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Sam Wheeler, Kent State Wrestler, Suspended For Anti-Gay Tweets About Michael Sam
A wrestler you've never heard of in a school you don't care about called a 3rd-round draft pick a fag. Are we up to speed?
We are aware of the insensitive tweets by one of our student athletes," Nielsen stated. "On behalf of Kent State University, we consider these comments to be ignorant and not indicative of the beliefs held by our university community as a whole. This is an educational opportunity for all of our student-athletes.
This...actually doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Wheeler is a wrestler, not a school official. And while you might find his comments ignorant, um...this might sound kind of petty, but who asked you? You probably didn't even know who the kid was until it was brought to your attention (which is probably why he was hastily suspended), and he was writing on his Twitter account.
"As an alum of Kent State University and as Sams head coach, I was surprised and offended by what I read on Twitter, said Andrassy. I have spoken to Sam personally, and while he is remorseful, he will be suspended indefinitely while we determine the best course of action moving forward.
You mean until it blows over and your boss can stop pretending he gives a shit? If you're that surprised that a young guy would dare use words like "fag" and "queer", just kick him off the team. Don't do this manipulative shit where he gives some prepared statement (that's ironically more public than his initial comments) about having learned from his mistakes that hate speech is wrong and that we should be tolerant. We all know he's just doing it because you've told him he has to in order to save his ass.
Let me be clear and say I don't support using that kind of speech. I mean, I can't say I was offended by his Tweets because it just looked like a young guy talking shit and not a full-grown-man peddling hate, but you know, I guess it takes me a minute to get an outrage boner. And, we live in a society in which "coming out" makes you an instant celebrity and have people clamoring to hail you as The Next Big Thing, and Michael Sam is no different. So, there is apart of me that thinks that when you go public, expect a variation of reactions. He wouldn't have this much attention if he didn't admit to being gay, especially not from the LGBT community writ-large and the mainstream media who mostly don't care about football or even know how the draft works, so if a few douchebags you'll never meet don't like it, who cares?
That being said, wrong is wrong. It's a good thing we're not as tolerant of intolerance as we used to be. So it's good on the school for caring that one of their athletes is boneheaded enough to say that kind of shit in public.
The issue I have is that we're becoming a nation of busybodies. The only people truly offended by anything this dude said on Twitter were following him on Twitter. Just call the guy a dick and unsubscribe to him! I'm tired of all this fake outrage. People trolling the Internet looking for something to be offended by, finding it, and then saying they're offended. And then a major news outlet runs the story and apparently there's "public outrage" at something most people wouldn't give two shits about on their own. It's just gossipy and overly hysterical and it really makes it seem like "gay tolerance" is more like "scare people into silence". But changing people's minds and shutting people up aren't the same thing.
Wrestling has to be the gayest sport out there. Does his weenie grown when he grabs onto the guy under him?
Just where do you get the impression that liberals hate christianity? Are you saying only conservatives attend church services?
Curious where the ACLU is on this. If a state school's team suspended a athlete for pro gay comments they would be up in arms. They'e even defended the KKK before.. But not this?
Even college students are entitled to due process before suspension. I went to law school with a woman who was caught red handed cheating. She was suspended immediately without a hearing. Because of that, she got back in, graduated, passed the bar, and is now practicing. This student should not have expressed remorse. He should have contacted an attorney.
Even college students are entitled to due process before suspension. I went to law school with a woman who was caught red handed cheating. She was suspended immediately without a hearing. Because of that, she got back in, graduated, passed the bar, and is now practicing. This student should not have expressed remorse. He should have contacted an attorney.
Curious where the ACLU is on this. If a state school's team suspended a athlete for pro gay comments they would be up in arms. They'e even defended the KKK before.. But not this?
As an ACLU person I'm confident if he contacted them for representation they'd be on it like white on rice.
Wrestling has to be the gayest sport out there. Does his weenie grown when he grabs onto the guy under him?
I was thinking the same thing.
Just another sad little homophobe scared to death of his own sexuality.
Right, trannysteve?
Even college students are entitled to due process before suspension. I went to law school with a woman who was caught red handed cheating. She was suspended immediately without a hearing. Because of that, she got back in, graduated, passed the bar, and is now practicing. This student should not have expressed remorse. He should have contacted an attorney.
Even college students are entitled to due process before suspension. I went to law school with a woman who was caught red handed cheating. She was suspended immediately without a hearing. Because of that, she got back in, graduated, passed the bar, and is now practicing. This student should not have expressed remorse. He should have contacted an attorney.
Due process from being suspended from a sports team? He's not been suspended from the College like your fail analogy refers to.
Liberals love selective first amendment rights..........
Sam Wheeler, Kent State Wrestler, Suspended For Anti-Gay Tweets About Michael Sam
A wrestler you've never heard of in a school you don't care about called a 3rd-round draft pick a fag. Are we up to speed?
We are aware of the insensitive tweets by one of our student athletes," Nielsen stated. "On behalf of Kent State University, we consider these comments to be ignorant and not indicative of the beliefs held by our university community as a whole. This is an educational opportunity for all of our student-athletes.
This...actually doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Wheeler is a wrestler, not a school official. And while you might find his comments ignorant, um...this might sound kind of petty, but who asked you? You probably didn't even know who the kid was until it was brought to your attention (which is probably why he was hastily suspended), and he was writing on his Twitter account.
"As an alum of Kent State University and as Sams head coach, I was surprised and offended by what I read on Twitter, said Andrassy. I have spoken to Sam personally, and while he is remorseful, he will be suspended indefinitely while we determine the best course of action moving forward.
You mean until it blows over and your boss can stop pretending he gives a shit? If you're that surprised that a young guy would dare use words like "fag" and "queer", just kick him off the team. Don't do this manipulative shit where he gives some prepared statement (that's ironically more public than his initial comments) about having learned from his mistakes that hate speech is wrong and that we should be tolerant. We all know he's just doing it because you've told him he has to in order to save his ass.
Let me be clear and say I don't support using that kind of speech. I mean, I can't say I was offended by his Tweets because it just looked like a young guy talking shit and not a full-grown-man peddling hate, but you know, I guess it takes me a minute to get an outrage boner. And, we live in a society in which "coming out" makes you an instant celebrity and have people clamoring to hail you as The Next Big Thing, and Michael Sam is no different. So, there is apart of me that thinks that when you go public, expect a variation of reactions. He wouldn't have this much attention if he didn't admit to being gay, especially not from the LGBT community writ-large and the mainstream media who mostly don't care about football or even know how the draft works, so if a few douchebags you'll never meet don't like it, who cares?
That being said, wrong is wrong. It's a good thing we're not as tolerant of intolerance as we used to be. So it's good on the school for caring that one of their athletes is boneheaded enough to say that kind of shit in public.
The issue I have is that we're becoming a nation of busybodies. The only people truly offended by anything this dude said on Twitter were following him on Twitter. Just call the guy a dick and unsubscribe to him! I'm tired of all this fake outrage. People trolling the Internet looking for something to be offended by, finding it, and then saying they're offended. And then a major news outlet runs the story and apparently there's "public outrage" at something most people wouldn't give two shits about on their own. It's just gossipy and overly hysterical and it really makes it seem like "gay tolerance" is more like "scare people into silence". But changing people's minds and shutting people up aren't the same thing.
Wrestling has to be the gayest sport out there.
Wrestling makes you aggressive and it makes you look at people a little differently. It's the most straightforward sport you can participate in, because it's one man against another man, mano y mano. Psychologically, it makes you size people up quickly. It doesn't make you go out picking fights (well, most of the time), but you do see who's a threat and who...isn't. That's why I figure this dude was just talking shit about a guy he figures is weaker, and why he was with the taunting "now I've got the fags mad at me" stuff. Still not an endorsement of his tweets, mind you, but I get it.
Wrestling makes you aggressive and it makes you look at people a little differently. It's the most straightforward sport you can participate in, because it's one man against another man, mano y mano. Psychologically, it makes you size people up quickly. It doesn't make you go out picking fights (well, most of the time), but you do see who's a threat and who...isn't. That's why I figure this dude was just talking shit about a guy he figures is weaker, and why he was with the taunting "now I've got the fags mad at me" stuff. Still not an endorsement of his tweets, mind you, but I get it.
The guy in question is likely to be a professional linebacker in the NFL soon, so I don't think the Kent State guy figured him to be "weaker." He most likely just figured him to not be right there in front of him. He communicated thoughtlessly, as many young people tend to do. The problem is that today when you 'say' something thoughtlessly it is there forever.
Tough way to learn a life lesson, but that is one of wrestling's benefits too.
Wrestling makes you aggressive and it makes you look at people a little differently. It's the most straightforward sport you can participate in, because it's one man against another man, mano y mano. Psychologically, it makes you size people up quickly. It doesn't make you go out picking fights (well, most of the time), but you do see who's a threat and who...isn't. That's why I figure this dude was just talking shit about a guy he figures is weaker, and why he was with the taunting "now I've got the fags mad at me" stuff. Still not an endorsement of his tweets, mind you, but I get it.
The guy in question is likely to be a professional linebacker in the NFL soon, so I don't think the Kent State guy figured him to be "weaker." He most likely just figured him to not be right there in front of him. He communicated thoughtlessly, as many young people tend to do. The problem is that today when you 'say' something thoughtlessly it is there forever.
Tough way to learn a life lesson, but that is one of wrestling's benefits too.
The guy gets fired for tweeting an opinion, and you say that's just one of lifes lessons?
Even college students are entitled to due process before suspension. I went to law school with a woman who was caught red handed cheating. She was suspended immediately without a hearing. Because of that, she got back in, graduated, passed the bar, and is now practicing. This student should not have expressed remorse. He should have contacted an attorney.
Due process from being suspended from a sports team? He's not been suspended from the College like your fail analogy refers to.
Sam Wheeler, Kent State Wrestler, Suspended For Anti-Gay Tweets About Michael Sam
A wrestler you've never heard of in a school you don't care about called a 3rd-round draft pick a fag. Are we up to speed?
This...actually doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Wheeler is a wrestler, not a school official. And while you might find his comments ignorant, um...this might sound kind of petty, but who asked you? You probably didn't even know who the kid was until it was brought to your attention (which is probably why he was hastily suspended), and he was writing on his Twitter account.
You mean until it blows over and your boss can stop pretending he gives a shit? If you're that surprised that a young guy would dare use words like "fag" and "queer", just kick him off the team. Don't do this manipulative shit where he gives some prepared statement (that's ironically more public than his initial comments) about having learned from his mistakes that hate speech is wrong and that we should be tolerant. We all know he's just doing it because you've told him he has to in order to save his ass.
Let me be clear and say I don't support using that kind of speech. I mean, I can't say I was offended by his Tweets because it just looked like a young guy talking shit and not a full-grown-man peddling hate, but you know, I guess it takes me a minute to get an outrage boner. And, we live in a society in which "coming out" makes you an instant celebrity and have people clamoring to hail you as The Next Big Thing, and Michael Sam is no different. So, there is apart of me that thinks that when you go public, expect a variation of reactions. He wouldn't have this much attention if he didn't admit to being gay, especially not from the LGBT community writ-large and the mainstream media who mostly don't care about football or even know how the draft works, so if a few douchebags you'll never meet don't like it, who cares?
That being said, wrong is wrong. It's a good thing we're not as tolerant of intolerance as we used to be. So it's good on the school for caring that one of their athletes is boneheaded enough to say that kind of shit in public.
The issue I have is that we're becoming a nation of busybodies. The only people truly offended by anything this dude said on Twitter were following him on Twitter. Just call the guy a dick and unsubscribe to him! I'm tired of all this fake outrage. People trolling the Internet looking for something to be offended by, finding it, and then saying they're offended. And then a major news outlet runs the story and apparently there's "public outrage" at something most people wouldn't give two shits about on their own. It's just gossipy and overly hysterical and it really makes it seem like "gay tolerance" is more like "scare people into silence". But changing people's minds and shutting people up aren't the same thing.
Wrestling has to be the gayest sport out there.
That comment has to be the most ignorant on here so far.
