Ex-Basketball Star Says His Anti-Gay Michael Sam Tweet Was For A ‘Study’
Former Ole Miss basketballer Marshall Henderson says his derogatory Tweet was to help a friend gather information.
“My stance on gay athletes is irrelevant,” Henderson told ESPN by phone. “The whole reason we chose to do this is because my friend is gay. If it was wrong for me to do it, so be it.”
Henderson tweeted the following on Monday morning, two days after Sam was taken by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh and final round of the NFL draft:
“Boycotting sportscenter til this michael sam nasty [expletive, expletive] is off …. My brothers are 7 and 11 and saw that!!! #SICKENING”
An hour later, Henderson followed with tweets explaining his rationale for the initial comment.
One of my best friends, WHO IS GAY, is about to graduate in psychology, asked me to say these things so he can have responses … TBC
— marshall henderson (@NativeFlash22) May 12, 2014
The point of his study was to see how people react when others say things or act a certain way against another group of people … TBC
— marshall henderson (@NativeFlash22) May 12, 2014
M D Reese May 12th, 2014 at 6:38 pm
Smells like BS.
Red Eye Robot May 12th, 2014 at 6:42 pm
Henderson’s explanation is far more plausible than “the Benghazi attack was a reaction to a youtube video”
arc99 May 12th, 2014 at 6:47 pm
With birth certificates, death panels, child re education camps, and skewed poll/Romney landslides so passe, what is the dedicated Obama-hater to do?
BENGHAZI!!!!!!!!!!!!
Red Eye Robot May 12th, 2014 at 6:50 pm
You Mad Bro?
arc99 May 12th, 2014 at 6:52 pm
not at all. the only malady I can complain about is an allergy to BS
Anomaly 100 May 12th, 2014 at 7:50 pm
You’re mad. You changed the topic. You’re not even good at trolling.
Shades May 12th, 2014 at 10:00 pm
Of course they’re still talking about Benghazi!!! He has his orders (or should I say programming).
Chinese Democracy May 12th, 2014 at 9:07 pm
are you conservatives STILL talking about Benghazi? Hillary is going to be the next president. Get used to the idea
fahvel May 13th, 2014 at 6:43 am
give it a rest robo – since you have no soul, keep back!!
Chinese Democracy May 12th, 2014 at 9:06 pm
LOL and I am Micky Mouse
Anomaly 100 May 12th, 2014 at 9:21 pm
Oh come on. I wanted to be Micky Mouse!
Shades May 12th, 2014 at 9:58 pm
And if you buy that …
fahvel May 13th, 2014 at 6:42 am
ooops, I already bought the bridge.
burqa May 12th, 2014 at 11:37 pm
Just conducting a “study,” eh?
Reminds me of the time I told a cop, “Honest, officer, I was just walking along minding my own business when I looked down and found these drugs just sitting there on the sidewalk where children could get them and I was on my way to the po-lice station to turn them in when you pulled me over….”
– didn’t work for me, either.
Chinese Democracy May 13th, 2014 at 2:04 pm
LOL good story at least. I dunno why the cops wouldnt buy that?