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Active NBA Player Jason Collins Reveals Himself To Be Gay

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Old 04-30-2013, 10:58 AM   #1
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Re: Active NBA Player Jason Collins Reveals Himself To Be Gay

Don't care. Not a news story. Don't give a shit about his sexuality. Might as well have a breaking news about his height, weight, and race. Only bigots think this is ground breaking.


edit: It's still a better story than anything Tim Tebow related. **** that guy...seriously.
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Old 04-30-2013, 02:08 PM   #2
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Re: Active NBA Player Jason Collins Reveals Himself To Be Gay

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Don't care. Not a news story. Don't give a shit about his sexuality. Might as well have a breaking news about his height, weight, and race. Only bigots think this is ground breaking.


edit: It's still a better story than anything Tim Tebow related. **** that guy...seriously.

Im not sure if you read Collins' article, but he also made an announcement about his race:

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I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay.
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Re: Active NBA Player Jason Collins Reveals Himself To Be Gay

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Don't care. Not a news story. Don't give a shit about his sexuality. Might as well have a breaking news about his height, weight, and race. Only bigots think this is ground breaking.


edit: It's still a better story than anything Tim Tebow related. **** that guy...seriously.
Can you expound upon this? It's certainly not ground breaking that a gay male is playing on a professional sports team. It is a first that he's actually out while still being active (not retired, like John Amaechi).

If it's not ground breaking, it's certainly more than "not a news" story- it's lead sports headlines, morning talk shows and talk radio for the past few days. Two Presidents also thought it was enough of a landmark moment to actually call Collins. I'm not sure how everyone else's social media networks look, but a diverse cross section of my friends are commenting on this story (including those not even into sports).
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