hatred...

Former Miami Heat basketball player has added more fuel to bigotry and homophobia in a recent radio interview where he announced quite frankly that "I hate gay people."

That's nothing new. He made his comments in reaction to John Amaechi, a former NBA player who recently came out.

Hardaway, speaking by telephone from Las vegas, talked with Berry at length about his believe (sic) that homosexuality is wrong, explaining that he would not like to play with a gay player, and said his comments were not really that controversial.

Hardaway told Berry that many players believe as he does, but don't say so out of political correctness.

Berry asked if Hardaway would feel the same way about a member of his family, if he should discover that person was gay, Hardaway answered with an abrupt 'Yes.'
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Of course, now Hardaway has apologized

``Yes, I regret it. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said I hate gay people or anything like that,'' he said. ``That was my mistake.
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Of course he's apologized. His people got to him and said something like: You want to loose income? Saying something like that will cost you endorsement money! You see it really always comes down to money. He hasn't changed his belief, neither has Isaiah Washington after his rehab.

The sad thing is that Hardaway really does believe what he says. Have no doubt. And so does the vast majority of the rest of the world. His comments are about gays. In the interview the reporter asked him about the KKK and their hatred of blacks in a connection to his hatred being based on the same thing. Hardaway didn't really respond. He skirted the connection, coming very close to saying that it wasn't the same thing. Hatred of any kind is always the same thing.

In Northern Ireland it's hatred against catholics. In Bosnia it's hatred against Serbs. In Japan it's hatred against Koreans. The Arabs hate Jews. The Jews hate Arabs. The Muslims hate Christians. It goes on and on and on.

Gays are the one group that can bring all of the diverse hatred together. You see, the Bosnians hate gays. The Serbs hate gays. The catholics hate gays. The protestants hate gays. The Japanese hate gays. The Koreans hate gays. The Arabs hate gays. The Jews hate gays. The Muslims hate gays. Everybody hates gays. There is no end in sight. We hate what we fear the most.

The question is What is it that we really fear?

and as far as Mr. Hardaway, sorry sir - apology not accepted...