Koolaid_Man
08-16-2014, 04:21 PM
:lmao talk about a scathing indictment on his teammates through out the years....it's clear those athletes were from his team and his team only. It would be very odd to be saying you know gay people from other teams and if you did how would you know that? :lmao @ Mr. Tits is one step closer to coming on out :lol
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“It shouldn't matter,” Robinson said at a news conference at the LBJ Presidential Library (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal%2Fpolitics&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22LBJ+Presidential+Library%22)'s Civil Rights Summit.
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He said athletes who are honest about their identity gain respect from their peers.
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“We are all going to get challenged and persecuted. That's part of life, that's what it is,” Robinson said. “You're going to go through hard times, you're going to go through sad times, but it's how you face those sad times that makes people respect who you are and respect what you stand for.
“I think challenges like that are always a great opportunity for you to show your character and show who you are and show that you're able to stand up.”
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“It shouldn't matter,” Robinson said at a news conference at the LBJ Presidential Library (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal%2Fpolitics&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22LBJ+Presidential+Library%22)'s Civil Rights Summit.
Robinson's (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal%2Fpolitics&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Robinson%27s%22) comment comes one day after Derrick Gordon (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal%2Fpolitics&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Derrick+Gordon%22), a starter on the University of Massachusetts (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal%2Fpolitics&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22University+of+Massachusetts%22) men's basketball team, told ESPN that he is gay.
He said athletes who are honest about their identity gain respect from their peers.
Robinson, speaking after a panel about social justice at the summit at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal%2Fpolitics&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22University+of+Texas+at+Austin%22), told reporters he has known plenty of gay athletes during his career.
“We are all going to get challenged and persecuted. That's part of life, that's what it is,” Robinson said. “You're going to go through hard times, you're going to go through sad times, but it's how you face those sad times that makes people respect who you are and respect what you stand for.
“I think challenges like that are always a great opportunity for you to show your character and show who you are and show that you're able to stand up.”