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I’ve managed a few small businesses and never fired or threatened an
employee for having ideas that I strongly disagreed with. If said employee
did their job well and didn’t effect my business with his or her personal
beliefs, I didn’t care. It was none of my business.
The idea of me threatening someone’s income because I had non business
disagreements with them, is anathema to how I live my own life and what I
expect from other people. I never fired or threatened anyone for being a
right wing nutter, if they did their job well and didn’t negatively effect
our relationship with customers.
A&E didn’t “punish” anyone. They did a fake suspension during a period
when there was no filming anyway as a publicity stunt to get liberals
talking about Duck Dynasty and get Republicans to watch the show to
“support” it and drive up ratings.
Every time you mention Duck Dynasty, you are proving that their cynical
marketing ploy and fake scandal worked perfectly.
Kluwe was 17th in net in 2012. He also had only 18 punts inside the 20,
that was second to last in the NFL that year. He also allowed the 6th most
returns and had very few fair catches. In all, he wasn’t that good. Mix
that in that he was in the NFL were the best of the best play, and punters
are a dime a dozen; he was cut because he simply wasn’t that good.
No Pakman, he got what he deserves. He’s bringing unnecessary attention to
the team. Look at what happened to Ochocinco. It’s not about his gay rights
advocacy David Pokemon.
*Sarcastically:* Oh how dare you Kluwe stand up for peoples rights you
flowing haired, good natured, video gamer, buff, handsome man… How dare
you!?
*Seriously:* Keep up the good fight and don’t let the man get you down.
brendon ayanbadejo and Kluwe were the most outspoken players in the NFL as
supporters for gay marriage. Both were cut, Both weren’t good at the time,
nothing to see here.
He got what he rightfully deserved. Simple as that.
What Robertson said wasn’t discriminatory. He said in the end it would be
left up to god. How is that any different then if a religious person said
that all devil worshipers are going to hell, or an atheist saying there is
no heaven or hell? It isn’t like Robertson said we should round up all the
gays and kill them, or they should just live on their own little island.
So in all Pakman is being a hypocrite on supporting Kluwe and being against
Robertson.
Please Louis Don’t talk about football unless You know what the fuck You’re
talking about, Kluwe was not a good punter the year of his release, He
sucked. And the whole “been wtith them for a long time” BS dosent cut it
in the NFL. Matt Schaub has been with the Texans a while guess what, his
ass gonna get cut. Kluwe is a whiney bitch and bitter that His days of
being a Good punter are over.
Again, Pakman brings Black people into his obsession with homosexuals. Same
play every time. You’d think he’d mix it up from time to time and throw in
Hispanics or Asians, but nooooo. Always Black people.
He was fired because he sucks. He missed the easiest ones. Dude
As liberal as I am, I don’t go for this liberal double standard. Someone
could make a statement that affirmative action is DISCRIMINATION against
whites or that prison is DISCRIMINATION against men (since men are more
often incarcerated than women). They’d be bogus claims, but it would be
tantamount to censorship to judge which opinions are allowable and which
ones can be subject to sanction. A better standard would be to consider
whether the statement was made on company time and what the person’s
contract says about expressing opinions.
I agree with the Phil Robertson thing, all in all it’s football, why would
you feel the need to announce yourself as progay?
While I guess this is possible, I find it somewhat unlikely in sports. Were
his numbers worth keeping then no amount of bigotry would kick a player
off.
He deserves better.
To have any affect on ticket sales a player would need to be really gay.
He would have to kiss his BF in public before it had an affect. The fans
wouldn’t care if he was a really good player and kept his gayness out of
the public light. But once he started playing like crap, the first thing
the fans would do is call him a fag.
hero!!!!! awesome chris!
Hope he is sues them, might make the retarded discriminating idiots think
before they act.
Personally, I don’t think NFL teams give a shit what the players think as
long as they perform. Too much money on the table. But Kluwe was a little
different. He’s a smart guy and wasn’t afraid to put himself out
there…pardon the pun. (He’s married).
In terms of playing, he had surgery on his knee after the 2012 season which
might have led the Vikings to let him go. Turns out he’d been playing in
pain for about five years. He did get picked up by the Raiders who released
him. Also, he came out very strongly against some of the top NFL players
during the lockout a couple of years ago for being greedy.
I think I read he’s both a libertarian and agnostic. Go figure.
I don’t think he was fired for being pro gay. As homophobic and primitive
as the sports world is I don’t think he was fired for that. Kluwe is a very
good player but he play a position that is easy to replace. The Vikings RB
is homophobic but no one cares because he one of the best players in the
NFL. Also didn’t a 49ers player get in trouble for making a homophobic
comment about how he don’t want any gay players on his team?
This is the same as Tebow fans saying he was fired for being a Christian.
Politics should not affect employment. This is outrageous.
There will always be that question of how much influence his outspokenness
had on his employment. I never followed his performance on the grid so I
won’t opine on that.
I find it odd for someone to wait for like a year, and then tell the public
why he got cut. Odd, just odd.
I suddenly care about sports.
The world of sport needs individuals like Klewe,people who are prepared to
put their heads above the parapet on issues such as homosexuality in
sport.Allegedly being ‘let go’ for supporting gay rights highlights just
how far in the dark ages sport in general still is.