Should Amar'e Stoudemire Pay Up for Slur?

by SodaHead Sports Posted 2012/06/27 18:00:00

Related Topics: Sports, Amar'e Stoudemire, NBA, Basketball, New York Knicks, Twitter

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Once again, New York Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire is back in the news for something he did that can be considered really, really, dumb. No, he didn't dress up as the Village People and attend a Knicks' rival's playoff game. No, he didn't punch a fire extinguisher casing and slash his hand worse than anything seen in a "Freddy Vs. Jason" movie.

Instead, Stoudemire took his lack of common sense to Twitter and started getting "trolled" by a follower. Stoudemire could have simply ignored the fan and moved on, but he decided to tweet the guy back via direct message. What did he tweet? A gay slur. Amar'e Stoudemire, professional athlete. Now the NBA is making Stoudemire pay the price.

What price, you ask? $50,000. "I am a huge supporter of civil rights for all people," Stoudemire said in a statement released to the media. "I am disappointed in myself for my statement to a fan. I should have known better and there is no excuse." The apology is probably sincere, but this doesn't do the man who's supposed to be the Knicks' team leader any favors. Do you think Amar'e Stoudemire should pay up for the gay slur?

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Superman 2012/06/27 20:35:11

No

+4
As much of a dick as Amer'e seems to be, I'm tired of thought police dictating who we are. Even if it means letting a dick be a dick.

Meanwhile, David Stern used a classless "thought problem" comment as a somewhat joke as a response to a reporter the other day responding to a question with the "Have you stopped beating your wife" schtick.

I'm tired of the uneven attempt at corporate sanitation. Let people think and say what they want. The NBA did not need to get invovled in this, if anything his team would have the primary concern. But his fans can see his comments and decide to root for him or not.
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Tuna to Z-Wolf 2012/07/03 20:54:14

huh?

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Z-Wolf to Tuna 2012/07/04 16:44:21

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wes to Z-Wolf 2012/07/05 21:31:18

Good use of Jenna Marbles!!! She is so freakin' hot......

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Z-Wolf to wes 2012/07/06 01:41:38 (edited)

OK!

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addie to Tuna 2012/06/29 04:25:36

OMG your thinking is so narrow and twisted around. Talk about seeing something the way you want to, wow! You are comparing what has been done to gays vs what a few of them do or have done during some short point in modern history? How did they cause public anything to get closed down, BTW? Yikes.

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Tuna to addie 2012/06/29 15:55:05

You all just hate it when hit with facts & truth don't you. Gays are not some lost tribe that has been enslaved by aliens for centuries; you do sex differently. Up until the 1980es when gays began to drop dead from AIDS, they pretty much kept their sex lives private; kept their homosexuality at home instead of "in your face". Americans began to show compassion for gays contracting AIDS, uh oh !! You know how some people take advantage of kindness. The gays then decided they wanted more; to be able to come out; THAT wasn't enough. Now you want to CHANGE 99% of the oyster to please 1% that "do it" differently. I may marry the one I love as long as it is a woman; I can not marry a man. Now tell me where the difference is???

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↓←↑♣→NV... to Tuna 2012/06/28 03:47:56

But they can't marry they love?

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hilda to Tuna 2012/06/28 04:20:47
Tuna to hilda 2012/06/28 17:45:53

I have walked down a street in San Francisco, holding my lady's hand, and been verbally attacked/insulted/harrassed by gays & lesbians. I was once sexually assaulted by a gay dressed up like a woman and I dropped him right there. Read my reply to Z-Wolf above; gays and some lesbians have an auspicious past to overcome.

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addie to Tuna 2012/06/29 04:36:50

Oh, that is why you are being so narrow minded. okay, cool.
Those things should not have happened, but those, absolute, jerks, do NOT. represent gays, just jerks.
As a matter of fact they were being very hetero, if you look at history and modern stats, etc., hand to the gods! lol

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Tuna to addie 2012/06/29 15:58:18

I have friends/aquaintenances that are gay or lesbian; some of my best employees were gays. But they did not try to CHANGE my business to accomodate them; they did not put their business out in the streets; they kept their sex life private just like I did. They were very classy about it, not boisterous or ostentacious. Then you have the 1% of that 1% that are in your face. That's what Americans object to; the in your face, take it or leave it attitude the militant gay lobby has.

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Charmaine to Tuna 2012/06/28 15:25:23

DAMN RIGHT!!! And they credit for being FA**OTS!!! You guys sure did have to fight for something!!!

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Tuna to Charmaine 2012/06/28 17:46:30

Who is you guys?

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Superman 2012/06/27 20:35:11

No

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As much of a dick as Amer'e seems to be, I'm tired of thought police dictating who we are. Even if it means letting a dick be a dick.

Meanwhile, David Stern used a classless "thought problem" comment as a somewhat joke as a response to a reporter the other day responding to a question with the "Have you stopped beating your wife" schtick.

I'm tired of the uneven attempt at corporate sanitation. Let people think and say what they want. The NBA did not need to get invovled in this, if anything his team would have the primary concern. But his fans can see his comments and decide to root for him or not.

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CAPISCE 2012/06/27 20:32:09

No

+1
New fan here

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Cunning Stunts 2012/06/27 20:09:16
Lanikai 2012/06/27 19:25:08

Yes

If others have had to pay the "stupid tax" so should he.

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Superman to Lanikai 2012/06/27 20:36:41

But should anyone? And how legitimate can in be in this case when just weeks ago David Stern himself said something stupid and to date and paid nothing, he hasn't even apologized.

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the fuze 2012/06/27 19:01:18

No

+1
He could have been calling him a bundle of sticks... or a cigarette.

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None of your business 2012/06/27 14:38:10
Lord Emperor of Dune 2012/06/27 14:36:04

No

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Poor gay people. can't take a joke. Which is ironic considering everything else they do take...

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addie to Lord Em... 2012/06/28 00:38:22

+1
He was not fined by gays, why attacking them?

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Marshall Maxwell 2012/06/27 13:03:27

No

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David Stern is the biggest hipocrite. He should have been fined for his stupid comments to Jim Rhome.

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joe mauro to Marshal... 2012/06/27 21:51:52

thats for sure

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wes 2012/06/27 10:15:36

Yes

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Fined and fired, once again proving basketball is just a legal way for thugs to generate an income.....

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Marshal... to wes 2012/06/29 06:50:50

How does calling someone a f*g make you a thug? Do you have a problem with rich black people or just black people. Quit being a f*g.

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wes to Marshal... 2012/06/29 16:30:36

I wasn't judging him for his political incorrectness, just making a statement about his social status based on his history as exposed to us by the news. I certainly don't know him on any personal level, however, one of my friends always related a great colloquialism that sticks in my humble, little mind, "If it looks like a Duck and quacks like a Duck, he's probably a thug"......

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Marshal... to wes 2012/06/29 18:22:41

You and your friend are stupid. Because what you are really saying in your statement is that if he looks black then he must be a thug.
Your Avatar looks like a p.u.s.s.y so I will generalize you and call you a p.u.s.s.y. Oh, and quit being a FAG.

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wes to Marshal... 2012/07/02 22:46:57

Never made any reference to his color or race as to why I believe he is a thug, and another thing I've learned in life, usually the one that screams racism first is the racist, just sayin'.....

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Marshal... to wes 2012/07/03 18:29:39

Why would you call him a thug then? Your entire statement is about his race because it does not address his political incorrectness. This is how young black men are stereotyped everyday. This is why Trayvon Martin died because idiots like you always think that young black men are thugs. Maybe you should tell my wife who happens to be white that i'm a racist.

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