Posted on 02/14/2007 7:28:00 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Tim Hardaway: 'I Hate Gay People'
cbs4.com
Feb 14, 2007
(CBS4) MIAMI Former Miami Heat superstar Tim Hardaway told a local sports radio show that he hates gay people.
Hardaway made the comments while he was being interviewed by Dan Le Batard on 790 the Ticket Wednesday afternoon.
The five time All Star was asked how he would deal with a gay teammate.
First of all I wouldnt want him on my team, said Hardaway. Second of all, if he was on my team I would really distance myself from him because I dont think thats right and I dont think he should be in the locker room when were in the locker room.
Le Batard took Hardaway to task, pointing out that his comments were flatly homophobic and bigoted, but that only seemed to stir up the former point guard.
Well, you know, I hate gay people, Hardaway said in response to Le Batard. I let it be known I dont like gay people. I dont like to be around gay people. Im homophobic. It shouldnt be in the world, in the United States, I dont like it.
Hardaways comments come on the heels of a groundbreaking revelation made by former player John Amaechi, who became the first professional basketball player to openly identify himself as gay.
Amaechi became only the sixth male atlhlete from one of the four major American sports (NBA,MLB,NFL,NHL) to admit he is gay.
Former NFL running back David Kopay , offensive lineman Roy Simmons and defensive lineman Esera Tuaolo just recently came out.
Glenn Burke, an outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics in the 1970s, and Billy Bean, a utility player in the 1980s and 1990s, have also come out.
No player has ever publicly admitted to being gay while currently playing for one of the four major American sports.
The media went fishing and hooked one. It is those clown's favorite game and it's called gotcha. The media does not have the brains or the will to report on stories like most government entities are bankrupt or how chain illegal immigration will impact the country. They are looking for hate criminals as if hate is a crime. The PC police strike again. Tim must learn that in this politically correct world, the media only gives passes to hate speech when it targets Christians and Jews.
This story is not on ESPN, although the Amache one is still there after several months. To ESPN, homosexuality is more important than the super bowl. Had Manning said these words, he'd been "Rock"ed.
Thanks, about what I figured.
John's looking to be on the "All Gay...All Star" team.
That's a pretty strange view of things. I mean, if the acts involved are between a man and a women, then it's no longer homosexual. Of course I can recognize that there is a "yuck" factor regarding buggery, regardless of whether the participants are gay or straight, but I feel the same revulsion when I see two men kissing.
To be honest, I find two men kissing to be more revolting than heterosexual sodomy.
So true - so true!
The locker-room issue is salient here.
We have separate mens and womens locker rooms so that people in a state of undress are not the subject of unwanted sexual attention and sexual appraisal. Sharing a locker-room with someone who finds you sexually interesting, but in whom you have no interest, is odious. Add this, even in the abstract, to a firmly held moral conviction that homoeroticism is wrong, and it is easy to see how someone might lapse over into hatred.
Good for someone saying it the way it is. Hope he's ready for the heat he's bout to get.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Miner mania.
He was. But, this means he won't be invited to participate in the next Gay Olympics.
The above supports Rush Limbaugh's thesis that the sports media is as leftist as the news media.
Being gay is so Normalphobic..
I fould that the gays in my neighborhood come in all kinds like everyone else. Some suppport the war and want the border closed, some gays I have spoke to don't believe in gay marriage . Some are or were in the military.
Got that right. He had a dribble that'll make you break an ankle.
I say that all the time too. I am tired of being labeled "homophobic" when I express disgust at homosexuals. A phobia is an irrational fear of something. I don't fear the queers! It's more like "homo-disgusted"!
The Homophiles will soon be up in arms. I hope this guy gets in their face and doesn't back down.
There is no such thing as a homophobe....merely a healthy individual disgusted by deviants.
Go Warriors!
He is on live local news (Channel 7, Fox affiliat) right now saying that he is sorry for what he said. I have no link for this, but he's live on the phone apologizing.
Miami local news, sorry I didn't mention that.
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