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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:02 PM Original message |
NBA players reaction to a gay teammate: kind of what you'd expect |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. 'your gayness' !!!! |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I just had this suit dry cleaned... |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Sounds like a victorian dandy royal title. |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why do heterosexual, homophobic men think that |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. For the same reason they think all women want them, too - |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Good One, Mikey! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Yeah, Professor. Why is that? |
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jcrew2001 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. star athletes |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. You mean they don't? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Because all men are narcissits |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. And of course professional athletes, catered to since childhood are the same |
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MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. And why are the ones that are so worried so unattractive? |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. No kidding! |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. well there are just some folks (men and women) who think everyone |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. While I agree with your first statement |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I completely understand what you are saying and that may be true |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. No, I think it's because they fear they may "catch it" |
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Spangle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Blows a lot of myths. Forces it to be talked about publicly |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. as a straight guy who does get hit on by gay men... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Aren't gay men just as horny as straight men? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. to hear them tell it, more so. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. i think also that they are often projecting |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Baseball has really changed demographically (not really related) |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Actually... |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. think they meant american black n/t |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. I don't think that's accurate |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lebron James' statement is just a straw man ... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Oh, please. Who's the one playing with straw men? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I still can't figure out what Lebron is saying |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Penile insecurity. |
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jcrew2001 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. women |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. You've set low expectations for what should be considered "positive". |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I Agree With Jack |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. No, only if they're GAY do they have to share every intimate detail. nt |
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jcrew2001 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
56. harassment |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. ...yawn... |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. He'd rather have an openly gay team mate than one who was lying to him? |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. On behalf of all Duke bball fans, I apologize for Shavlik |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. "Gayness" is what every true Dukie fears most |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. If hockey players are so smart... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. It's either that or ice fishing.... |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. these attitudes reflect the vast majority of our society. nt. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Don't the hockey players all come from Canada and not the States? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Hockey players spend all day playing on ice, which makes their privates shrink from the cold... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. They're imagining a gay man would behave the same way in their locker room... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. Well you've got some generalizations about each type of athlete here |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Oh, I would make generalizations about gay folks in the right thread |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Now....I can't mock David Eckstein? |
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jcrew2001 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. schill |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That's what struck me too. nt |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. LeBron's remarks dissappoint me if they are accurate, as do the otherr guys' |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Lebron is 22 and has spent his entire life on a basketball court |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Here's a youtube clip of young Eddie Jones slamdunking. Chick making the call... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm going to shoot a couple of holes in your theory |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. See now, I just had a completely different experience. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. That's why I said 'unsophisticated' rather than 'stupid' |
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cadmium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. I am familiar with many boxers and |
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