I miss Leodis McKelvin interviews...

[Buffalo716]

9 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

Donnie Henderson ?

i may be wrong of course. But that year Leodis learned to turn around on time and then become the receiver. Often beat his guys but struggled mightily to deflect the ball even when in position. 

 

 I used to cringe when Anyone thew deep on him. you just knew we were screwed.

and then he got it. and then he was injured.

cruel fate.
keep hustlin aint no lie

 

Not sure. It could be Henderson, I was just shooting. 

 

I thought Byrd had a stint here 5 years ago but last year was his first and only 

 

so yea prolly Donnie Henderson

Edited May 27, 2018 by Buffalo716

[H2o]

12 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

Thank goodness...I thought it was just me. I could never understand a word Leodis said. He sure seemed sincere when saying it though...whatever it was.

I think he and Lamar Jackson should have a debate about post WWII, the effects on middle America. 

[purple haze]

2 hours ago, TigerJ said:

Absolutely agree, but many blacks who have made it in a predominantly white world often had to overcome a lot more than many white persons who enjoyed similar success.

???

[TigerJ]

10 hours ago, 3rdand12 said:

There are southern Folks who have serious regional dialect.

 Most people make fun of  "different" its true and we all are aware of it.
not the intent of the  OP i hope. and would be surprised if so.
 It took me awhile to get a clue what Leodis was saying. years actually.
 

I too miss him and his words. Sincere and sometimes hilarious. Big heart

I went to seminary in Kentucky and shared a dorm with a bunch of guys mostly from the south.  Somebody left some food out, and a fellow from South Alabama was horrified that we hadn't put in the refridgerator.  "Don't  y'all know it'll rurn? he said.  It took even the other guys from the south a while to figure out he meant "ruin" when he said "rurn."

Everybody kidded him mercilessly about that. 

[jimmy10]

LOL black people, amirite??

[Peace Frog]

18 minutes ago, jimmy10 said:

LOL black people, amirite??

Wrong.  Please try again.

[jimmy10]

1 minute ago, Peace Frog said:

Wrong.  Please try again.

 

My apologies to all the edgelords in here making fun of something a guy can’t help but do, when it sounds an awful lot like making fun of something else he can’t help but be. 

[vincec]

"You can't go around telling people your problems, because 90% of the people don't care and the other 10% are glad you got them."

Lou Holtz

 

This sums up the general thinking in America these days, IMO. Telling other people that something is hurtful falls on deaf ears because they are hurting too and think you are just complaining. You would think that the fact that everyone has issues would create empathy between people but apparently it doesn't.

Edited May 27, 2018 by vincec

[phypon]

I think it's appalling that there are people saying that the OP posting this vid is racist.  That leap is absolute insanity!  Anyone that equates the posting of what was meant to be a humorous vid (whether you think it's funny or not) to racism needs some serious help.  This stuff is getting beyond ridiculous now.  

[Gugny]

I think it would be fun to videotape Leodis going to various drive-thru windows to hear the reactions of those taking his orders.

 

Would be a great You Tube series.

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

I think it would be fun to videotape Leodis going to various drive-thru windows to hear the reactions of those taking his orders.

 

Would be a great You Tube series.

 

Sir can you please speak clearer into the box... I do not speak wakandan ?

[Peace Frog]

5 hours ago, jimmy10 said:

 

My apologies to all the edgelords in here making fun of something a guy can’t help but do, when it sounds an awful lot like making fun of something else he can’t help but be. 

 

You may have not read this reply of mine.

 

  23 hours ago, purple haze said:

Yes.    And if you extropalate back from there, why is the education system so poor?  Why are the rates of poverty so high?  There is a long history in the answers to those questions, especially in the south.

 

I could understand him because I chose to listen to him; he has a very thick accent, and it sounds like a slight stutter.  For some they hear that and immediately tune out and feel like they can't understand someone.  I get it.  I'm not saying Peace Frog is a bigot either, I hope that wasn't the impression he/she got or others got from my initial post.  Some just find humor in various things.  Traditionally, there is a long history to de-humanizing people for various reasons, which provided "reasons" for bigotry.   This is also done to poor whites who are referred to as "white trash" another term I cannot stand.  

 

Peace Frog just found it funny.  But being who I am I have a lot of of experience with people who claimed humor, but were really saying something else.

I was born in Cheektowaga, moved to southeast Texas when I was twelve, graduated from HS there, moved back to West Seneca after military and college, moved back to Dallas 6 years later, and am now living in WA state.  I have heard many, many accents, slang terms, southern drawls, Pacific NW lingo, etc.  I happen to find Leodis' speech enjoyably amusing as I would Boomhauer, Foghorn Leghorn, or anyone else who sounds 'different' than how I speak.  Part of my amusement is deciphering his speech as it is a mix of southern accent, stutter, repetition, and fast speak.  I enjoy hearing him talk BECAUSE he sounds different.  His speech is the exact opposite of Ben Stein's character in the Ferris Bueller movie, which is painfully droll.  If anybody is still bothered about this topic being posted to begin with, might I suggest you get over yourself, or is that offensive to you (you as in everybody, not necessarily purple haze) as well?

[Jay_Fixit]

I also miss things, sometimes.

 

And sometimes I don’t.

[Kaenon]

What about the Ellis Lankster interviews..?

[SoCoBills]

So we are creating threads to make fun of current or former Bills players now? It’s sad that some people think it’s funny to make fun of others. 

 

I thought it was disgusting when people bullied and mocked Ellis Lankster, one of OUR Buffalo Bills, after his “I was like um” interview where he bravely stood in front of reporters and answered questions as best he could like a man despite knowing how he’d sound to ignorant judgemental and mean spirited bullies due to his speech impediment and years later you feel the need to make fun of a different Bill?

 

I’ll never understand this type of thinking. It’s not funny & trying to pretend this isn’t a mean spirited thread isn’t fooling anyone. This thread is trash. Oh and speech isn’t a definitive measure of intelligence. I felt the need to point that out. 

 

EDIT: I didn’t mention racism because I honestly didn’t think skin color or ethnicity had anything to do with it. Mean is mean though and whether in jest or not this thread wreaks.

Edited May 27, 2018 by SoCoBills

[greeneblitz]

On 5/26/2018 at 11:28 AM, Logic said:

I agree that this thread is mean spirited and racist and should be locked.

You sir are being raciest by suggesting that because Leodis can't string a sentence together its because he is black.

On 5/26/2018 at 4:12 PM, TigerJ said:

The problems of black America certainly go all the way back to slavery.  In Africa, blacks had a family structure.  It may have been a bit different from white family structure, but it enabled values and customs to be passed on from generation to generation.  Under slavery, black families could be ripped appart on the whim of slave owners.  When slaves were freed, black families no longer had a stable family structure.  Black males did not know how to be fathers and family providers because slavery had denied them the opportunity to learn.  Couple that with the lack of opportunity because white folk wanted to reserve opportunity for themselves and their children, and it became a recipe to keep blacks in poverty for generation after generation: no opportunity, and no means of passing on a culture which would allow the ability to make social advances over time.

 

A small percentage of blacks have been able to break free, and have created their own opportunities for advancement, and have created a family structure and a culture from scratch, but too many have not.  The failure to do so should not be a reason for blaming black America because there is no evidence to suggests white folk would have done any better had positions been reversed.  Society still has an obligation to try and lend a helping hand to black America.  This is not easy, however.  White America has in many cases tried to create opportunity for blacks.  Unfortunately, there is no easy or quick way to try and help an entire ethnic group to create family structure from scratch, especially since we live in a time where family structure across all cultures is under attack and has disintigrated in many cases.  Sometimes new structure have arisen, sometimes not, but it's tough to offer what we no longer have.

 

I apologize.  I did not mean to offend with my second language post, but it is true, language in some of the subcultures in our society is sufficiently different that it makes making oneself understood in the "establishment culture" rather difficult, almost as if it is a second language.

Wow, what nonsense

[Bing Bong]

On 5/26/2018 at 11:34 AM, Golden Goat said:

 

Racist? Really? Because two guys I find dumb as bricks just so happen to be black -- therefore I'm racist? I find Kiko Alonso and Terry Bradshaw stupid, too. 

 

You're the one who needs to grow the !@#$ up, snowflake.

Agree, terry Bradshaw is hilarious to hear speak. If he's getting paid to commentate. We have free will to make fun of him. Doesn't matter your race. Anybody in sports could be a horrible public speaker.

On 5/26/2018 at 11:34 AM, Golden Goat said:

 

Racist? Really? Because two guys I find dumb as bricks just so happen to be black -- therefore I'm racist? I find Kiko Alonso and Terry Bradshaw stupid, too. 

 

You're the one who needs to grow the !@#$ up, snowflake.

Agree, terry Bradshaw is hilarious to hear speak. If he's getting paid to commentate. We have free will to make fun of him. Doesn't matter your race. Anybody in sports could be a horrible public speaker.

[SmokinES3]

11 hours ago, jimmy10 said:

 

My apologies to all the edgelords in here making fun of something a guy can’t help but do, when it sounds an awful lot like making fun of something else he can’t help but be. 

Thanks for the virtue signaling. You truly are an inspiration to SJW's everywhere.

[Peace Frog]

4 hours ago, SoCoBills said:

So we are creating threads to make fun of current or former Bills players now? It’s sad that some people think it’s funny to make fun of others. 

 

I thought it was disgusting when people bullied and mocked Ellis Lankster, one of OUR Buffalo Bills, after his “I was like um” interview where he bravely stood in front of reporters and answered questions as best he could like a man despite knowing how he’d sound to ignorant judgemental and mean spirited bullies due to his speech impediment and years later you feel the need to make fun of a different Bill?

 

I’ll never understand this type of thinking. It’s not funny & trying to pretend this isn’t a mean spirited thread isn’t fooling anyone. This thread is trash. Oh and speech isn’t a definitive measure of intelligence. I felt the need to point that out. 

 

EDIT: I didn’t mention racism because I honestly didn’t think skin color or ethnicity had anything to do with it. Mean is mean though and whether in jest or not this thread wreaks.

 

I could agree with your statement but then we'd both be wrong.  You could be giving the same lecture to people about something different such as "I'll never understand why people drink.  It's not fun and ..." and you'd be wrong just the same.  Some members' comments here are inappropriate but then again, I could find some equally inappropriate ones on other threads that are merely discussing kickoffs.

 

My point is this thread is NOT trash but if you feel it is, then why do you waste your time reading them?  Again, I must point out that this video is currently found at buffalobills.com so maybe you should send them an e-mail and suggest they remove it from their archives as it is offensive to you.

Edited May 28, 2018 by Peace Frog

[SoCoBills]

1 hour ago, Peace Frog said:

 

I could agree with your statement but then we'd both be wrong.  You could be giving the same lecture to people about something different such as "I'll never understand why people drink.  It's not fun and ..." and you'd be wrong just the same.  Some members' comments here are inappropriate but then again, I could find some equally inappropriate ones on other threads that are merely discussing kickoffs.

 

My point is this thread is NOT trash but if you feel it is, then why do you waste your time reading them?  Again, I must point out that this video is currently found at buffalobills.com so maybe you should send them an e-mail and suggest they remove it from their archives as it is offensive to you.

You attempt to make an intelligent argument here but legit nothing you just said makes any logical sense. 

 

I’ll start with your drinking analogy - drinking is a choice that impacts only yourself.  You can choose to drink or choose to not. That’s cool. That doesn’t hurt anybody. Drinking in of itself isn’t inherently wrong - mocking someone else for the heck of it is. Now if you choose to drink and drive - well now that’s a really bad decision. 

 

Why did I read this thread if it’s trash? Well - this is a message board I enjoy so I choose to come here and read posts. That is why this board exists is it not? The title also didn’t make it clear it was going to be a thread created for the purpose of insulting the guy. Also - whether I read or not has no relevance on the fact that this thread was created for the sole purpose at having a laugh at Leodis McKelvins expense. 

 

As for this video being on the official Buffalo Bills website so why aren’t they taking it down if I find the video offensive?? What are you talking about? The video in of itself isn’t offensive. Leodis isn’t making fun of people based on how they look or talk. No - that is what this thread is doing. This thread is what is offensive. How are you not able to make this distinction?  I am honestly blown away by how righteous you seem to feel in your response when what you are saying makes absolutely zero sense?? 

 

 

Simply put - it is always wrong to mock another human being for any reason. Whether it be their speech, appearance, race, religion, color, ethnicity, sex, disability or anything else. This is a simple lesson. My 3 yr old could tell you that it isn’t nice to make fun of others. How are you even trying to argue this? 

Edited May 28, 2018 by SoCoBills