>>>How about this from Michael Jordan?
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>>>

>>>"We cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level."---Michael Jordan
>>>

>>>
>>>But in the book Nothing Else Matters:
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>>>

>>>"You f@%^$ flaming f@%^$," Jordan exploded. "You don't get a call on that little touch foul, you f@%^$ f@%^$.
>>>You don't bring that f@%^$y shit in here. Get your ass back and play, you f@%^$."
>>>

>>>
>>>That's 4 gay slurs.
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>>Conceivable that his attitudes have changed over the years? He grew up?
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>
>Michael is and always has been a jerk. His incredible athletic ability and championships obscured that for a long time to lots of people, including me. But now that he is no longer playing it is clear he is nobody's idea of a nice guy. He is an assassin. And that's part of why he was so successful.

So why can people celebrate "jerkness" in him, and not in others?