Ted Rall for February 14, 2014
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Gays! In the NFL?! New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma asks: Imagine if he's the guy next to me and you know, I get dressed, naked taking a shower, the whole nine, and it just so happens he looks at me and how am I supposed to respond? First: Ask yourself am I starring in a gay porno but forgot? (But... no cameras) Is the guy gay looking at my junk? or is he straight admiring it? (Lint or STD?) Is he cute? As in, 4-margaritas-away-from-hetro flexible cute? If you punch the guy, will he clobber you? You're a football player. Can you honestly say you're surprised about this? (Tighten up that uniform fans are complaining that its saggy around your butt). Finally, seek out het-reinforcing female companionship. (Women don't know what its like- being sexually objectified!)
echoraven about 10 years ago
Good one!
nate9279 about 10 years ago
Excuse me! It’s not a “moot” point. Did you ever get tied up to a fence and left to die in the middle of Wyoming for being gay? Did you ever go through school having to hide your sexuality while everyone else was dating for fear of being tied to a fence and left to die? Do heterosexual players constantly flaunt their families when they win a game while millions of young impressionable gay viewers are watching feeling alienated and unrepresented!! Again people!!!! Empathy! Kindness! Understanding! This is a big deal for gay people. So, either you’re too stupid to realize it, or you’re too cowardly to admit the reason it doesn’t matter to YOU is because you don’t like gay people. Either way, wake up! The whole ignore it and it will go away and it doesn’t matter line is just as insulting and hurtful as the explicit “I don’t like gay people”.
nate9279 about 10 years ago
Excuse me! YOU are the real problem. Did you ever get tied up to a fence and left to die in the middle of Wyoming for being gay? Did you ever go through school having to hide your sexuality while everyone else was dating for fear of being tied to a fence and left to die? Do heterosexual players constantly flaunt their families when they win a game while millions of young impressionable gay viewers are watching feeling alienated and unrepresented!! Again people!!!! Empathy! Kindness! Understanding! This is a big deal for gay people. So, either you’re too stupid to realize it, or you’re too cowardly to admit the reason it doesn’t matter to YOU is because you don’t like gay people. Either way, wake up! The whole ignore it and it will go away and it doesn’t matter line is just as insulting and hurtful as the explicit “I don’t like gay people”.
krisjackson01 about 10 years ago
I agree. I remember one night in 1969 hearing some white people discussing civil rights in Little Rock. “I like colored people, I really do. And I think it’s a shame they’re having all these problems right now. And I think if we just shot a few more of their leaders the rest would settle down.” Silence is not a solution. Kudos to this brave young man and good luck in his career.
Dtroutma about 10 years ago
Very good, Ted.
William Bednar Premium Member about 10 years ago
If that bar of soap – that the Gay Guy is holding in the shower – looks a little too phallic, YOU might be Gay.