Comments on: New Mets prospect Noah Syndergaard tweeted an anti-gay slur

By: stercuilus65

stercuilus65 — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:36:15 +0000

The outrage over the use of the word fag is so gay.

By: mydadyourmom

mydadyourmom — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:53:25 +0000

get in the game – heard it here first. haha

By: rayfeathers

rayfeathers — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:10:36 +0000

waaaaaa waaaaaa. this is not homophobia. this is a word used by jocks to call someone a sissy.

By: rayfeathers

rayfeathers — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:04:43 +0000

your marlins would look good in crocs. they might take the viewers attention away from those god-awful caps.

By: rayfeathers

rayfeathers — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:00:23 +0000

completely different. it most cases it means sissy and has nothing to do with sexuality. the other word is always offensive.

By: rayfeathers

rayfeathers — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:55:01 +0000

a comment to his friend about his shoes for godsakes. this is how young jocks talk. get over it.

By: badintent

badintent — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:52:28 +0000

Should have sued him and contact Holder about a Federal Justice Dept. civil class action law suit.Sorry, my bad, Holder has enough problems with Congressional investigation in his little “Fast and Furious ” gun problem at this time. Thanks Holder, for putting more guns into the hands of drug cartels.

By: jimeejohnson

jimeejohnson — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:17:33 +0000

Kaboom!

By: brandonmckenna76

brandonmckenna76 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:35:47 +0000

I don’t get it. Anyone wearing Crocs deserves to be called a f** or a douche-bag

By: macjacmccoy

macjacmccoy — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:53:21 +0000

F** is a Anti gay Slur? I would say its a gay slur. An Anti gay slur would be like calling someone who doesnt like gay people a homophobic tool or something. Calling me a Mc isnt an anti-irish slur its just an Irish slur.

By: macjacmccoy

macjacmccoy — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:52:23 +0000

GITG = Get it to Go?
HIHF = Hand in Hand Fun?

Who knows. I do know its insane that people cant take the couple seconds to write the extra 10-20 letters the phrase is suppose to have so normal non-addicted-to-world-of-warcraft-sitting-in-my-mothers-basement-only-social-contact-I-have-is-through-a-headset-so-it-doesnt-matter-to-me-that-I-ram-cheese-puffs-down-my-gullet-until-my-fingers-are-so-fat-that-i-cant–use-the-keyboard-well-enough-so-i-have-to-abbreviate-everything-or-it-will-take-me-all-day-to-write-a-sentence type of people can understand what the hell your writing.

By: twoseam2007

twoseam2007 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:25:50 +0000

http://i.imgur.com/u04px.gif

C’mon, THIS is funny. People take offense to everything these days lol, lighten up.

By: miketreedy

miketreedy — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:59:42 +0000

This is a sports room full of men and everyone is so damn sensitive. Remember when men where really men in this country! Stopping being wimps its just a damn word. It won’t hurt you.

By: damnyankee13

damnyankee13 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:10:52 +0000

who cares??

By: Charles Gates

Charles Gates — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:55:48 +0000

What joke was that?

By: jonnybaseball

jonnybaseball — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:33:36 +0000

I’m wearing Crocs right now and could probably kick the shit out of 99% of you fags. BOOM.

By: protius

protius — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:09:11 +0000

paperlions:

Would you mind if I saved your comments, and quoted them elsewhere? I will be sure to cite you.

By: jkline3

jkline3 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:00:34 +0000

IDIOT: Psychology. (no longer in technical use; considered offensive) a person of the lowest order in a former and discarded classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:59:54 +0000

My point was that using the slur this guy did and calling a black man a n****r are not the same thing. They’re both not right, but for different reasons. I don’t attempt to defend either but I don’t like all the feigned outrage over what this kid said.

Based on the comments/ratings, as one of you suggested, I’m not out of touch or ignorant. I’m on one side of a totally split opinion.

No more of this argument. Goodnight.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:55:29 +0000

Hey, at least I’m not the one driving you to drink this time.

Mr. Peabody, out.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:39:21 +0000

“Looks like you could use a drink too there.”

Sorry Philiac. Admittedly…when people make assumptions I tend to pounce.
It drives me crazy like nothing else. It is a weakness for sure.
But back to your point…yes I could use a drink.
Which is why I am signing off now to go enjoy one (or 8).
Have a good evening!

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:26:07 +0000

Looks like you could use a drink too there.

By: kevinbnyc

kevinbnyc — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:16:44 +0000

Agreed. But talking about how the Phillies/Yankees are going to sign EVERYONE and how everyone hates them is one thing. Saying “F*g” isn’t offensive is a whole new level of ignorance.

By: jaybird22seven

jaybird22seven — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:11:18 +0000

Loosen up people !!!! Time to relax

By: jaybird22seven

jaybird22seven — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:08:49 +0000

What’s a matter Charles Gates can’t take a joke ?

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:54:52 +0000

Last season? Yes. Sadly.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:51:51 +0000

Shhhh…
Don’t tell anyone Charles…but I ALSO have a cat.

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:51:22 +0000

I think the Mets & MLB care. They pay him and, as his employer, have certain expectations of his conduct and public statements. I thought that one was obvious.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:44:58 +0000

“Based on what? If your answer is anything other than the ‘majority of everybody isn’t a baseball fan,’ then wow.”

You can’t be serious Charles. Really? Noooo…can’t be.
I mean…you have been an HBT regular long enough to know where I stand on most issues (regardless of whether you agree with them or not). At least I thought so.
And yet…you still ask me this question. I was actually backing you up.
But it was obviously lost on you. Fix yourself a drink. You are wound waaaaay too tight.

To further assist you:
While I am sure the heterosexual population has a lot of baseball fans…I am equally sure the majority of heterosexuals are NOT baseball fans.

Yeah…fix that drink Man.

By: thereisaparty

thereisaparty — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:42:58 +0000

But hopefully the takeaway lesson for Syndergaard is to simply stop using such language, in private or public.