re: It's awful that Hokie's slow painful death has been overshadowed...

I think it's really inappropriate to compare one person's life or death to another.

The way I see it is that Will Smith was a recent player, and there are more people around right now who saw him play than saw Hokie play. There are players and coaches on the team right now who played with Smith. So of course, I could see the "current" Saints organization, and fans, being more involved in his mourning.

Now, I'm an old Saints fan, and I won't lie to you... Hokie really was my favorite Saint when I was growing up. I played fullback on my football team, and I idolized him. He was who I learned to play fullback from, by watching him at LSU and with the Saints.

But I have to say, not even once did I feel like Hokie was overshadowed somehow by Will Smith. Actually, I was impressed by how many of my friends posted some remembrance of Hokie on their social media or mentioned him to me in passing over the last week.

Not everything in life is a competition, and how you feel about something is all it takes to make something "valid" or not. What does it really matter how other people feel about what you care about? I will say to you all that I love Hokie Gajan. I always will, even though I never met him. Nothing anyone says or does... or doesn't do... associated with his death will change that.

idiotic post to RA proportions

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Yeah, that's it. I'm black dumb arse.

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Yes and black people cannot be racist.

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