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[fredericks]

Former NBA player John Amaechi publicly outted himself a couple of days back, and the media picked up the story like it was government cheese. To my recollection Amaechi was more well-known for his international player status than for anything he did on the court and I was sort of "meh, okay" on the news, but I was curious as to what players would think. Then I caught Tim Hardaway's little diatribe on SportsCenter yesterday morning (or was it this morning?) My response to that? Thank God. Not "thank God, let's be an asswipe" but thank God he's being straightforward. Don't sugarcoat the hate or hide it; it makes it much easier to know who to avoid and who to write off as a dickwad. I'm with Amaechi's response all the way.

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[klaw.livejournal.com]

I agree. I'm glad he just up and said it, so I could judge him and move on with my life. If you're an idiot moron homophobe, just be honest about it get it over with.


p.s. Firefox's inline spell checker doesn't think homophobe is a word.

[1x2foralways.livejournal.com]

Kudos to the NBA for handling this the way they are.

[xioley.livejournal.com]

What was Amaechi's response to Hardaway?