Annnnnd with the steaming hot take … Slate, ladies and gentlemen:
Anti-gay Met Daniel Murphy lost his team the #WorldSeries. Good. https://t.co/ZwlPZFHdO1 pic.twitter.com/5loidpuYwi
— Slate (@Slate) November 2, 2015
Uhhh … Maybe if we read the article, we’ll get it?
These unqualified plaudits may have been merited. But they gloss over the fact that Murphy is perhaps the most explicitly and unabashedly anti-gay figure in major league sports today. Earlier this year, Murphy unloaded his thoughts about Billy Bean, an openly gay retired player and Major League Baseball’s Ambassador for Inclusion:
I disagree with his lifestyle. I do disagree with the fact that Billy is a homosexual. That doesn’t mean I can’t still invest in him and get to know him. I don’t think the fact that someone is a homosexual should completely shut the door on investing in them in a relational aspect. Getting to know him. That, I would say, you can still accept them but I do disagree with the lifestyle, 100 percent.
Murphy then tried to qualify his statement, comparing homosexuality to undesirable personality traits like “pride”:
Maybe, as a Christian, that we haven’t been as articulate enough in describing what our actual stance is on homosexuality. We love the people. We disagree the lifestyle. That’s the way I would describe it for me. It’s the same way that there are aspects of my life that I’m trying to surrender to Christ in my own life. There’s a great deal of many things, like my pride.
Boy, that Murphy sure sounds like a horrible guy, doesn’t he?
If Slate’s goal was to demonize Murphy, they fell short. Way short. Because they only made themselves look like jackasses.
An amazingly stupid article. pic.twitter.com/pH0AsPv4n7
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) November 2, 2015
@Slate embarrassing article
— quinn (@sicklater) November 2, 2015
@Slate @dan_bernstein this is such an absurd take
— HKM Football (@HKMFootball) November 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/hankhank30/status/661244098624544768
@Slate Reaching quite low for a story nowadays?
— stlgirlinlex (@stlgirlinlex) November 2, 2015
@Slate This is insane
— Chris Ladner (@ChLadner) November 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/JaydePiper/status/661237384571461633
@Slate literally the dumbest article I've ever read
— Xander (@Xander2Bogaert) November 2, 2015
@Slate shut the hell up. This may be the most stupid thing I've seen in my life.
— Patrick Bedell (@pattyb94) November 2, 2015
@Slate you should be ashamed of yourselves for outrageous headlines. What a load of crap
— Tyler McConnell (@Tybone97) November 2, 2015
@Slate What the fuck
— OH TERRY! (@BigSexyBartolo) November 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/jordanbursch/status/661237351058956288
@Slate oh look. Shitty journalism.
— taylor james (@taylor_jayy93) November 2, 2015
@CMurda19 @Slate childish piece and I am VERY pro lgbt. Also this guy single handedly got the team to the WS. Nice try Slate
— Noah (@NoaHoaG) November 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/JaydePiper/status/661237195802550273
@Slate and what the hell do his beliefs have to do with this series? The postseason for that matter? Horrible article
— Tyler McConnell (@Tybone97) November 2, 2015
@Slate he didn't. This is ridiculous.
— RobLowe Picasso (@JimMazner1) November 2, 2015
@Slate this is mad ignorant
— Matt (@M_Velocci) November 2, 2015
@Slate Top notch reporting. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
— Franchise Nation (@Moonlightswami) November 2, 2015
Damn straight.
Reminder: The politicized life is miserable and you’re a miserable person if you partake in it. pic.twitter.com/NML5v8JRlO
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) November 2, 2015
Amen to that. Only one thing for Slate to do now:
Seek help. https://t.co/NLgbdtpEfx
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 2, 2015
