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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It was still a pretty ignorant thing for Tallon to try and make a talking point out of. It really missed the mark on the Black Live Matter activism, which is a broad movement that includes racialized people in a white dominated country, as well as white allies that care about civil rights. I mean, if a white person was there to be supportive and take a knee, I don't think he would have said anything.
His intent most likely wasn't to insult anyone, but he was talking like a meat head.
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To be fair, he was talking like a 70-year-old man.
I'm glad Tallon was cleared, not because I care about Tallon, but I appreciate that he isn't one more racist person in a world that needs fewer. I think his comment about just seeing Dumba as a hockey player, while awkward and ignorant and definitely a well actual racists go to in order to cover for their own racism, was genuine. In my experience with seniors, even the ones with good hearts aren't going to say things "right" most often, but if their intentions are good, that's all you can ask.