Wallace steps in it before he even plays for MIA: Mocks Jason Collins for coming out.

Idiotic ignorant thing to say..

The **** is wrong with our culture?

What does the abbreviation SMH mean?

This should not be in the rants forum.. In this day in age that level of ignorance should be called out and discussed. Not relegated to the back pages of the forum.

Mike Wallace is allowed to have his own opinion.

Hey, whaddya want? I will guarantee you that there are more people out there that have that reaction than think "Oh, that's great!" when they read the Jason Collins story. As long as he doesn't get in legal trouble, I don't care if he's an @$$hole.

"djphinfan wrote:

What does the abbreviation SMH mean?

Shake My Head.

"Rick 1966 wrote:

Hey, whaddya want? I will guarantee you that there are more people out there that have that reaction than think "Oh, that's great!" when they read the Jason Collins story. As long as he doesn't get in legal trouble, I don't care if he's an @$$hole.

Personally, I want him to not be a bigoted *******, but that may indeed be asking for too much.

"Rick 1966 wrote:

Hey, whaddya want? I will guarantee you that there are more people out there that have that reaction than think "Oh, that's great!" when they read the Jason Collins story. As long as he doesn't get in legal trouble, I don't care if he's an @$$hole.

This isn't Pittsburgh anymore. Wallace represents a city with a diverse landscape and needs to modify his behavior to reflect that.

"byroan wrote:

Mike Wallace is allowed to have his own opinion.

Exactly.

Chill all of you. That comment wasn't bashing, and i cannot fathom how someone would interpret what he twitted as bashing.

That comment is a perfect example of how someone who is straight would feel about a homosexual. There was no hate, in there. He just cannot imagine how a guy can feel that way about another guy. Perfectly understandable for a straight man.

"Rick 1966 wrote:

Shake My Head.

That makes more sense now, I always thought it was so much hate

"Sumlit wrote:

Chill all of you. That comment wasn't bashing, and i cannot fathom how someone would interpret what he twitted as bashing.

That comment is a perfect example of how someone who is straight would feel about a homosexual. There was no hate, in there. He just cannot imagine how a guy can feel that way about another guy. Perfectly understandable for a straight man.

Yep, it's like the line from Victor Victoria when the women tells the gay man "..all you need is a good woman in your life.." to which he replies "..and I would say the same to you madam.."

"byroan wrote:

Mike Wallace is allowed to have his own opinion.

EXACTLY. I'm a proponent of marriage equality. I don't see any reason why someone should be against it, but people are. They have just as much right to an opinion as I do, whether it's favorable or un-favorable. Conversely, Kobe Bryant supports gay marriage, but think of all the people, owners, agents, players, etc etc that aren't are thinking the same thing that many other people are - he's an idiot for positing his opinion.

I just think if that's his opinion, then that's his opinion. Jason Collins even admits that some people won't agree, that's their right. God Bless America. This is a non-issue in my opinion.

"Bumrush wrote:

This isn't Pittsburgh anymore. Wallace represents a city with a diverse landscape and needs to modify his behavior to reflect that.

So, you think he should change his opinions to suit the opinions of a percentage of the people of Miami?

This kinda of stuff completely drops the floor out of my opinion of someone...it's hard to root for guys like this seriously :(.

"Bumrush wrote:

This isn't Pittsburgh anymore. Wallace represents a city with a diverse landscape and needs to modify his behavior to reflect that.

He doesn't need to change his opinion because he plays for another team. What he said was not bigoted. He didn't bash anyone. He just doesn't agree with it.

I can already tell this is going to be blown out of proportion.

"byroan wrote:

Mike Wallace is allowed to have his own opinion.

You gotta be a dumass in this day and age to think that kids aren't born with a specific sexual preference in their DNA.

Bill Burr did a bit about that where he was in a diner with a friend, turned and saw two men making out and had an "ugh" reaction and his friend called him homophobic. He responded by saying it wasn't homophobic, just not something he finds appealing, and that if a gay man turned his head and saw a vagina in front of him he'd have the same reaction.

The man is entitled to his preference and opinion, whether we agree with it or not.

What a d*uchebag.

byroan wrote:

He doesn't need to change his opinion because he plays for another team. What he said was not bigoted. He didn't bash anyone. He just doesn't agree with it.

I can already tell this is going to be blown out of proportion.

He can keep his opinions to himself. What an asinine thing to tweet.

"Rick 1966 wrote:

So, you think he should change his opinions to suit the opinions of a percentage of the people of Miami?

I think he needs to be educated to understand that it's not a choice and that he had the same chance as the guy he's making fun of becoming gay...

Just catch touchdowns.

Look. I didnt choose to be gay. It happened. If Wallace had said "I cant understand why people choose to be Jewish" would anyone be defending him? No.

So stop it. It is bigoted.

"Bumrush wrote:

This isn't Pittsburgh anymore. Wallace represents a city with a diverse landscape and needs to modify his behavior to reflect that.

No he doesn't. He needs to play hard to earn his contract, while setting an example in the community by not getting in trouble, helping people, etc. His opinion is his opinion. Now, he's a big boy and has to deal with the heat of what he says, but as long as he's not blasting hate or ridiculous things, he's fine. And as someone who believes in marriage equality, what he said wasn't hate, it was merely an opinion.