I think this guy has a right to discuss his sexuality if he wants. What I think a lot of people are glossing over is it doesn't really sound like this was the time he wanted to do it.
Are you saying gay people can just never tell anyone they're gay and that would solve the problem? I'm not really understanding.And I don't really understand how you came to that conclusion after reading what I wrote.
I don't own an NFL team so why does my opinion matter? That's like me saying there is a hurricane coming and you saying I hope you agree hurricanes are a bad thing. I'm just telling you what the situation is on the ground.
That's just sort of a lame argument. We're allowed to have opinions and beliefs about things we don't directly control. Would you say the same thing if a baseball team refused to hire black players?Ummm... and how would a baseball team hiring a black player be a media circus in 2014? Also what you fail to realize is we are allowed to not have opinions on things we don't control.
Your experience isn't really relevant at all.
And you wonder why I didn't offer you my opinion on command.
I thought it was very odd for someone to come out of the closet at this juncture. It doesn't seem like the best career move. But it doesn't seem like it was his choice.
That's why he's being brave and doing something good for society.
So because it wasn't his choice it's "brave." I don't follow. Read the story. He quite clearly says he felt he was going to get outed and he wanted to get out and take control of his story. I read nothing that indicates he did this by choice. Sounds to me if he had a choice he would have put it off till later.
We don't have to be complacent with homophobia, we can create a more tolerant world where sexual orientation isn't cause for hatred and fear.
I don't know how letting someone pick the time and place when they come out of the closet is being "complacent with homophobia." Should I have outed my homosexual coworkers just to help the cause?
From the article...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/sports/michael-sam-college-football-star-says-he-is-gay-ahead-of-nfl-draft.html?_r=1Doesn't sound like right before the draft was when he wanted to do this.