Tim said what 99.9% of we all say and think. We are sick and tired of this PC world. This is NOT a life-style it's a mental illness sold to the general public as just another alternative life style. If you have a son, would you trust a homosexual man to take him to boyscouts for a weekend trip? I wouldn't, WHY, because it's mental illness.
How do you feel about this?
2007-02-15 23:21:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
i would NOT entrust my kids to someone i don't personally know. and i wouldn't entrust them to people with extreme views.
as simple as that.
2007-02-15 23:42:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I have to be care on how I answer this...
I do not agree with your views about homosexuality, but I do agree that what he says takes guts. Take the whole homosexuality topic out of the equation. He made a stance against something controversial. You may or may not agree with his statements, which really shouldn't factor into the "guts" question.
If you make a 'gutsy' statement you better be prepared to face the backlash when you are prejudicing a group...a black man should know that. His statements were once spewed by many 40+ years ago (and even today) but the word "homosexuals" was replaced by "black."
I don't believe in people saying the right thing for the sake of saying the right thing. I rather someone be quiet if they know they a dumb view. People who hate truely believe it. I would rather have them say it. This allows them to face the backlash and wonder if it makes sense. It also makes the rest of us realize that there are ignorant people out there. It also enlightens people on how dumb people are.
I think his views are very ignorant. But I also don't think this is a PC issue either. To me PC, is softening something to make something bad sound better: Shell shocked becomes post-traumatic stress syndrom. By allowing people to live their lives with the same freedom everyone else expects - love who they love, eat what they like, etc. and asking people to treat people as equals is not political correctness - it is common sense. I think PC is used way too much - much in the way the word "ironic" is overused.
2007-02-16 09:22:16 · answer #2 · answered by breaknine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tim Hardaway was ASKED a question and answered it honestly, plain and simple. Why should he lie? I'm not saying I agree or disagree with him but he has a right to his own opinion as people have a right to be gay. You people that are now bashing Tim need to step back and take a look at yourselves, you are doing the same thing he did, except you are bashing him for having an opinion, which if you like it or not is WRONG! I guess since I'm defending Tim it makes me evil and stupid as well? Well this is America I have that right so just get over it!
2007-02-16 10:38:35 · answer #3 · answered by bnsymv 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In 1987, a homosexual magazine called Guide published an article that laid out a detailed marketing plan for selling the normalization of homosexuality through the mass media. Just one sentence read..."In any campaign to win over the public, gays must be cast as victims in need of protection so that straights will be inclined by reflex to assume the role of protector." The autors also recommend smearing their enemies, comparing them to the KKK and Nazis (sound like some of the other answerers?). They write: "To be blunt, they must be vilified….we intend to make the antigays look so nasty that average Americans will want to dissociate themselves from such types." They have portrayed homosexuality as a fixed, unchangeable sexual identity—one that is determined at birth. This is untrue, if it were true then pedifiles and murderers could also be born wtih the inherant ability to do what they "choose" to do. Dont be fooled. This is America and Mr. Hardaway should not ever have to apologize for what he said.
2007-02-16 09:31:27 · answer #4 · answered by jugifu876 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it's really not a mental illness. If you knew anything about anything you would know that. Secondly, I dont see why homophobics are any different than racists. They dont even know people, dont talk to them, yet they write them off and hate them just because of who they are. And no only you and Tim Hardaway believe that. If I had a son, I would trust a homosexual man to take him to boyscouts for a weekend trip. You know why? Cause a common misconception, is that all gay people are also perverts. That is not true. I would trust a gay man to take my son to boyscouts fora weekend trip as much as I would a straight women.
2007-02-16 07:42:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it took guts because he was just saying what he felt. I would've done the same thing. I don't ever want to be around gay people or talk to them or even hear about them. I mean when I found out about Ameachi I was pissed. Why does the first guy who comes out have to play for the city I was born in lol. But I agree that it's a mental illness these people try to act like they are more mature but they aren't. They are confused and don't know what to do. God that's so disgusting man.
2007-02-16 21:56:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it did take a lot of guts for him to come out and say how he really felt. I think it also took a lot of guts for him to give a REAL apology. Not some PC crap, but an apology that hey I was raised to not say "hate" and I shouldn't have said it. It wasn't saying I don't think this and I was on drugs or anything like that. It was basically I should have kept my mouth shut and sorry I said anything.
2007-02-16 08:36:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why hate someone base on one thing about them (race, color, lifestyle etc) is just plain stupid.
Why not get to know that person well, then I am sure you could find many different things to hate about him/her!
Ignorant folks like you hate for the sake of hating. You choose out of context biblical references to back yourself up and make you feel better about yourself, when in fact it is you that have the greatest mental illness.
Another facet of your ignorance is placing this question in a Football forum. Try the bigoted moron forum.
What I think is appropriate is the NBA's immediate response in banning him from representing them. THAT is the how bigotry and hate should be dealt with.
And, even he realized that what he said was wrong, which led to his public apology for making those comments in the first place. We know that is how he feels, so it is diminished, but at least he apologized.
2007-02-16 07:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by ivan_beals 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What the classless blowhard said was uncalled for. I would be willing to bet he is a closet case worried that his 'Down Low' activities might come to light if he doesn't puff his chest out publicly in an attempt to show his manliness.
From the way you spew forth your venom and rhetoric I have to believe the same of you.
Oh, and that 99.9% is more like 3.3%
2007-02-16 07:40:40 · answer #9 · answered by doulivinurworld 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If I had a son, why would I want anyone besides his father to take him on a boyscouts trip?? If that wasn't possible, if I knew and trusted the man, then absolutely I wouldn't mind him taking my son. Straight men molest more boys than gay men. Look at the Catholic church...
2007-02-16 07:30:49 · answer #10 · answered by dixiegirl687 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I'm gonna be honest here, it doesn't take guts to bash a minority. It takes ignorance and Hardaway proved he was locked, stocked and loaded with plenty of that.
Bashing people because they're different than you only proves how shallow-minded people are. To say 99.9% of people are anti-gay further proves this statement.
People should be allowed to make whatever lifestyle choices they want. If a gay man wants to play professional sports and he is good enough to do so...then by all means let him.
2007-02-16 07:28:55 · answer #11 · answered by tkatt00 4 · 6⤊ 3⤋