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Post by durenduren on Apr 10, 2014 6:48:29 GMT -5
If we talked about topics 100% pure La Salle, we might as well sit here in silence for the next 3 months.
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Post by alwayslasalle1 on Apr 12, 2014 18:33:03 GMT -5
"I'm a conservative! I'm a Catholic!! Whoa, keep that sexual orientation stuff to yourself!!!" To D and all your other ID's . I' m a moderate and Catholic. Much like Pope Francis, I say: "Who am I to judge!" This " coming out by the young man is important in this era because of the hatred by small-minded buffoons who like to discriminate against those who they perceive as being different.. Why this topic belongs on this site is best explained by the post by The Neuman64
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Post by MisterD on Apr 12, 2014 18:37:02 GMT -5
Whoa, dude ...
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Post by MisterD on Oct 9, 2014 20:04:23 GMT -5
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Post by coqui900 on Oct 10, 2014 0:50:58 GMT -5
I am really worried that some bonehead(s) in our student section will say something dumb and La Salle will get some really bad press when we play them.
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Post by theneumann64 on Oct 10, 2014 8:57:10 GMT -5
I am a little too, honestly. Only takes one or two people to yell something, and we have bad luck in always seeming to get noticed and scolded when one of our fans does something.
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Post by MisterD on Oct 10, 2014 9:06:45 GMT -5
My only real fear is that you have three different potential causes; actual dislike, drunken stupidity and "its just chirping to throw him off his game". That said, I trust our kids to handle it the right way. If I look at the UMass schedule, we're not the school I think is highest risk.
(And I trust we'll have sneaky security in place too, ready to toss any idiot who does open his/her mouth.)
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Post by sweat83 on Oct 10, 2014 10:54:16 GMT -5
Really??? We're still talking about this?? My guess is that probably 90% of the student section has a friend/acquaintance/relative that is gay. I think we're a little past this.
Now, if he were straight, and led his team in pre-game prayer, then we'd have issues. Can't have that.
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Post by MisterD on Oct 10, 2014 11:03:03 GMT -5
Then. Just. Ignore. This. Thread.
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Post by theneumann64 on Oct 10, 2014 11:22:32 GMT -5
Why shouldn't we be talking about it? It's a reaction to a new interview posted on ESPN like yesterday. And the guy plays in the A-10, and will be coming to our building.
I agree with MisterD, in that I doubt many people who would be in the student section, or in Gola that night, are legitimately prejudiced against homosexuals but it would be an issue of 19 or 20 year old kids trying to yell things to make their friends laugh, or to throw Gordon off his game. And all it takes is for one reporter to hear someone say something stupid for an article to be written about "Homophobic chants from the La Salle Student Body."
I would hope our fans are all over Gordon that night, and every other UMass player, about his play, the coach's haircut, whatever. But not about who he is.
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Post by luhoopsfan on Oct 10, 2014 11:45:18 GMT -5
I am a little too, honestly. Only takes one or two people to yell something, and we have bad luck in always seeming to get noticed and scolded when one of our fans does something. It's because we have our students sit behind the benches instead of behind the baskets for some stupid reason.
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Post by coqui900 on Oct 10, 2014 13:37:59 GMT -5
I was up on campus for something about a year or so ago. I was walking on Olney near College Hall and a group of fraternity members walked past. (And I am not condemning fraternities for this -- they were all wearing the jackets of one of their frats/had pledge books/etc.). And one of them, for some reason, started yelling "f-----" really loudly at someone across the street. I almost said something and regret not doing so.
I also live across directly across the street from a group of St. Joe's kids. They were headed out the other night (I live near Main Street) and they were yelling that word and a few others, too. One of the kids in their group told his friends to shut up, which was good to hear.
I do think plenty of kids have exposure to homosexual friends and family members. I had a few out friends when I was an undergrad. There are/were a number of professors who were openly gay, too -- and maybe even a surprisingly high number considering La Salle's a small Catholic school.
But kids are kids and not everyone has the same exposure or gets the message. Just look at Sayreville High School's football team the past week. I would think all of those kids sat through some programs at sme point in their lives about bullying and possibly even hazing, and now a few of them likely face charges for sexual assaulting teammates.
It is a worry. I don't want our school to get bad headlines ever. And this is such an easy way to get bad press. It will end up in the press ANYTIME a student section says something to the kid. If we're the first or most egregious, it will be on Deadspin and the like before the first half is even over.
But more importantly, I don't want anyone ever called something degrading by anyone.
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Post by coqui900 on Oct 10, 2014 13:38:50 GMT -5
We face UMass on Jan. 7. It's a Wednesday night and I assume it's still winter break. That might be a big help since I'd expect there to be 10 kids in the student section all checking their phones.
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Post by thehawkisdead on Oct 11, 2014 15:53:41 GMT -5
Bring brother mike back for that game and let him sit in his usual seat on the alumni side. He has rabbit ears like you wouldn't believe. Remember that time he ran across to the student section and personally had someone ejected for something he heard from about 100 feet away in a crowded and loud arena? He could just do that again.
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