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Holyfield sparks anger with 'homophobic' comments on Celebrity Big Brother
Daily Mail ^ | 01/05/2014 | Martin Domin

Posted on 01/06/2014 6:26:40 AM PST by thetallguy24

Evander Holyfield sparked a Twitter storm on Sunday night when he classed homosexuality as a disability and claimed it could be 'fixed'.

The former four-time heavyweight champion of the world made the comments during his stay in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

He was later warned for his outburst, to which he replied he was merely stating his opinion.

Holyfield was being quizzed by The Apprentice runner-up Luisa Zissman about whether any boxers had come out as gay.

'While Big Brother understands these are the views you hold, they aren’t the views that are held by a large section of society and expressing these views will be extremely offensive to many people. Do you understand why?'

Holyfield replied: 'Yeah I understand why, I forgot about the thing. I was just telling her my opinion, but it’s not like I was gonna mention it to anybody else, that was just our conversation.'

He was then warned and later put up for eviction alongside Zissman after the pair failed to complete a series of challenges.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: britain; homosexual; lgbt; uk
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Holyfield should have just given those producers an upper cut.
1 posted on 01/06/2014 6:26:40 AM PST by thetallguy24
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So, which defender of the fudge bunch is going to confront Holyfield in person about his statements? Crickets chirping....
2 posted on 01/06/2014 6:29:33 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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“...expressing these [’homophobic”] views will be extremely offensive to many people...”

It used to be that “many people” would be offended by the practice of using the anus for sex.


3 posted on 01/06/2014 6:31:32 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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..... expressing these views will be extremely offensive to many people. Do you understand why?' .......comrade?........................
4 posted on 01/06/2014 6:32:12 AM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Born to Conserve

Liberals recoil when you state the truth about what they support,

but be prepared, they have a standard talking point in response:
“why are you so interested in the mechanics of gay sex”.

Of course, you respond by “why do you recoil from the truth about what you support?”


5 posted on 01/06/2014 6:33:08 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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:: they aren’t the views that are held by a large section of society ::

Size and proof of said “large segment of society”, please.


6 posted on 01/06/2014 6:35:40 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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they aren’t the views that are held by a large section of society

That's a lie.

7 posted on 01/06/2014 6:35:58 AM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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(((Hetero Hugs for Holyfield)))


8 posted on 01/06/2014 6:36:37 AM PST by Anton.Rutter
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Minor out-rage because Iron-mike is (1) a member of the politically protected class; (2) a past member of the prison power structure that generates the “down-lo culture”.

This will be a non-story...quickly.


9 posted on 01/06/2014 6:40:02 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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:: using the anus for sex. ::

Such use is not sex; it is sodomy.

Reclaim the language.


10 posted on 01/06/2014 6:41:13 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: Anton.Rutter

It’s a bro-hug lol


11 posted on 01/06/2014 6:41:30 AM PST by thetallguy24
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Homosexuality CAN be fixed: castration.


12 posted on 01/06/2014 6:41:33 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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More hysteria from the hetrophobics.


13 posted on 01/06/2014 6:42:33 AM PST by AU72
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I chuckle at how hostile the homosexuals are to differing points of view. Holyfield should take this opportunity to call that out. Hell, he should turn it around and call them racists for not respecting his view point.


14 posted on 01/06/2014 6:43:03 AM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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Holyfield should have went Mike Tyson on their ass, bit someone’s ear off.


15 posted on 01/06/2014 6:45:15 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Ghost of SVR4

If only I were black with a powerful right, I could conquer the world lol


16 posted on 01/06/2014 6:45:20 AM PST by thetallguy24
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The howling of gays and their supporters is the sound of weakness, which is why they want opposition to disappear.


17 posted on 01/06/2014 6:50:06 AM PST by lurk
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“former four-time heavyweight champion of the world”

Damn! Was Holyfield stripped of his titles and I missed it? How and when did that happen? That just may be the most under reported sports story of the past several years.

18 posted on 01/06/2014 6:53:43 AM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Philip Nolan every day)
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He better duck. Get it? Duck!
19 posted on 01/06/2014 6:53:45 AM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield are not the same person.


20 posted on 01/06/2014 6:54:45 AM PST by Fuzz
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