I’m friends with gay people, but I still hate them

In light of John Amaechi, a former NBA player who recently came out of the closet, Timmy Hardaway decided to grace us with his intelligent comments de jour stating frankly that “You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known,” Hardaway said. “I don’t like gay people and I don’t like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don’t like it. It shouldn’t be in the world or in the United States.” Since gay-bashing is sooooooo 2004, you’d expect the denunciations to be fast and furious.

Wrong! Chris Broussard at ESPN was one of the first to post of the situation on his blog, prominently linked to on the front page of ESPN.com. In a post entitled “My take on John Amaechi”, Broussard details that while he dislikes gays because they are sinning, he is still friends with them! Isn’t that sweet! You see, I’m in a similar predicament: I absolutely HATE Mexicans, but I’m friends with the Spangliphone who serves me my extra grande burrito at Chipotle. This makes my judgment of others ok, because if I hate someone for their race, creed, or sexuality but still am BFF with them (best friends forever, of course), guess what that makes me? The sweetest and most understanding bigot on the block.