Tim Hardaway is a homophobe

America is a strange old country. To me if you are gay it makes no difference to me as long as you dont expose me to any homosexual activities, i.e make a pass at me knowing am i straight or say kiss another man in my company. I have no problems with homosexuals as people just like I dont have any problem with any person. In the locker room situation however it is a little weird and I can admit that if I had to share a locker room with a gay guy it would at the very least be uncomfortable at most a real problem. The problem arises knowing as a straight man if I was in a locker room full of women i would definitely atleast be considering boning a few of them. So if that logic is to be tranferred to a gay guy in a locker room full of men you can see why so many atheletes would have a problem with that scenario.

Wow, i just busted out into laughter when I heard the audio on Sportscenter.

I couldn't believe he took it there.

It was like a flashback to "George Bush doesn't care about black people".

Good stuff.

[QUOTE=JSub]That statement wasnt aimed at you directly.[/QUOTE]

My mistake

i enjoy the game of basketball, but i never expected many of these guys to be who i would want to spend time with.

Calm down, he'll walk away unscathed from this. He's black.

[QUOTE=gb8]America is a strange old country. To me if you are gay it makes no difference to me as long as you dont expose me to any homosexual activities, i.e make a pass at me knowing am i straight or say kiss another man in my company. I have no problems with homosexuals as people just like I dont have any problem with any person. In the locker room situation however it is a little weird and I can admit that if I had to share a locker room with a gay guy it would at the very least be uncomfortable at most a real problem. The problem arises knowing as a straight man if I was in a locker room full of women i would definitely atleast be considering boning a few of them. So if that logic is to be tranferred to a gay guy in a locker room full of men you can see why so many atheletes would have a problem with that scenario.[/QUOTE]
I don't mind you being in a wheelchair as long as you don't wheel your gimp ass around in front of me. Just do it in the privacy of your home.

Well this is and isn't a big deal....... This situation would be more noteworthy if.....

1. He was an active player......

2. He was getting major endorsement deals

3. He was on his way to the NBA HOF......

4. If he was a born & bred(He's english by the way)American.

I think the NBA should adopt the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.....But people ain't stupid....Their are gay dudes in the league right now, that ain't coming out any time soon and league insiders know it........

My personal opinon on Homosexuality.........

Do you........ not me...

I lost all respect for him. As if a gay guy would hurt him.

[QUOTE=reppy]Hardaway is probably gay. I remember one of my friends in 3rd grade was really anti-gay. Always talking about gays. And sex. And boobs. He used to pick on a really feminine kid (who is also gay). Surprise, surprise, he's gay, too![/QUOTE]

Not suprising. Spraying hate just so he can hide his sexual orientation. I was thinking the samething.

TIM HARDAWAY'S A F@GGET!!!

And now this will be the crowning achievement of Tim Hardaway's career.

As has been said in this thread a few times, what if a white player came out and said the same thing about black people? It's the same thing. Neither is a choice, and the only difference is that there are more black people than gay people, so this will cause less of an uproar.

And even if that is how you feel, shut your goddamn mouth about it and dont be retarded. What did he think was going to happen.

'Tim Hardaway hates gay people'.

'Wow, what a brave and courageous man. Let's sign him to a contract and then first ballot him right to the hall of fame'.

'Agreed'

[QUOTE=bjtrdff]And now this will be the crowning achievement of Tim Hardaway's career.

As has been said in this thread a few times, what if a white player came out and said the same thing about black people? It's the same thing. Neither is a choice, and the only difference is that there are more black people than gay people, so this will cause less of an uproar.

And even if that is how you feel, shut your goddamn mouth about it and dont be retarded. What did he think was going to happen.

'Tim Hardaway hates gay people'.

'Wow, what a brave and courageous man. Let's sign him to a contract and then first ballot him right to the hall of fame'.

'Agreed'[/QUOTE]

Difference

It's not wrong to be black

It is wrong to be a homosexual. It's accepted in society, but bottomline. Being gay is wrong.

As if Timbug's the only player (current or former) to have these views. And he's certainly entitled to him. He doesn't have to like gay people if he doesn't want. That being said, he should have kept those comments to himself.

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[i]Mmmm, yeah... want me some Timbug![/i]

Hardaway's ESPN career was far worse than these comments he made. I'm not diminishing what he said, but seriously..........you guys ever hear this guy on TV? He was the WORST commentator of all time. He totally destroyed the English language. Btw.........are those a pair of shox he was wearing in that picture? I didn't realize he was still with the heat when those shoes were around.

I'm coming late to this argument, equating skin color and homosexuality is ridiculous. You can't hide skin color, but you certainly can "not disclose" your sexual orientation. Ergo, the two are not equal.

I'd like to think of myself as a tolerant person, but being in the presence of a gay male who is attracted to you is a disgusting experience. I went through that in a previous position a couple of years ago and it was only through exercising rigid self-control that I didn't cave his head in with a baseball bat.

Discrimination isn't cool, but I can certainly understand how professional players -- the ultimate alpha dogs -- would object to sharing a locker room with someone who might secretly (or not so secretly) be lusting after them.

He spoke so gracefully too! Hardaway managed to actually sound like a FIFTH GRADER when speaking his mind about gays. Dude, get some more class!