Posted on 10/28/2009 1:17:20 PM PDT by DogBarkTree
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson issued his second apology in the past yearTuesday and was told to stay away from the team while the NFL and the Chiefs complete their investigation into his use of a gay slur.. his references to the media in this week's controversial "tweets" to his fans.
As Johnson was releasing his apology, a national gay rights advocacy organization called on the league and the team to take disciplinary action against the two-time Pro Bowler.
The latest chapter in Johnson's stormy career began Sunday night when he questioned coach Todd Haley's football credentials on his Twitter account.
He used the slur during an exchange with one of his Twitter followers. A day later, he used it again as he brushed off reporters and told them he would not comment, according to the Kansas City Star, which recorded the comment.
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Good thing it was before the hate crime bill was passed.
So what was “THE SLUR”?
Does anyone remember when it ended?
What was the slur?
Dont we need to know what not to say?
Or is the word he used soooooooo bad, akin to the “N” word, that it is unspeakable.
And speaking of unspeakable, the unnatural acts gays commit surely are.
Hollywood, NFL, Pepsi, Old Navy....I keep boycotting and at this pace, I’ll be living off the land and staring at the wall.
If that has to be, then so be it...I refuse to give into radical propaganda....I will not give money to groups that will not apologize for making fun of my beliefs!!!
fag
He called someone a fag.
Yeah but were they?
Careful Larry, that kind of thing is an official thought-crime now
More likely morons, given the sportswriters around here. I can't speak to their sexual orientation.
Still anything that gets Larry Johnson off the field can only add to the Chief's offense.
What a bunch of FAGS!
Good grief.
“What was the slur?”
I heard he used the word “fag” and he is NOT a smoker.
A message posted on Johnson’s profile, whose username Sunday about 7 p.m. stated: “My father played for the coach from ‘rememeber the titans’. Our coach played golf. My father played for redskins briefley. Our coach. Nuthn.”
Johnson continued the rant, and, in later responses directed toward Johnson’s Twitter followers, contained inflammatory remarks about gays. In a reference to someones profile picture, Johnson called it a “fag pic” and called the person a “Christopher street boy,” a reference to a predominantly gay section in New Yorks Greenwich Village. Johnson’s Twitter profile was taken private and some posts were deleted.
http://www.kansascity.com/385/story/1530957.html
You open that PC door with Limbaugh it’s going to come back and bite you.
Question for the floor:
How can we ‘honor’ the bravery of homosexuals who undertake to ‘come out of the closet’ when our society is afraid of the word ‘fag’? Hmmm?
We’re getting dangerously close to tyranny here folks.
The consensus from all the Chief's fans that I know, many of whom are season ticket holders, is that anything that gets Larry Johnson off the playing field is a good thing. Sorry it was for something as lame as this but the team won't suffer for his absence.
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