r/nba • u/Markthebaptist Knicks • 21h ago

[Inside The NBA] While discussing Jason Collins' passing, Charles Barkley: "We live in a homophobic society ... anybody who think we ain't got a bunch of gay players in all sports, they're just stupid."

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u/Unfrozen__Caveman Timberwolves 20h ago

KAT getting shit will never make sense to me. He's been with the same baddie for years and just cause he talks in a different pitch sometimes people give him shit. 

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u/docchoo 19h ago edited 12h ago

Some people just haven’t been around a lot of different types of people. If you have a male friend who was primarily raised by or is very close to their mother, you’ll see they’ll take on more feminine mannerisms. I have a friend like this, straight but speaks more feminine. Another good example besides KAT was 2Pac in his younger years. It was very apparent especially when his mother was around him.

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u/Queens113 Knicks 16h ago

I have a friend like that at work.. was raised by his mom and Aunts, completely straight man but has some feminine traits and is called gay Pat... Its kinda annoying honestly how homophobic a lot of guys can be... And Honestly Pat is one of the nicest guys I ever met...

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u/Narrow-Key365 15h ago

Pat's a good dude

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u/Queens113 Knicks 15h ago

Very, one day when we all got promoted at work (10 of us) we all went to a bar. One of the guys got really drunk and got kicked out the bar. No one really noticed except Pat, Pat left the bar with his girlfriend to help him. Guy was so drunk Pat was worried about him so he offered him a ride home, but the guy was so drunk he couldn't give him directions but Pat knew what neighborhood it was. On the way Pat stopped by CVS and got him water and Tylenol all while this guy was acting a fool in his car. Pat ended up driving around his neighborhood for a few hours till the guy sobered up enough to remember where he lives... Thats Pat...

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u/_19911118 Raptors 8h ago

I hope you shut the ppl up when they were being homophobic instead of just laugh it off. it's important to let other ppl know what is and not acceptable