Superthread LXVIII: Honouring Sore Losers from Queensland

[Apey]

Looks like I might be going to have to send in an official appeal for my one of my Uni results... sigh.

 

[BunniesMan]

because it's a massive, life changing step..

whilst it may not change the way others view you, it changes your view on the outside world.. Your perceptions on how you think everyone else is looking at you..

good on him.. Yes, it's a brave step, for the reasons I've just listed..

IMHO, he should have done it years ago, may have helped him..

but who am i to judge..?

Everybody knew.

Looks like I might be going to have to send in an official appeal for my one of my Uni results... sigh.

Did your uni f**k something up?

 

[Bazal]

Hell of a f**king ride from Tony Martin. Absolutely killed it!

Smart from Nibali and Astana, too. Give the lead to a bloke who won't keep it in the mountains, take the pressure off a bit.

 

[Jason Maher]

This year's Tour has been pretty bloody good thus far.

 

[Bazal]

It won't be truly good until Contador is hit by a train

 

[muzby]

anyone else up watching the cup final?

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Morning

 

[butchmcdick]

And you're clutching at straws.

Explain why an NRL player coming out reduces the sting of a homophobic slur then. Where do you think this homophobic slur that is supposedly being reduced is coming from? Average homophobic Joe doesn't care about NRL, an NRL player comes out of the closet, *insert missing logic connector*, homophobic Joe now thinks 'I see the light maybe the gays aren't all bad'.

Pretty bleeding obvious it was aimed at the line of thought "oh he's gay but rugby league is tough so maybe not all gays are pansies after all". I don't think I need to spell it out which subgroup of people is more likely and primarily going to think this.



The jibe wasn't an NRL vs AFL thing (only the timing of the articles/the AFL incident) so it wasn't commenting on the NRL being more popular. The popularity arguments lends to my point anyway, not yours. Popularity = more fans. So the reduction in impact of this slur is because the NRL has so many fans. Uhuh...

This was front page on news.com this morning

http://www.news.com.au/sport/brian-...orpes-coming-out/story-fnaqgujp-1226987322000

No mention of NRL

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Hodor

 

[God-King Dean]

I agree with that. Not criticising the guy, but seriously who cares. I get that it was a big thing for him, and hey, good on him. But why is it such massive news? And why is it brave? I haven't seen the interview but why is him coming out brave, but no one (I've seen anyway) mentions how brave he is for talking about his depression and whatnot? Honestly who gives a shit about his sexuality? It doesn't change his achievements, it's not a condition he has to suffer, it's not something that changes him. Dude's gay...maybe I'm missing something having never had to go through it, but seriously I don't see the big deal here.

Like I said, I'm not criticising him at all, I can imagine it was a big deal for him. But the massive deal being made out of it is something I don't understand.

It isn't big news. In fact, it's not even news.

It's just the Telecrap is nothing more than a tabloid, & they love that sort of shit.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Somebody score a goal

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

https://www.google.com/search?clien...fl4oqyatunoggca&ved=0cbwqbsga&biw=946&bih=920deutchsland!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[muzby]

finally....


it's games like this one that remind me why i don't like soccer...

 

[Rhino_NQ]

finally....


it's games like this one that remind me why i don't like soccer...

only get a short rest mate then it is 30+ weeks of epl goodness to hear about

 

[muzby]

i just don't get the hype around the game..

i find it slow, and the over the top theatrics just ruin it..

clearly I'm in the minority though, given the size of the game globally..

but.. Just don't find it exciting.. And i can enjoy most sports for their merits..

hell, I'm even starting to get to know some of the darts players on the tv..

but soccer? Wouldn't know my messi from my grossi. When Sydney signed allesandro di peitro, i didn't even know who he was.. Couldn't understand why it was such a big thing..

 

[Twizzle]

Europeans probably dont understand why League is so popular

 

[muzby]

Europeans probably dont understand why League is so popular

strangely enough, i have a european background (dad born OS) and he is soccer mad..

soccer was what i was raised on (it was always on the TV at home & at my grandparents place, the only sport i was allowed to play as a kid, we went to heaps of live matches as dad was involved with a club in the old NSL days etc etc)

but still couldn't get into it and gravitated to both following and playing league..

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Thug.

 

[ek999]

And you're clutching at straws.

Explain why an NRL player coming out reduces the sting of a homophobic slur then. Where do you think this homophobic slur that is supposedly being reduced is coming from? Average homophobic Joe doesn't care about NRL, an NRL player comes out of the closet, *insert missing logic connector*, homophobic Joe now thinks 'I see the light maybe the gays aren't all bad'.

Pretty bleeding obvious it was aimed at the line of thought "oh he's gay but rugby league is tough so maybe not all gays are pansies after all". I don't think I need to spell it out which subgroup of people is more likely and primarily going to think this.

No, you are reading way too muich into it still.

The original quote was

When league player Ian Roberts declared himself gay nearly 20 years ago, it instantly reduced the voltage of sting on the cruellest schoolyard epithet of the lot, ?yer a twinkie.?

The author is writing about schoolyard bullying andboys calling other boys gay/twinkie/LollyPop etc. Roberts coming out showed kids, especially gay ones struggling with their sexuality, that it doesn't matter if you're gay.

It has nothing to do with the fans of one code of sport or the other. Just that Roberts revealing his sexuality gave strength to every gay kid regardless of whether they supported rugby league or not.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

All soccer players and fans are twinkies.