Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Sticks and Stones?

NBA superstar Kobe Bryant called referee Bennie Adams a "Faggot" following both a personal and technical foul call that didn't go Kobe's way on Tuesday night:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Gay-rights-group-complains-as-Kobe-is-caught-usi?urn=nba-wp1277

Here's the comment of mine that Yahoo! Sports, NBA, refuses to publish, although it's fine with publishing gay-bashing remarks of certain bigots:

Well, since the actual article on Kobe's 6-letter "F" word doesn't provide space for comments, I'll post my thoughts here. First of all, I've always hated Kobe Bryant's behaviour; he's the best basketball player on the planet, but he's rude, foul-mouthed and disgustingly arrogant! The slur was obviously the worst part of the misbehaviour from yesterday, but the aggressive shoving of his teammate Joe Smith's friendly, fist-bump-ready extended hand came pretty close! Not to mention the whining & tantrums that earned him the technical foul in the first place! Now, if Kobe & his supporters think it's fine to use such language, then they should remain calm if some referee or white player from the opposition calls Kobe the "N" word in the next game! Kobe Bryant gets away with a whole lot of ugly outbursts that would've assured dire consequences for some of his colleagues....for instance, how do you the league would've reacted had Dwight Howard exhibited the same pattern of gross behaviour that Kobe displayed on-court yesterday??!! Having said that, I'd like to add that much worse behaviour is tolerated in White-dominated sports like Tennis and Ice-Hockey! John McEnroe & Andre Agassi were known to hurl ugly insults at umpires and linesmen/women! NHL players fight like wild animals in the hockey arena, often with referees passively watching & commentators actually expressing glee + excitement! If some professional sportsmen are allowed to be as obnoxious as they wish to, while others are penalised for similar acts, then you can't blame people for thinking that the ones deemed worthy of punishment are the
Uppity N******S who need to be put in their place! And that, my friends, is prejudice & unfair discrimination!

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