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Hardaway To Hang With Gays And Lesbians


Tim Hardaway says that he doesn’t hate gay people anymore, so to prove it Hardaway plans to speak with a gay organization soon so that he can “make them understand” why he made his comments. That’s probably not the best approach to take in this situation, he might want to consider using this opportunity to focus on how to be more considerate of others. Nah, Hardaway feels that hanging out with gays and lesbians for an hour or so will be enough to change his outlook on the matter. When asked about sensitivity training Hardaway replied, “Why should I go to that? I’d rather go straight to (a gay organization).” Now, who would have predicted that statement coming out of Timmy’s mouth a few weeks ago?

But apparently Hardaway still has issues when it comes to promoting the homosexual community in any way. He doesn’t want to talk about Ameachi’s reaction to his tirade saying “I wasn’t interested in what he had to say about (my comments). I’m not interested in trying to sell his book.” And when he was invited to spend the day with North Miami’s gay Mayor Kevin Burns, Hardaway rebuffed the offer “because that was more for publicity for him.”

Look, if he wants to move past this situation, he’s going to have to do a bit more to embrace the gay population than simply popping into a local community center for a bit. Hardaway simply doesn’t get the concept of image. He threw himself under a bus because he didn’t know how to project himself properly and now he can’t get out from beneath the wheels because of his own stupidity.

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[Miami Herald]: HARDAWAY LOOKING FOR SECOND CHANCE

3 replies on “Hardaway To Hang With Gays And Lesbians”

Convictions — In all honesty – why the hell wouldn’t Hardaway stick by his convictions?

He hates gay people and finds them immoral and wrong. Since when do people need to change how they feel about people who live like perverts and go out and apologize to everyone they see? Why can’t someone have an opposing viewpoint that may actually be legitimate? If Hardaway finds it wrong – why should he be punished? UGH.

It’s crazy. This whole country has lost its damn mind.

Sometime You Have To Bite Your Tounge — You’re right, he can have any opinion he wants. The conflict lies in that he wants to be a talking head for the league and Charles Barkley is the only guy in the NBA media that could possibly get away with saying something like he “hates gay people.” Other than him, these guys are expected to be politically correct and whether Hardaway believes in something or not, he has to know the rules of the game and conduct himself accordingly. He can either be outspoken or he can have a job as a NBA media member, that’s just the way it is in today’s league.

that’s exactly right — it’s the NBA’s version of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

We’ll look the other way on your homophobia as long as you don’t get on a platform and tell it to the world so that it makes the league look bad.

Seems like a fair enough bargain to me.

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