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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think she's attractive and he looks awful to me. [b]He wasn't recruited by one NFL team because of racist tweets he made[/b][b]. The Bills must be ok with racism.[/quote]

You lost me at "recruited." He was drafted by the Bills at number 7 slot after the other 6 teams had passed on him. The other 6 teams have their regrets now.
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Trying to deny racist tweets are you? Just because he can throw a ball does not make him a good person hero worshipper.[/quote]

The tweets reflect a period in US culture where a lot of young white men used the n-word casually with each other because they were listening to a lot of rap music and adopting the language mindlessly. They were stupid and offensive but they were not actually racist (he wasn't referring to black people, just throwing around the n-word the way a rapper might and not getting that a white 16 yr old should not be talking like a black rapper for a bunch of different reasons). He also parroted the phrase "if it ain't white, it ain't right" but it's obviously a joke (again, an offensive and stupid joke but not one actually meant as a slight against black people).

He owned up to the tweets and offered a real apology for them. He has a really fantastic reputation in the NFL for being a terrific teammate and appears to be well liked by other players including black players. There is no indication that he is racist in his thinking or behavior. This is actually a good example of someone who screwed up, realized their error, corrected their behavior, and became a better person.

Imagine if the dumbest thing you did at 16 was revealed in national press and discussed on television. Would you handle it as well as Allen did? Would you be able to gracefully address it and correct it?[/quote]

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