Recently, the world was finally blessed to see a current Division 1 men's basketball player come out of the closet for the everyone to see. Derrick Gordon, a starting sophomore shooting guard for the University of Massachusetts, finally felt comfortable enough to express his true self. Just like all "major controversies," there are going to be supporters and there are going to be haters. Fortunately for Gordon, most of the people he is surrounded by are supporters of not only him, but of all people.
Westboro Baptist (haters) felt the need to publicly lash out at Gordon, posting on their site:
UMass is just the latest institution to be exposed. The nation is flooded with aggressive out-of-the-closet fags. They're everywhere. Especially in the generation now darkening college campuses. That's the generation that was taught in the cradle to hate God, mock His standard, and utterly reject the words of warning and hope from His servants. Swing a cat and hit 50 fag students. (Of a truth, Derrick Gordon never had a fighting chance. He's lost to dark hopeless destruction, because of the selfish sins of his parents, preachers, teachers and leaders.)
In response, UMass students collectively wrote a letter back to the modern day Gestapo. Although it was extremely supportive of Derrick and the cause behind him, I do think that the students of the school made a big mistake.
The letter triggered Westboro to travel all the way to Amherst, MA to protest the campus and Derrick on his sexuality.
In another response from the students of UMass, they are hosting a protest to protest the protest. Hopefully by now you are starting to see a trend.
I love standing up for what I believe, but flicking a burning match into a puddle of gasoline just isn't the way to stop a Klan. The followers of the Westboro Baptist Church are nothing more than a bully. An insecure, ignorant, bully. They thrive off controversy. They love it. The more controversy, the more the world gets to see them and the more they care about their "cause."
To UMass students, and fellow haters of Westboro Baptist, Derrick Gordon knew he wasn't going to make everyone happy. There is just no way he didn't know that there would be doubters and screaming lunatics like Westboro. What Derrick needs/wants is endless support from his piers. He, nor any other lesbian, gay, black, caucasian, tall, fat, bearded, handicapped (wo)man gives two shits what a bunch of losers from Kansas thinks of them. Derrick needs support and people like Westboro need controversy. Spend your time supporting Derrick and everyone else instead of thinking of ways to put down Westboro Baptist...because, I can assure you, it will not work.
Link to the UMass letter ----> http://www.hercampus.com/school/u-mass-amherst/letter-westboro-baptist-church-signed-umass
