NFL linebacker Brandon Spikes has been left scrambling to scrub his Twitter account after he sent out a message comparing his fear of gays to his fear of spiders.
“I’m homophobic just like I’m arachnophonbic,” the linebacker for the New England Patriots wrote yesterday. “I have nothing against homosexuals or spiders, but I’d still scream if I found one in my bathtub.”
He faced almost immediate backlash and followed it up with another message saying he was just joking: “people. It’s a joke. Seriously a joke. Chill out.”
Both tweets have since been deleted, but MyFoxBoston.com captured them before they were scrubbed:
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Neither the Patriots nor the NFL have responded, but Spikes could face disciplinary action for violating the league’s conduct policy.
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maverick2270
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:28amLucky he’s not white or he would already be suspended or kicked out of the league. You wanna “choose” to be gay, that’s fine, just don’t tell me I have accept you or your life style as “normal” because it’s not and don’t try and get into elementy schools and teach little kids that it is. Good for Spikes for speaking his mind. The thought/speech police from ESPN and the Media will be coming after him though. What a joke!
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JQuentinEvermann
Oct. 11, 2012 at 11:12amGays, Blacks, Muslims, etc… They will never be equal because we are forced to treat them differently.
When I can joke with a gay Black Muslim friend the same way I can joke with a straight White Christian, then we’ll be equal, not before.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Oct. 11, 2012 at 11:15amThey don’t want to be equal, they want to be more than equal.
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danielmchick
Oct. 11, 2012 at 11:49amJust curious, JQuentinEvermann, how are you forced to treat homosexuals differently?
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buzzkill59
Oct. 11, 2012 at 12:50pm@Danielmchick,Are you kidding?Did you read the article?This guy is getting harassed and faces disciplinary action because he made a joke about gays!Gays,like SOME blacks and most Muslims are sacrosanct!Handle with ‘Kid” gloves because you might hurt their feelings!Say anything you want about whites,Christians,and especially white Christians,but don’t you say anything,even jokingly,about gays,Muslims,and SOME blacks!(Obviously black Christian conservatives are fair game!)
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Independent4233
Oct. 11, 2012 at 4:16pmHomosexuality is not only a mental illness that adversely affects society, it is a very real danger due to the immense amount of diseases that are rampant throughout the homnosexual community, most of which are spread throughout society.
Aids, of course, is the most well-known affliction that has poisoned the population, but others less talked about diseases do the same, like syphillis, of which 85% is found in homosexuals.
Using body parts that were designed for the elimination of body waste acts a conduit of sorts for diseases due to the fact that the colon quickly picks up germs and contaminants and spreads them throughout the body. Too, ano-rectal cancer is almost solely found only within the homosexual community since the colon is not made by nature to withstand the abuse of homosexual perversions.
All sexually transmitted diseases occur in sexually active gay men at a high rate, which includes syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, pubic lice, Hepatitis A, B, or C virus, Human Papilloma Virus, etc.
Too, homosexuality was never taken off the books by the APA as a paraphilia, or mental disorder pertaining to sexual arousal simply due to facts.
It was rabid, shreiking hostile intimidation, mass propaganda and harassment, by homosexuals that brought about the change.
That encouraged them to do more of the same right now, which is what we’re seeing.
Their outrageous efforts will eventually result in a violent backlash.
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Detroit paperboy
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:25amDemocrats have now offered legislation banning……….linebackers…
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Clegg72
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:16am“Neither the Patriots nor the NFL have responded, but Spikes could face disciplinary action for violating the league’s conduct policy.” He could face disciplinary action for WHAT, exactly?
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SocialistSlayer
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:32amI don’t know; I’d be afraid if I found them or anyone else in my bathtub! Don’t drop the soap!
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Zer0
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:36amBecause Spikes actually had the nerve to use his 1st Amendment right.
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Eastinfection
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:09amAs much as i love football, i must say that a QB sticking his hands under a bent- over Center’s spandex- covered crotch is pretty gay. I prefer watching the shotgun formation.
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M13
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:17amI’m so homophobic that I have to cut up my bananas before I eat them and I won’t even eat a Popsicle either.
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Fubared
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:42amI’m so homophobic, I purell my pc screen after reading a post from encinom.
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RJJinGadsden
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:51amM13, I love bananas. Best sliced on lightly toasted wheat bread with crunchy peanut butter! Mmmm mmmm mmmm!
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biggreenboo
Oct. 11, 2012 at 11:30amOh Fubared… you win with best post of the day!!!!!!
Thank you.
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Kilmerfan
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:02amWow we need the USADA to waste more taxpayer money on this it is sooooooo important I will feel soooo much safer if we do. /sarcasm
Watch the gov blame the movie Eight legged freaks for this.
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Thighmaster
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:48amTo tolerate gays is not the same as to accept them, I tolerate them..
tol·er·ate
1.
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
ac·cept·ance
1.
the act of taking or receiving something offered.
2.
favorable reception; approval; favor.
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U.N.hater
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:05amBS! I don’t tolerate f a g s and never will. I don’t tolerate muslims or commi’s. Go tolerate some where else. I can’t stand tolerate’ing!!!!!!!! Tolerate<<<<< excepting things you should not!!!!!!!
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Tri-ox
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:47amI guess Mr. Spikes didn’t get the “EVERYBODY GO GAY” memo from obama and the NAACP.
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DMD
Oct. 11, 2012 at 1:22pmThe NFLGBT sent out the memo.
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term limits for congress
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:41amOnly homosexuals have Twitter accounts. So, sign-off. Leave Twitter alone… unless you and Twitter are in the bathtub together.
How many effin’ stories will there be about somebody posting something stupid on Twitter. Who cares???
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EveF.Destruction
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:37amWhere is the hate? He confessed to an irrational fear of something, and did it in a humorous way. Liberals have no sense of humor.
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starman70
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:24amLiberals have no sense!!!
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PA PATRIOT
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:32amOK Guys, Gals
Does the First Amendment mean anything today?
Here’s one for ya
I may throw the gay person out of my tub, and eat the spider!
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california_red
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:47am1st amendment means the government cannot limit your speech. Your boss, including the NFL, can. I sure wish people would understand our Constitution. Freedom of speech does not mean you can say whatever you want without consequences.
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goahead.makemyday
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:31amIf I found a guy I didn’t know in my bathtub and said “Hey Baby why don’t you join me?” That guy would get a snap kick to the head, then I’d call the police about a burglar that broke in my home and then tried to commit se xual assault on me. No screaming necessary.
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ColoradoMaverick
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:28amWhats the big deal? he isn’t entitled to his own opinion? I thought we had free speech rights. He said he was homophobic didn’t he. Isn’t a phobia an irrational fear? To all you liberal dopes that are going to label him as anti gay, Homophobia is an IRRATIONAL fear of gays. If you found one in your bath tub, what would you do? never mind, I don’t really want to know.
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BossHog36
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:27amI’m going to buy a Brandon Spike jersey now!
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Gonzo
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:26amWhat if you found one in the White House?
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progressiveslayer
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:30amOur gay president would give him an ass pounding he wouldn’t forget.
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Gonzo
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:33amThe correct answer is, he would vote for him…twice.
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Walkabout
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:36amObama is not gay by his way of thinking. He was on top. So there is no contradiction between his faith & & his sexual activities in his mind.
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HKS
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:11amSome folks find certain things downright creepy and I think it’s your right to think as you wish. In this Obama gestapo world that right, as well as a lot of others, is under attack constantly. We really need rid of this cancer on our country.
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cessna152
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:24amSo opinion is now bigotry and “hate”, unless it’s against Conservatives. People, it’s time to stop being PC…they are killing free speech and setting us up to be afraid to speak our opinion. If he hates gays, Christians or green people…he is entitled to hate them.
Free opinion and speech is slipping away. Speak boldly, the radical left does.
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Rajabear1
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:33amYou are correct. Had he have stated that Mitt’s Mormonism creeped him out, it would all be well and good. But stating your reaction to something that you find (that is) unnatural and personally repulsive like the member of the same sex coming on to you freaks you/being naked in your bathtub out and watch out!!!
I would hope most natural/normal men would pound the crap out od someone if they knew that a DUDE was coming onto them, but alas we have gotten to a point in this environment where you will be called a bigot if you haven’t ‘experimented’ at some time in your life. Sick. just sick.
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Fubared
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:46amActually, under the ADA, he can file a claim for his phobia and get damages and healthcare and not have to work while retaining 70% of his base pay tax free.
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Eastinfection
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:22amWould he scream if he found a heterosexual man in his bathtub?
How bout if he found a lesbian in his tub?
…or TWO lesbians ….. really pretty ones?
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Walkabout
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:44amWould he scream if he shared a locker room shower with a heterosexual man? No, probably not. But if they think you are gay & in the shower, locker, or weight room, Nellie bar the door. They would get very upset.
Current trends with Hollywood pumping out pro-gay propaganda such as Will & Grace & The New Normal will not over the long term change the culture.
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Eastinfection
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:00amHowdy Walk..
Just checked Wiki and Will& Grace have been off the air for 6 yrs. Never heard of the other show. I mostly watch “Storage Wars” and “Pawn Stars” and other dopey stuff like that- but i get your point…. & i somewhat agree. Our culture will always be hetero- centric but, now that we have 300+ cable channels & expanding, and infinite internet options for entertainment -combined with population & consumer growth- i’d suspect the amount of ****-centric media will increase as well. Saturation of all sorts of freakyness will, however, desensitize our culture somewhat- if it hasn’t already.
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Master.Debater
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:21amBrandon, I hope you learned a valuable lesson from this. Leftists don’t have a sense of humor!
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RIGS
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:20amHahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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PorkPIG
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:18amI’m sick of PC, Good for Mr Spikes . I have met and conversed with a good bit of “gay” ppl and they all gave me the same impression , which is that they have screw loose and are unstable , good reason to be fearful and avoid them .
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Eastinfection
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:24am@PORK
” they have screw loose “..
i think you mean “they have screwed loosely”..
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PorkPIG
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:31amplease refrain from giving mental imagery that required regurgitation of my coffee .
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ModerationIsBest
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:34amHow funny, I get the same impression when I talk to religious people.
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Eastinfection
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:47amWell, i must be the real moderate here because i can talk to holy rollers and queers without getting weirded out by either.
Not spiders, though. Hate spiders. ticks,too.
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RJJinGadsden
Oct. 11, 2012 at 10:41amEASTINFECTION, LOL….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXk8BTyiEXY
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Eastinfection
Oct. 11, 2012 at 11:09amThanks RJJ! lol..
about sums it up.
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Wool-Free Vision
Oct. 11, 2012 at 11:25amModerationIsBest
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:34am
How funny, I get the same impression when I talk to religious people.
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And yet, here you are. What are you, some kind of masochist? Why don’t you go away and save yourself from all of these unstable people?
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RightUnite
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:13amThat is funny!
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progressiveslayer
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:12amYou’d scream alright especially if he caught you from behind.
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toiletclogga
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:11amOK. If you are a professional athlete’s agent, the first thing you tell them is to stop tweeting, twittering, whatever. It leads to spontaneous utterances which you cannot take back. It hurts your marketability. Although there is a degree of truth to these spontaneous utterances, the thin-skinned in our country will hang on your every word, and there will be no apology sufficient enough for them.
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Landon410
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:11ami laughed loudly, i thought that was hillarious
i think he should re post it, they don’t like your thoughts they dont have to follow your twitter account
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Ducky657
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:09amAll I can say is what prompted this guy to tweet this? Maybe this guy needs to be checked for a head injury!?
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ares338
Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:09amHe has a right to his opinion. I don’t fear anyone but if I did……scroo whoever didn’t like it!
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