Regular Americans, including football fans, tend to despise hypocrisy and inauthenticity.
Unfortunately, we saw both on display following the Atlanta Falcons’ 29-28 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night.
During the post-game show on Amazon Prime, Falcons Pro Bowl running back Bijan Robinson used the phrase “smear the queer” to refer to a common, backyard, keep-away football game played in childhood, which sparked a pro-LGBT backlash that unfortunately prompted Robinson to issue an apology on the social media platform X.
The “slur” occurred during an exchange with Prime analyst and former NFL star Richard Sherman.
In a clip posted to X, Sherman described a play in which Robinson eluded multiple Tampa Bay defenders.
“Oh, this boy grew up in the backyard!” Sherman exclaimed
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