Ozzie bites another bats head off!

The title is a little misleading. This is a post about Chicago Whitesox Manager Ozzie Guillen. Recenlty Guillen called out Chicago Sun Times reporter, Jay Marrioti, in front of a bunch of reporters. During this informal interview, Guillen called Mariotti, among other things, a fag.

Now Ozzie Guillen has a long history of saying whatever comes into his head. He is either hated or adored around the sports world for his candor. The quote that they have I do not think should offend gay people (more on this later) however his defense of his actions are ridiculous. Guillen's explanation is that in his country, Venezuela, fag is used in a different manner than it is used over here and that he was not sure what it meant in America. Yea one problem buddy, you've live in America for the past 25 years. You were here during Will and Grace (no homo), you know what the fuck it means so don't play the ignorance card please.

I am not homophobic and I do not find the hatred of homosexuals, or anybody for that matter, to be acceptable. However, I do not agree with the class of thought that the word fag is a derogatory term to gays. When I hear the word I think of a feminine dude, not necessarily a gay person. That being said I also understand why most gay people are offended by the word. My final defense of Guillen is that from what I understand, this was a pretty informal sit down. Im sure he did not mean to be quoted directly, and if everyone got in trouble for some shit they said while kicking it then we'd all be in trouble a lot of the time.