http://www.cagepotato.com/video-dana-white-might-be-overcompensating-his-homophobic-slur http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvOwhSWe0ms&feature=player_embedded Instead of releasing a timely, orderly stream of video blogs for UFC 98, Dana White and co. opted to do a couple before the event and then a multi-part epic afterwards. As with most multi-part epics, the majority is forgettable stuff that should have been edited out. But around the eight-minute mark in this video things get interesting when Dana White does an interview with Edge Magazine and claims that everyone from fighters to fans would be totally cool with an openly gay athlete in the UFC. This is obviously not true, and Dana White knows its not true. Whats amazing is not that he says it anyway, but that he thinks pretending to be ignorant of homophobia in the world of mens pro sports is the best way to smooth things over with the gay community. It isnt. Its blatant pandering, and the effect is actually worse than admitting that the world of MMA would have a tough time ad******g to an openly gay fighter. Check Dana Whites reasoning for claiming that MMA would welcome a gay fighter with a big, burly hug and a kiss on the cheek: a) grappling is kind of homoerotic to start with, so dudes who do it are cool with gays, and b) the fighters in MMA are all really nice guys. And the fans, that 18-34 male demographic that is so revered for its tolerance and acceptance of all things gay? They wouldnt care either. As an attempt to placate the people he offended with his Loretta Hunt blog, this is a miserable failure because it asks them to go along with a story that they know, from experience, to be total bull****. These are the people who cant get married in most of the U.S., cant join the military without keeping part of their identity a closely-guarded secret, and White is telling them that the UFC and its fans would accept them with a good-natured slap on the ass. Look around at pro football, baseball, basketball, and boxing. Then tell me where the openly gay athletes are. There are undoubtedly gay men in all those sports, and probably at this very moment in the UFC as well, but they know the sporting world isnt ready to accept them yet. If Dana White really wants to ingratiate himself to the gay community he shouldnt try to sell them on the lie that the UFC is somehow more accepting than the rest of the sports world and mainstream American culture in general. He should instead tell them that thats the version of the UFC hed like to have someday the version where no one cares who you sleep with after the fight (even if its Jenna Jameson) as long as you deliver inside the cage. But thats not the world we live in just yet, and no ones going to be grateful to Dana White for pretending that it is.
What do you want him to say? "Queers that come out of the closet in the UFC would probably be gay bashed in the lockerrooms and I'm O.K. with that because homos don't belong in the same lockerrooms as straight guys. I hate cockgobblers and I don't want them hugging men in the middle of the ring gettin' hard-ons in front of my PPV customers" Seriously though what is he gonna say?
Stop making threads about irrelevant people. Everyday we'll know a little more about how much this guy is just a mouthpiece for the Fertittas. If you buy he's something else, then you'll buy into anything. Your a total rube, as dumb as anyone that's ever been taken in by any scam.
Dana White the celebrity is bad for MMA, I am not going to read that because i am sure its a waste of time.
You are correct my friend, Dana the celeb is a ****in tool moron, Dana the businessman is a shrewd dealmaker. I hate Dana the celeb I respect Dana the businessman There is another Dana also, Dana the person. I actually like Dana the person. My friends and I act the same way and I think I'd personally get along great with Dana the person. My problem with Dana is he is infatuated with the limelight and he puts himself ahead of the fights/fighters and its annoying to see his mug on the TV more then the fighters. If Dana would just step back and let the fighters be the focus and gets rid of the bloodsplatter and deathmetal music I wouldn't have a problem with him at all.
