Anthony Edwards just nuked his golden boy status.

[Eagle4]

Society in the 90s with today's technological advances would be the GOAT.

[therealbig3]

Not defending anyone, but queer is an acceptable term now isn't it

Depends on the context. Just like with any other term.

If I see a person wearing a yarmulke, and I comment to my friends, “look, he’s Jewish”, that’s one thing.

If I see that same person, and I say “look at this Jewish-ass dude” and I start laughing because I think he looks funny, that’s something else, isn’t it?

[DeBlazerRiddem]

Not defending anyone, but queer is an acceptable term now isn't it

How are people still surprised that how a word is used means just as much as what the actual word was? Like if you saying something insultingly it doesn't matter if you picked politically correct terms to do so, its still an insult.

But silly folks want to play word games and act like they so ignorant to the problem just so they can get away with being insulting. Its transparent AF

[SlovenianDragon]

Not defending anyone, but queer is an acceptable term now isn't it

Depends on the context. Just like with any other term.

If I see a person wearing a yarmulke, and I comment to my friends, “look, he’s Jewish”, that’s one thing.

If I see that same person, and I say “look at this Jewish-ass dude” and I start laughing because I think he looks funny, that’s something else, isn’t it?

No both comments were lame get better Jewish jokes.

[Wooderson]

what's wrong with calling a group of gay people gay? If they are queer and they are n*ggazzz (I don't know if black people can say that nowadays) that's exactly what they are.

I know I know he said it in a derogatory tone but if I were him I would just play it like I meant no disrespect. Your bigotry is putting extra meaning to my words.

Uh at the end of it he said "look at the what the world dun came to"

Clearly he has a problem with gay people and what he said was incredibly homophobic.

[therealbig3]

lol @ "we've all done worse". Please start speaking for yourselves. This was gross and he should know better

I wouldn’t say I’ve done worse, but I know I’ve made off handed comments about people in my teenage years, maybe my early 20s about people that looked different, usually to try and be funny or cool around the people I was with…but then I figured out it wasn’t funny or cool, I was just being an ass. Especially since there are a lot of things people could say at my expense that I wouldn’t appreciate, so why do that to others?

Kids ARE stupid. There’s no denying that. At 21, he’s been an adult for less time than he’s needed a babysitter. Not to mention that men just mature a lot slower than women, and a 21 year old man REALLY isn’t the adult that people would think he is.

[BobbyPortisEyes]

Homosexuality and even bisexuality are still taboo subjects among NBA players, I’m not surprised by this in the slightest. I would guess something like 75% of NBA players aren’t really fans of the whole gay thing.

https://www.outsports.com/platform/amp/homophobia/2022/3/5/22950100/nba-players-gay-homophobic-tweet-fan-lgbtq-playoffs-player-heat-76ers-suns-warriors

Most heterosexual people aren’t “fans” of homosexuality either but in modern society it’s not polite to disrespect people for being different.

I meant more "not fans" as in like they wouldn't be caught dead going to a Pride parade even though it's a nice activity for straight people too.

[cupcakesnake]

Hate to be the T-Wolves mod locking this thread but this just isn't a basketball discussion. It was fine to post because it's news about a basketball player, but now as the pages of takes on discrimination pile up, this topic's time on the General Board is done. Current Affairs board is there if you want to open a topic to discuss discrimination based on sexuality.