Homophobia in football

[Toney’s bookie]

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[mexico1970]

No offense is meant as both my posts were written as to be neutral and not aimed at a particular group or practice and only someone looking to be offended would think otherwise.

Think about it - If you're trying to defend the tolerance of something/anything then you naturally become less tolerant of the things that attack it, until you're finally tolerant of nothing other the original subject.

You've perfectly highlighted what happens when you try to please everyone mate, you end up pleasing no one.

In fact worse than that you can get the attention of ideologues who think there are two choices in any instance and that you are with them fully or you are against them.

Best to give your opinion and then give no quarter, if others don't like it they could always write to their MP.

 

[stonerblue]

Just saw this:



Religion is so messed up. You can be openly homophobic if you want as long as you hide behind “religious reasons”.

Not wearing an LGBTQ armband is not homophobic.

 

[mexico1970]

So it was ok all those years ago when England played in Berlin and the whole team had to give the Nazi salute because they were told too?

The intention was important, if the protest by a member of a team would be classes as "progressive" it would be welcomed. This should have been kept out of sports as well as politics.

There is nothing inclusive about either.

 

[No.8]

Hate him for that too then. It's got nothing to do with wearing poppies Vs wearing rainbow armbands though.

It was YOU that made the comparison and brought him into the argument

 

[stonerblue]

My group of mates is very 00s ‘lad culture’, un-PC. Yet if one of our mates came out gay, I don’t think any of us would bat an eyelid. What someone likes sexually has nowt to do with anyone else. Unless the lad he was shagging was a fat ugly ****, then we’d then take the piss out of him for having shit taste in men like we would any of the lads who shag a female fifteen-pinter.

hahahahaahaha

 

[Gazza]

Not wearing an LGBTQ armband is not homophobic.

He probably should have let his feelings known to the manager who could have quietly given the captaincy to another player for the game - the result would be less people offended.

 

[supercity88]

It was YOU that made the comparison and brought him into the argument

Read it back mate as he was actually saying the same thing you are - you can hate the bloke for certain things but you should respect his right to have his position on other things even if you don't agree.

The point is, you could respect Morsy for not wearing the armband for religious beliefs if he was consistent. But he's happily worn betting sponsors on his shirt despite that being against his religious beliefs so he's picking and choosing when he applies them which points to a bigger issue.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Not wearing an LGBTQ armband is not homophobic.

Refusing to wear an armband calling for the basic dignity and human rights of LGBTQ people does make you homophobic, actually. Especially when your reason is "it's against my religion".

If your religion tells you that gay people don't deserve the same human rights as straight people, it's a homophobic religion. Sadly, the vast majority of religions are.

These guys should own it. It's been said already, but it's funny how these players follow the Bible or the Quran to the letter when it comes to gay people, but when it comes to sex, drinking and gambling, it's all open to interpretation.

 

[jaiguruKun]

What Guehi did is more homophobic than Morsy in my opinion. His fundamentalist Christian position is that gays will go to hell but can be saved if they believe in Jesus.