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“I
don’t do the
gay guys man."
“I
don’t do that.
No, we don’t
got no gay
people on the team,
they gotta get up out
of here if they do.
Can’t
be with that
sweet stuff. Nah …
can’t be …
in the locker room
man. Nah.”
Chris
Culliver
San Fransisco
49ers’ Cornerback |
I've
held off on this news because it really infuriated me and I had
to calm down before I made sure I had a sense of the true nature
of this - even beyond the hateful words of a pimple of a man -
and to look at the broad statement that this says about
professional sports. I have no issue with free
speech, but of ignorant speech.
Here is a link
to the background story. Digest it and even pay
attention to the language he uses. You are likely to
find just as shocking the lack of ability to speak coherently as
you will find the hate dripping from the words. How
can someone this challenged with English graduate from a public
school?
After the shit
storm that rained down on this bigot, he of course issued an
"apology". I'm not going to post the
apology link because having said the words he said (highlighted
in the sidebar to the left here), I don't think that his apology
is worthy of acceptance.
In many cases of
overt gay hatred, those who say the words are often dealing with
their own homosexual feelings and they say things to try to
"prove" they aren't
"sweet!". Or, this man is so
insecure in his own masculinity that he has to run his trap to
make himself more macho. Either way, hate is
hate.
It is ironic that
a professional team based in a city that is one of the highest
concentrates of homosexuals would have a player who would think
so little of residents who are most likely to cheer for him and
his team.
Another
interesting twist. Here are the words
from a current gay professional football player on this subject. |
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