Reply #19: Anyone who could find something to "redeem" him in that article [View All]

[Maven]

is no friend of the GLBT community. Sorry. It only shows how deep his hatred runs. You like him for being "candid?" What a farce. Frankly, his first statement was more "candid." This is spin control wrought into a trainwreck, nothing more. He hasn't learned anything, and makes it perfectly clear that he doesn't intend to.

"You could pick out comments to argue that he's a good guy if you wanted to."

O.M.G. No, you really couldn't. He's a loathsome bigot, and if someone had said ANY of the things he said about a racial minority, I DOUBT you'd be on here saying this interview could "redeem" him in the eyes of anyone but a fellow bigot.

I don't "claim" he's playing the victim, he SAYS he's afraid for his life (!). From whom, I wonder? Obviously those hateful, awful people who think what he said was despicable. Just playing into the whole "gays are predators" bullshit. No wonder he still crosses the street when he sees us.

Let me break it down for you: I have no interest in "changing" someone like Tim Hardaway. It's not really within any of our power. People like him, deeply, unapologetically hateful people, rarely change. Rarely. What I'm interested in is using him as a mirror to other people who hate more quietly, who are quietly homophobic, to show them the ultimate absurdity of their prejudice. Tim Hardaway himself can go piss up a rope.

"In this case, in this interview, there are signs that he is struggling with the issue, that he has changed to some degree."

WHAT? What signs? His attitude hasn't changed at all, only his awareness that he should be more "discreet" about it and use "better words" next time. And if this little "slip-up" wasn't costing him $$$$$$, you know what he'd be apologizing for? NOTHING.

Again, picture yourself saying any of this about a racist who "apologized" for "using the wrong words." Gimme a break. And the article was nothing but a friend helping another friend out. Like I said, he just wound up making his friend look worse.