Ex-NBA Star Hardaway: "I Hate Gay People"

61. At what point did we start HAVING to like gay people. Get over it.........some of us still think it's gross

Posted at 1:23PM on Feb 15th 2007 by la te da

62. I couldn't have said it any better myself Concietta. It's funny that all of this hatred and anger spills out of the mouth of a black man, whose race has been and is still put down to this day.

And although everyone has the right to express themselves freely, there is a social etiquette that educated people of the free world adhere to.

The comments made are truly those of a man with the intelligence of a dung beetle.

Posted at 1:59PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Carlos

63. two words for y'all: FREE SPEECH.
So, its ok for the country to bash President Bush and God but not ok to bash gays, blacks, whites, straights, etc...... where exactly should we draw the line??

Posted at 1:25PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Shaka

64. Wow! F*** you Hardaway! Do you know some people hate you just because you're black (remember it wasn't so long ago when blacks had to sit in da back of the bus)! They don't know you or what you're like but they just hate you cause of the way you were born! Is there really a difference in hating someone for being black or for hating someone for being gay(no it's not a choice just like you didn't choose your skin color)? I hope someone calls you a ni**** to your face- maybe then you'll know how it feels like for someone to hate you for no other reason except the way you were born! Ignorant piece of sh*t!

Posted at 1:27PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Shaun

65. this is for you #20 homosexuality is not a diease its a CHOICE......I MYSELF HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS (SUCH AS PANIC ATTACKS) LIKE OTHER BILLIONS OF PEOPLE DO IN THE U.S. AND IM NOT GAY RACIST OR CRAZY!!!!! I LOVE MEN... SO DONT USE YOUR JUDEMENT ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND GAYS ITS TOO DIFFERENT THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO OPEN YOUR EYES AND SAY SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE.......

Posted at 11:05PM on Feb 15th 2007 by melissa

66. Right on Tim. It's correct to speak your mind. You do not have to like "gays" any more than you have to like to drink milk or lift weights like I do every day. I'm no fan of "gays" either.

Good thing Tim doesn't work for the networks because he'd be fired for speaking his mind instead of their PC pablum.

Posted at 1:28PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Alan Soucy

67. This one is for Matty because I feel the same way he does, I hate white people the men the women and the children they are the certified seeds of Satan everything they do is evil and bad they have no goodness about them I am extrememly whiteaphobic I see all white men as Bundys, Gacys, Geins, Dahmers,Mcveighs, Hitlers, etc all white women are meth adddicted internet porn whores or Susan Smith or Andrea Yates type bitches and all white kids are either Damians or members of some Columbine gang addicted to prescriptions and video games, natural born killers that's why the world is so screwed up white men wanna marry white men and little boys and white women wanna marry other chicks because they are naturally gay get drunk and go down on their best friends as well as man's best friend, uncivilized just like when they used to crawl around on all fours howlling at the moon eating raw flesh back in the caves and hillsides of Europe

Posted at 7:52PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Dawn

68. If homosexuality is natural, all laws of nature are no longer valid. How would a human race reproduce and sustain itself if it was homosexual. It really isn't a rocket science people, mating process is meant to reproduce which requires a man and a woman. Homosexuals do not contribute to the reproduction of human race, they only mate for their own perverted satisfaction. Which technically makes them useless, but we shouldn't just discard them because they are still humans, we need to pay more attention to curing them opposed to encouraging them to spread AIDS and molest children.

Posted at 1:32PM on Feb 15th 2007 by USMC

69. Here we go again.
PLEASE TMZ DON'T SHOW TOMORROWS VIDEO CLIP OF
ROSIE SPEWING HER MOUTH ON THIS ONE.
Sounds to me like he might have upset a gay radio jockey.

Posted at 1:31PM on Feb 15th 2007 by A mother

70. To all the ignorants out there, being gay is not a choice, you're born that way. The same way you are born black or white. How can you be stupid enough to think like that ? I know it's easier for all the bigots to think that someone juste choses to be gay, but it doesn't work that way. And the reason that so many people don't come out of the closet is exactly to avoid being judged by ignorants who think that being gay is a choice.

Go out and educate yourselves people !!

Posted at 1:31PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Anne

71. He's entitled to his opinion.Hardaway was not that good a player.Shaq made Hardaway into a good player when both began their careers in Orlando.I would be more upset if Jordon,Kobe,or Shaq made homophobic comments.Hardaway is just a stupid,bigoted person whose skills were marginal at best when he played in the NBA.Hey Tim,can you see all the money evaporating from any future NBA appearances because of your anti-gay rant?If you still have an agent.he or she should drop you as a client.Stupid comment.

Posted at 1:31PM on Feb 15th 2007 by almost famous guy

72. Guys like this are the fist to scream is someone says they hate blacks. Hate is such an evil word.

Posted at 4:59PM on Feb 15th 2007 by kim

73. Lets get one thing straight people, when it comes down to it, God and Allah both hate gays, jews AND colored people. End of conversation...........

HAVE A NICE DAY :-)

Posted at 1:31PM on Feb 15th 2007 by HG

74. To Posted Item 14: Being gay is not a choice, you either are or are not. Posted Item 15: I support free speech, but when a celebrity makes a public comment that spews hated there is going to be a huge backlash. Everyone who has posted a comment is exercising their free speech, we just don't like what we heard from this Hardaway idiot. What I find incredible is that this man belongs to a group of people that were discriminated against and segregated from society is now doing the same to another group of people. This is a prime example that black people discrimate too. Where's Al Sharpten, where's Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama? Why haven't they come out to speak against this kind of hatred?

Posted at 1:34PM on Feb 15th 2007 by roseanne

75. Number 14.. Being gay is not a choice. Do you think we want to be discriminated against, hated, spit on, beat up, ousted from our familes?? Yes we choose this road, how fun! You can have an opinion, this is the USA, thats why we are free people. You have to understand, this guy funds youth charities, there are kids who look up to him. You want the next generation to listen to him without even looking at the facts about gay people? When you have the power to influence kids, saying this is wrong because they should have their OWN opinion. Why would you hate something that you dont understand? If you are not gay then dont comment on whats a choice or not. Uneducated a**hole.

Posted at 10:17AM on Feb 16th 2007 by tippers