Please Go Away
Tim Hardaway in an effort to diffuse the furor over his remarks last week about John Amaechi:
"It was like, you know, I had killed somebody. ... I never knew that this was going to escalate that high."
Obviously he didn't; otherwise, he never would have gone on the public airwaves to denounce gays and say that he hated them. Setting aside the hatred and prejudice in those words - there's nothing for me to add to what's already been said - it's pretty naive to think you can slam a minority group and get away with it. How else do you think people would react? It's like saying, "I hate African-Americans" or "I hate Chinese people." People are going to react negatively to such blatant and hateful bigotry. Tim Hardaway should just shut up and crawl away to the same hovel that Jimmy the Greek, Al Campanis, and Mel Gibson had to crawl into after their own bigoted rants. If I never hear the words Tim Hardaway again, I'll be happy.