Lamar Jackson’s gay slur and tone-deaf defense have empowered others

Lamar Jackson tweeted a homophobic comment to a Baltimore Ravens fan. He deleted it. Sports journalist and gay man, David Perry, believes that fans will always support their team. The fans are motivated by the praise of the team and the sting of losing.

Lamar Jackson's homophobic tweet about a fan has been widely criticized. Jackson claims the fan defamed him. He used a gay slur and tone-deaf defense. He has empowered others. The fan is not a football player. It is an insult to say that a man has never performed oral sex on another man.

Lamar Jackson used a homophobic slur in a tweet. Outsports' Jim Buzinski has been an out gay man in the sports media for over 30 years. Buzinks has seen some bad homophobia from athletes. On the Rocker Scale of sports homophobia, Jackson's message and bluster would get 1 to 1.5 Rockers. After the fact, he dismissed the concerns. He used the term because it is a powerful insult in many circles. It is also a pejorative term. Urban Dictionary calls it “the comeback of all comebacks”.

Lamar Jackson used a gay slur and has been accused of homophobia. He should be punished for his actions. Outsports founder Buzinski believes that he should listen to his mistakes and learn from them. The use of homophobic language in sports is not a clear-cut anti-gay slur. It's a language that is used to teach people that it's not the case that people hate gay people. Buzinksi has seen and experienced homophobia in his career. Jackson should not be able to tell gay men what is homophobic. His response to the accusations is misplaced. Some people have used his defense to hurl homophobic comments at Out Sports and at Buzin.