I guess we're just different but calling guys gay isn't funny and it's actually a slur. As far as it being juvenile you're correct. It is juvenile and in fact its something you'd be disciplined for in school if you were currently still a juvenile.

That is something you don't play with and I surely doubt that he says it if there weren't security there to protect him.


I also don't believe that his reaction means that he is a closeted homo either. I know plenty of people that would have reacted exactly the same way in that situation. He was essentially letting the guy know that he shouldn't play with him like that.

If he puts hands on him he would have been out of a lot of money. In retrospect it would have been stupid but in the heat of the moment it would have been totally understandable.

I apologize to The Hawk

I'm not cool with not being able to make fun of people for damn near anything.

I think humor should be off-limits entirely - anything is game.

I abhor "offense culture".

Looks like its not something new, for RW, though:

https://boomphilly.com/3003014/russell-westbrook-gay/

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Making fun of people to his wife is one thing. Saying it directly to Westbrook is another. What's wrong with respecting the guy?

In situations like that I think it's best to simply leave him alone.

If Westbrook would have hit him in that situation I think most people would have approved . I'm sure the guy would have thought twice about making comments like that in the future.

I apologize to The Hawk

How old are you? If you wait around for every person to respect you because you want them to, you will be living in disappointment.

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What culpability does the guy making the comment have in your opinion?

I apologize to The Hawk

Zero. He is a fuckwad who yells shit. Are they going to outlaw yelling now?

Ignore him. Like any other person who was not trying to BE the story would.

We hated Mariotti for always putting the spotlight on himself, and this pud is no different. Especially if Mariotti was gay, too. They'd have even more in common!

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What culpability does the guy making the comment have in your opinion?

Running around openly disrespecting people is cause to get the shit beat out of you. If you think it isn't you're wrong. The best to prevent it is by treating people with respect.

I apologize to The Hawk

In the end what did Westbrook do? I'll tell you what he did. Exactly the same thing the guy did. He said some offensive shit. Had he put hands on him then you could say he overstepped.

He has a right to respond to the guy. That was always my point.

I apologize to The Hawk

Saying he was going to fuck up the guy and his wife was verbal assault. If the guy wanted to, he could have gone to the states attorney's office and filed a complaint. There was no battery, as Westbrook did not follow through on his threat. But he made a threat and as much as the comments made by the fan may have been out of line, they in no way could be construed as threatening. Westbrook has now alerted fans everywhere that he has rabbit ears and may be liable to act out if provoked. Bad idea.

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Saying he was going to fuck up the guy and his wife was verbal assault. If the guy wanted to, he could have gone to the states attorney's office and filed a complaint. There was no battery, as Westbrook did not follow through on his threat. But he made a threat and as much as the comments made by the fan may have been out of line, they in no way could be construed as threatening. Westbrook has now alerted fans everywhere that he has rabbit ears and may be liable to act out if provoked. Bad idea.

I apologize to The Hawk

If we're going to get into legalities then Westbrook most definitely could have filed a civil suit for slander then.

I apologize to The Hawk

Saying he was going to fuck up the guy and his wife was verbal assault. If the guy wanted to, he could have gone to the states attorney's office and filed a complaint. There was no battery, as Westbrook did not follow through on his threat. But he made a threat and as much as the comments made by the fan may have been out of line, they in no way could be construed as threatening. Westbrook has now alerted fans everywhere that he has rabbit ears and may be liable to act out if provoked. Bad idea.

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Indeed.

KD ditched his punk ass for a reason.

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A black guy getting a pass is called the last 40 years of history. We are at the point where there are more black on white crimes than lynchings. But LTG will never mention that.

Have a terrible night and die in MANY fires.

Glad you brought that up. There are a lot of people that would have fought Draymond when he called KD all kinds of bitches in the locker room. Do you think KD was correct to ignore him? I don't. He seemingly punked him.

I apologize to The Hawk

Despite being 13% of the population they commit 52% of homicides. If you account for the gender gap in murder its closer to 6% (that Russell Westbrook belongs to) committing 47% of homicides.

But it's OK. He was "disrespected" so he should be able to swing on a fan.

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Secondly show me where black guys with $200 million dollar contracts are out committing murders and then you may have a point.

Here's the thing about you: You say this kind of stuff, seemingly asking for evidence, but in reality you're posing a ruse that will allow you to label anyone who provides you with that evidence as a racist.

So, you're not actually interested in hearing about athletes with multi-million dollar contracts committing murders, you just want to goad someone into posting something that you can use later on down the road in one of your "here is [millionth poster you've had a personal beef with] being Johnny On The Spot with a list of all the black pro athletes who've committed murders, wonder why he knows that?" posts which conveniently forget that you asked for the information you would be labeling as racist.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Here's the thing about you: You say this kind of stuff, seemingly asking for evidence, but in reality you're posing a ruse that will allow you to label anyone who provides you with that evidence as a racist.

So, you're not actually interested in hearing about athletes with multi-million dollar contracts committing murders, you just want to goad someone into posting something that you can use later on down the road in one of your "here is [millionth poster you've had a personal beef with] being Johnny On The Spot with a list of all the black pro athletes who've committed murders, wonder why he knows that?" posts which conveniently forget that you asked for the information you would be labeling as racist.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

OJ Simpson
Ray Lewis
Ray Carruth

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Neither of whom had $200 million dollar contracts.

Or even $100 million dollar contracts.

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole

Also, failing calling someone a racist for being able to find pro athletes who have murdered people, you'll pull this shit. Your "$200 million contract" mark was completely arbitrary. What is the practical difference between a $200 million athlete and an athlete earning only multiple millions of dollars, for the purposes of this discussion?

You want to make the argument that no athlete with a "$200 million contract" would be so stupid as to risk his generational wealth by committing criminally violent acts while under contract, but the reality is that there haven't been that many athletes with contracts worth that much.

Also, Ray Lewis earned $99 million in his career.

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Well it used to be a reference to a referee blowing the game so I don’t know if that’s what he was going with in regards to Westbrook. Westbrook however is trying to hide behind the race card saying he took it as a slur so it’s justification for ....everything .

Of course jew parko out there blaming the white guy

Is Toxic a racist?