 of my friends get their USMC Death Before Dishonor" tattoo. During that wait in line I sobered up enough to say "I've changed my mind". :oops:
 
I honestly didn't think this topic was such a controversial trigger for so many. But here we are with nearly 100 replies.

I'll leave it at this:
  • I understand why he thinks it's worthy of the effort. However, if it's not legitimately for medical reasons, it's simply to stand out from the rest of the team. I love my aunts, uncles, friends, whoever I know that's fighting cancer every bit as much as he does. There are simply better ways to send that message.
  • As a former old school coach, the need to stand out bothers me. I am still of the opinion players should all dress alike. It's the primary reason there are no names on the jerseys. IU used to wear the same color shoes. Maybe different style or design, but always the same color. Those days are gone.
  • Most men in this world wouldn't paint their nails and go out in public, let alone appear on national TV in front of 17,000 folks. So I remain unconvinced this is a normal currently "accepted" approach.
  • Tats and hair styles don't bother me even a little bit. Just play hard and act like you care.
  • If players decide to start wearing eyeliner, blush, or any of that other facial crap women do, I'll be here to question their motives.
  • Sorry if this offends. But I'll bet the next coach might ask him to tone it down.
 
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