Comments on: Hawaii coach apologizes for gay slur

By: charley

charley — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:26:22 +0000

I agree with the last comment. If you can’t repeat the chant skip the story.

By: RedAle

RedAle — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:54:38 +0000

This article is like reading one from the “Daily Prophet” in the Harry Potter books.

Is the word Voldemort? Excuse me, “he who can’t be named?”

What was the comment? What is WAC?

Isn’t one of the rules of journalism don’t assume the reader knows what the story is about? (This is directed toward the AP)

By: john the prophet

john the prophet — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:29:25 +0000

Sorry I got caught up in my rants. Until we correct our own usage of the words and remove the perceived derogatory understanding of others using them .. then we are at a loss. My issue is why are we taking offence to the utterance of the word when we should be taking offence to the context of the use of the word? Why is the ability to use the word so much more powerful than the context of the word?? This I blame on all us, especilly the GLBT media. fag, homo,dyke, pillowbiter ect mean nothing unless we empower them. So if someone in public position uses the words then we should let them know but I do not thik it benefits us if we throw this into the mainstream “hey they slured us”. In my opinion it makes us all look like FAGS( Fag : one who is weak and lacking a backbone 2: a person or group who is helpless and needs public support to gain acceptance. 3: One who wishes they were a lesbian. LMAO this is my webster of FAG

By: john the prophet

john the prophet — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:55:29 +0000

I would give the N.D. a suck my holy rosary on dancing with the stars. So lets get over it.
How many times do we or the rest of our fiends use lesbian/homo/trans/bi/ slurs in your daily conversation huhuhuhuuh? everyone of us . It is so prevelant amoung us “minorities” it is ridiculous. Hey 365 how many times yall staff bloggers use the words while sitting in traffic and also the rest of us come on… be honest and thinking the words counts.. I call my friends a queen,dyke,fag ( I reserve homo and lesbian for those that are above this BS) and such just to say what up. Every negro I know use nigger to their spouse/lover/ partner/ friends in every day conversation…. SO the mistake this coach committed was backing down suggesting that notre dame “dance” was worse than being a fag.”Step Ball Chain Kick Step Ball Chain Kick –SUPERSTAR Hey Coach if a Fag was in charge ND would be a contender every year. OHIO State has the **** dance and even Bob Fosse Couldnt help them… So come on people lets grow up
BTW I love the Word FAG it is so Beowulf in all meanings and DYKE is so commanding

By: Yukkuri

Yukkuri — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:53:21 +0000

While I don’t like how people use gay slurs in regular speech, I can forgive the guy. This is something that’s hard for me to change, even in my best friends.

He seems truly regretful for what he said. He’ll accept his punishment and move on. That’s OK! If it extends to something more violent then I’ll definitely be ticked off, but as it stands he’s helped highlight another issue when it comes to being gay.

By: Rob Cutchins

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:51:50 +0000

These types of incidents serve a good purpose. While on the public stage, this coach decided to use terms of discrimination. Whether or not he personally has prejudice against gays, or not, he has been “outed” (so to speak). I do believe his use of that word in a public (or private) manner has come to a quick halt. Eyes and ears will now be upon him for a very long time, giving him the opportunity to either reevaluate his true feelings, or at a minimum, use more benign terms when trying to crack a joke.

By: Sara Bellum

Sara Bellum — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:23:25 +0000

“The second-year Warriors coach said he has nothing but respect for the Fighting Irish, …”

As Paulied mentioned, why don’t the people involved in this fail to get that it wasn’t Notre Dame who was insulted?

If this characterizing the situation correctly, doesn’t that make it even worse?

By: paulied

paulied — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:35:41 +0000

Is it just me or is anyone else offended that the UH athletic director apologized to Notre Dame? THEY are the ones who have been insulted?!

By: mdw021

mdw021 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:25:58 +0000

I don’t condone the behavior yet at the same time it shows the systemic issue that gay slurs are still not viewed as epitaphs towards us. People say fag or thats so gay all the time and it is tolerated – so the fact that this gets attention now seems to show a shift in attitude towards remarks that can be disparaging. On the other hand, what is with our community for wanting to crucify people who actually do apologize? When we have the DOD referring to us as pedophiles still and never once issuing an apology for it, how do we expect others to not follow that example of disparaging us?

By: weekilter

weekilter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:24:26 +0000

When someone profusely apologizes for their “slip” it only means that their true self was exposed.