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bathroommonkey76

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5. During the 80s and 90s those terms

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2017, 05:15 AM

May 2017

were used on every basketball court I played- I doubt much has changed.

You gotta remember the NBA, NFL, NHL, and other major sports have to pretend to be part of the world of inclusiveness. Homosexuality is definitely frowned upon by the athletes in these sports.

It doesn't matter if a person makes 200 million, or 20 grand a year- Ignorance will always exist in our society.

But I was happy to see the MLB take a stand against Pillar.

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Use of the word "f*ggot" in sports [View all] True Dough May 2017 OP

In my lifetime, I've heard many homosexuals use derogatory names against their own... dubyadiprecession May 2017 #1

Let's explore that concept True Dough May 2017 #3

As a straight white guy, I can't imagine calling it a double standard mythology May 2017 #4

Agreed! n/t True Dough May 2017 #9

How about we just don't use words associated with hate speech? retrowire May 2017 #2

Or set their sights even higher? caraher Jun 2017 #11

Lol this is fun! Nt retrowire Jun 2017 #12

During the 80s and 90s those terms bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #5

Of course you were glad Pillar was penalized True Dough May 2017 #8

He's on a couple of my rosters outside of the DU league. haha bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #10

Have you forgotten... CanSocDem May 2017 #6

Hadn't forgotten True Dough May 2017 #7