OT:Britney Griner comes out

[zyron]

Just leave Griner alone! She never asked for all this attention. She's obviously been one of the best Women's Basketball players the past 4 years. She's set a new standard in Women's basketball. She's put up with more abuse (aka ) from opposing fans than anyone of us could ever imagine in our lifetimes. I've read many, many, many nasty posts against her on the ESPN boards, only to be baffled about so much hate. Obviously, she stronger than most of us can realize. To come out like this, just proves how tough she is. I admire her for being so brave. Good for her! No, Excellent for her!

How about when she blind side punched another player in the face? Happy she is out because everyone deserves to live their life, but lets not make her out to be some amazing person.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

brave is not telling someone you like to have sex with your own gender in a time where it is no longer looked at as taboo like in the past.

If that's the case then why hasn't a single guy in any american team sport ever done it?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

How about when she blind side punched another player in the face? Happy she is out because everyone deserves to live their life, but lets not make her out to be some amazing person.

Eh, I don't know the first thing about Britney Griner but Shaq came about an inch and a half from decapitating Brad Miller when he was walking away from him and people don't hold it against him. Basketball players who have a pronounced physical advantage get cheap shotted all the time. You'd like for them to always keep their head but sometimes they lose their composure. Hardly a character indictment.

 

[Fishy]

She punched someone?

- how is she allowed to walk free among us?

 

[61cygni]

It's decided; we send her to the moon.

 

[Deadrody]

I'm sorry but sammydabiz just happened to say what many of you thought.........let's cut the holier than thou BS.........

Do I feel sorry for her because of these assumptions and labels? Hell yeah but I feel sorry for many people who others joke about and sometimes the timing can be pretty funny......geez

Like Fishy and Deep, for instance

 

[Deadrody]

If that's the case then why hasn't a single guy in any american team sport ever done it?

Is Griner planning on playing for one of those teams ? No. As previously mentioned in this thread, she is hardly the first or last member of the WNBA to come out.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Is Griner planning on playing for one of those teams ? No. As previously mentioned in this thread, she is hardly the first or last member of the WNBA to come out.

If your position is that it's not a big deal, and a positive thing that should be commended, when a high profile athlete comes out, then you're entitled to it. And I'm entitled to think that you're pretty out of touch with reality.

 

[blackbird]

Brave? brave is a child fighting cancer and still having a smile on his face. brave is injured people helping others in a terrorist attack. brave is sacrificing your life to save children from a madman. brave is not telling someone you like to have sex with your own gender in a time where it is no longer looked at as taboo like in the past.

First of all, you obviously haven't been out of the state of Connecticut if you think it's no longer a taboo. Trust me, it is. And in fact, I actually wasn't sure if she was gay or not, specifically because of the school she went to. I'm surprised she wasn't kicked out if they were aware of it.

Second of all, this young woman faces ridicule every single day just by virtue of genetics. Heck, there's evidence of it in this thread. And this has likely been the case her entire life. Sure, she doesn't put herself in physical danger (although, that might have just been the case of the people who have bullied her in the past not taking it that far..) but she's pretty damn tough. In recent years we've seen how some kids have reacted to a lot less bullying than Griner's received. (Between suicides and shooting sprees.)

But she's not, this is a young woman who is clearly comfortable in her own skin, with essentially the entire country telling her she shouldn't be.

 

[CAHUSKY]

She punched someone?

- how is she allowed to walk free among us?

Speaking of buzz aldrin. I once delivered an amenity to his room at the Resort at Squaw Creek in Tahoe and he answered the door in boxer shorts. Very disturbing. Not as disturbing as his wife but really disturbing.

 

[hungry husky]

Brave? brave is a child fighting cancer and still having a smile on his face. brave is injured people helping others in a terrorist attack. brave is sacrificing your life to save children from a madman. brave is not telling someone you like to have sex with your own gender in a time where it is no longer looked at as taboo like in the past.

Going to have to disagree with you chief. Brave can be taking a stance and embracing something that many other people are openly against. How would you describe Magic Johnson inviting the entire world into his life when he announced he had HIV?

 

[mauconnfan]

Going to have to disagree with you chief. Brave can be taking a stance and embracing something that many other people are openly against. How would you describe Magic Johnson inviting the entire world into his life when he announced he had HIV?

I think he was a little "braver" when he had to tell his wife!!

 

[TheChamps990411]

Going to have to disagree with you chief. Brave can be taking a stance and embracing something that many other people are openly against. How would you describe Magic Johnson inviting the entire world into his life when he announced he had HIV?

So the obese should be looked at as brave?

 

[TheChamps990411]

First of all, you obviously haven't been out of the state of Connecticut if you think it's no longer a taboo. Trust me, it is. And in fact, I actually wasn't sure if she was gay or not, specifically because of the school she went to. I'm surprised she wasn't kicked out if they were aware of it.

Second of all, this young woman faces ridicule every single day just by virtue of genetics. Heck, there's evidence of it in this thread. And this has likely been the case her entire life. Sure, she doesn't put herself in physical danger (although, that might have just been the case of the people who have bullied her in the past not taking it that far..) but she's pretty damn tough. In recent years we've seen how some kids have reacted to a lot less bullying than Griner's received. (Between suicides and shooting sprees.)

But she's not, this is a young woman who is clearly comfortable in her own skin, with essentially the entire country telling her she shouldn't be.

and youve problably spent a lot of time in the bible belt. MOST of the open discrimination the gay community receives is from right wing nuts!

 

[blackbird]

No, I spend most of the time in the North East as well. I just know the reality.

And I agree, it is mostly from the Bible Belt. Like around Texas...where she's from.

 

[RS9999X]

If that's the case then why hasn't a single guy in any american team sport ever done it?

Done what? Steroids? Cheat on their wife? Cheat on their Taxes? Beat off? Eat Sushi?

There's lots of stuff they keep to themselves. Thank God.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Done what? Steroids? Cheat on their wife? Cheat on their Taxes? Beat off? Eat Sushi?.

Sounds like my typical weekend in Reno.

 

[RS9999X]

But she's not, this is a young woman who is clearly comfortable in her own skin, with essentially the entire country telling her she shouldn't be.

No. You missed the point where the gay activists want her to feel uncomfortable in her skin because of other people. What they would like is a suicidal head case. A Harvey Milk stereotype. Not someone well adjusted. Then again I have a theory on all political activists of every stripe and mental illness.

I'm off to listen to Tom Robinson's Glad to be Gay the exploitative 1978 song about gay hate.

And STDs. People don't brag about their STD's. Unless you are en ex-Laker like Magic or Kareem. In LA its assumed everyone has STDs.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Done what? Steroids? Cheat on their wife? Cheat on their Taxes? Beat off? Eat Sushi?

There's lots of stuff they keep to themselves. Thank God.

I get the sense you're trying to make a legitimate point here but I'm not seeing it. I don't see the connection between steroid use, infidelity, the commission of a crime, masturbation, or a predilection for Japanese food and being gay. If you do I'm not sure what you could possibly have to say on the topic that's worth hearing.

And, of course, the one thing they don't have to keep to themselves is their relationship with their partner, as long as it's a woman.

 

[CAHUSKY]

No. You missed the point where the gay activists want her to feel uncomfortable in her skin because of other people. What they would like is a suicidal head case. A Harvey Milk stereotype. Not someone well adjusted. .

Harvey Milk was a suicidal head case?

 

[RS9999X]

And, of course, the one thing they don't have to keep to themselves is their relationship with their partner, as long as it's a woman.

They don't have to do that either. I don't care if the entire Yankees Bullpen screws each other. We know they do. I've told them to go F'themsleves before. More than once. Just as long as its not the Red Sox bullpen.

 

[RS9999X]

Harvey Milk was a suicidal head case?

I meant his boyfriend

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

No. You missed the point where the gay activists want her to feel uncomfortable in her skin because of other people. What they would like is a suicidal head case. A Harvey Milk stereotype. Not someone well adjusted.

Ah, so it's the "gay activists" that have created discomfort around high profile athletes coming out. If it wasn't for those pesky gay activists there'd be no problem. That makes perfect sense. Like black people perpetuating racism being the only reason racism still exists.

Incidentally, your comments about Harvey Milk are nonsensical. He was murdered by a suicidal headcase. Not sure where you got the idea that he was one himself. You should stop hanging out in these spots in LA where people brag about STDs. Your brain seems a little addled.

 

[CAHUSKY]

I meant his boyfriend

Scott Smith? I'm guessing you're somehow confusing Milks killer, Dan White,(not gay) with Harvey Milk. If so, you should probably avoid making sweeping political statements on issues that you are clearly out of your depth in

 

[RS9999X]

RS9999X said:

I meant his boyfriend

Scott Smith? I'm guessing you're somehow confusing Milks killer, Dan White,(not gay) with Harvey Milk. If so, you should probably avoid making sweeping political statements on issues that you are clearly out of your depth in

Lira. Not Smith

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