Thursday, June 02, 2005
Because There's Nothing Gay About Football. Especially the "Tight Ends".
Having a team like the San Francisco 49ers must be like having your own little viewing portal into Bizarro World. In San Francisco, everyone's tolerant, accepting, supporting of gay rights... and then in the locker room, you have Garrison "I wouldn't want a gay guy around me" Hearst and, well, this shit.
In the video the team's public relations director, Kirk Reynolds portrays Newsom. In one scene there is a mock lesbian wedding taped at a strip club.
"I know the courts say we can't do this," says Reynolds impersonating the mayor. "We make our own rules here in San Francisco."
Especially, if the video is any clue, ones that violate the laws of good taste.
The the [sic] happy couple then engages in heavy petting.
I'm sure the team was immensely familiar with these kinds of lesbians.
In other scenes Chinese are mocked.
How sad; it tries to be daring and edgy, yet it must settle for A&F's sloppy seconds.
"Did I push it too far? I did," Reynolds said. "The ideas of the tape are appropriate for the locker room — though some of the subjects were inappropriate for the values of this organization, and mine frankly."
And therein lies the problem. How the hell can organized sports possibly become a friendly environment for openly gay athletes if the management tells the players that it's okay to make fun of people of other races and sexual orientations?
In the video the team's public relations director, Kirk Reynolds portrays Newsom. In one scene there is a mock lesbian wedding taped at a strip club.
"I know the courts say we can't do this," says Reynolds impersonating the mayor. "We make our own rules here in San Francisco."
Especially, if the video is any clue, ones that violate the laws of good taste.
The the [sic] happy couple then engages in heavy petting.
I'm sure the team was immensely familiar with these kinds of lesbians.
In other scenes Chinese are mocked.
How sad; it tries to be daring and edgy, yet it must settle for A&F's sloppy seconds.
"Did I push it too far? I did," Reynolds said. "The ideas of the tape are appropriate for the locker room — though some of the subjects were inappropriate for the values of this organization, and mine frankly."
And therein lies the problem. How the hell can organized sports possibly become a friendly environment for openly gay athletes if the management tells the players that it's okay to make fun of people of other races and sexual orientations?
