Schadenfreude alert

Chris Culliver, the 49ers cornerback who felt a pressing need to make anti-gay comments last year, is once again in the news:

Niners cornerback is accused of hitting a bicyclist with his car and fleeing the scene, then threatening a witness with brass knuckles. 

Isn't it funny how the anti-gay people always turn out to be craven, hateful goons with no sense of right or wrong? I wonder if there's a moral there, or at least a connection. Hmmm.

Well, he'll have a lot of time to think things over during his prison stay. Maybe he'll have a change of heart. Yeah, right.

Just to refresh your memory, this was his anti-gay comment:

"We ain't got no gay people on the team," Culliver said. "They gotta get up outta here if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah, can't be in the locker room."

Jeebus, let's hope they don't lock him up with any sweet stuff. He can't be with that.

(BTW, the bicyclist suffered "minor injuries". Phew.)

Maybe I'll root for the Ravens

Not every football player is homophobic. Terrell Suggs of the Ravens countered Chris Culliver's homophobia with these remarks:

Asked if he would have a problem with a gay teammate, Suggs answered, “Absolutely not.” Suggs then added that the rest of the team would welcome a gay teammate as well.
“We wouldn’t have a problem with it,” Suggs said. “We don’t care. Our biggest thing in the locker room is to just have fun and stay loose. We don’t really care too much about that. We’re a football team. I said it yesterday; everybody deserves a certain amount of privacy. Who cares? Whatever a person’s choice is, it’s their choice.”
Suggs said the Ravens’ locker room is a welcoming environment.
“On this team, with so many different personalities, we just accept people for who they are and we don’t really care too much about a player’s sexuality,” Suggs said. “To each their own. You know who you are, and we accept you for it.”

Hmmm. If I root for the Ravens, I'm rooting for the sexy manager. Hmmmmmmmm.

49ers' Culliver is an anti-gay fool

Okay, so here I am, all excited about the upcoming superbowl game, rooting for my 49ers...and then some asshole on the team makes an anti-gay statement. It's been reported (widely) that Chris Culliver said the following:

"No, ain't got no gay people on the team. They gotta get up out of here if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah. Can't be in the locker room, man. Nah."

Obviously, the man has a tiny brain. But what on Earth could make him say this just before the superbowl? I mean, this is San Francisco's team. The team that lets drag queens sing the National Anthem. San Francisco!

Thankfully, there's another article at SF Gate (a great paper, by the way) that shows his teammates don't share his bigotry. Here's one excerpt. More at the link.

LINEBACKER LARRY GRANT: “I’ve known guys that I’ve played with in the past (who were gay). When you’re younger you hear different kinds of jokes, when you are in high school and college. At the end of the day, we are all family in this locker room, and we accept each player for whoever they are. … It’s all a brotherhood."

I still hope my 49ers win. But I also hope they don't let this Culliver pig anywhere near the field. He blew his big chance. End of story.

Update: Looks like Culliver had a really uncomfortable press conference. Good. I hope he dreams about it for the rest of his life.