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Amaechi - Hardaway (Merged)

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I wonder how many people who hate gays actually know one, and vice versa, how many of the more tolerant people actually know one.

I only ask because my views have done a 180 on this subject since I was actually subjected to gay people at my job.
 
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i never understood racism in the workplace or on a team. dont you want to be the best? dont you want to win/get the contract etc? i never got it. i could see how maybe stuff happens in social situations i guess. but i never ever understood it in a competitive situation...
 
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jimotis4heisman;752364; said:
i never understood racism in the workplace or on a team. dont you want to be the best? dont you want to win/get the contract etc? i never got it. i could see how maybe stuff happens in social situations i guess. but i never ever understood it in a competitive situation...
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Ive been waiting for an athlete to step up and say somthing like. I dont mind if he's gay if he gets 12 9 and 5...or.... if he gets me the ball I dont care about his sexual orientation. If you get the job done you get the job done.
 
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The majority of posts in this thread follow the "lets protect gay people" attitude but lets consider another issue here. Working with a gay person is a lot different than playing on a team with a gay person.

Most of us go to work and at the end of the day we leave our coworkers behind. We don't have to hang out with them, we don't have to shower with them, hell, we don't even have to ride home with them. But a sports team (and especially a pro sports team) is a lot different. You have to travel, eat, attend meetings, practice, make promotional appearances, etc... with your teammates. So whether or not you like them, you are forced to spend a lot more time with them. They can't ask for a cube on the other side of the office or avoid the water fountain if they don't like a certain person.

Just like Amanachi has every right to be gay, Hardaway has every right to hate gays. And while most of you think he is wrong, I think a lot of us would second guess our opinion if we were on a team with an openly gay athlete. Guys, they don't let us shower with women for a reason.
 
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bassbuckeye07;752367; said:
Ive been waiting for an athlete to step up and say somthing like. I dont mind if he's gay if he gets 12 9 and 5...or.... if he gets me the ball I dont care about his sexual orientation. If you get the job done you get the job done.
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Your wait is over. Tracy McGrady said exactly that.
 
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Sky;752382; said:
The majority of posts in this thread follow the "lets protect gay people" attitude but lets consider another issue here. Working with a gay person is a lot different than playing on a team with a gay person.

Most of us go to work and at the end of the day we leave our coworkers behind. We don't have to hang out with them, we don't have to shower with them, hell, we don't even have to ride home with them. But a sports team (and especially a pro sports team) is a lot different. You have to travel, eat, attend meetings, practice, make promotional appearances, etc... with your teammates. So whether or not you like them, you are forced to spend a lot more time with them. They can't ask for a cube on the other side of the office or avoid the water fountain if they don't like a certain person.

Just like Amanachi has every right to be gay, Hardaway has every right to hate gays. And while most of you think he is wrong, I think a lot of us would second guess our opinion if we were on a team with an openly gay athlete. Guys, they don't let us shower with women for a reason.
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So, why wouldn't you want to be in a locker room with gay people? Are they some kind of communicable disease? Are you afraid they're going to hit on you? So many people have this idea that gays are going to come onto them or somehow "threaten" their "manhood." It's such bullshit. If you think this, then you obviously have never been around gay people.

My boss is a lesbian. I spend 8 hours of my day with her for 5 days a week. Never have I felt like she has hit on me or made me feel uncomfortable. When I go home, many of my neighbors are gay. We hang out with a few of them on a regular basis. Again, never have Manfred or I felt uncomfortable. Plain and simple, homophobes need to deal with their own insecurities. It's pathetic.
 
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OSUsushichic;752405; said:
So, why wouldn't you want to be in a locker room with gay people? Are they some kind of communicable disease? Are you afraid they're going to hit on you? So many people have this idea that gays are going to come onto them or somehow "threaten" their "manhood." It's such bullshit. If you think this, then you obviously have never been around gay people.
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I believe it's a privacy issue when nudity is involved, similar to why guys & gals don't share locker rooms.
 
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