In January, former Minnesota Vikings punter and LGBT rights activist Chris Kluwe published an article on Deadspin where he made the claim that special teams coach Mike Priefer one time told him, "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows."
This led to the Vikings launching an independent investigation, with the summary of the results being released this past Friday. The report concluded that Priefer did indeed make the comment about nuking gays, and he has since been suspended for the first three games of the season. The team also plans on donating $100,000 to an LGBT organization.
Humorously enough, the team's lawyers said that even though Priefer made the nuke-the-gays comment, he has otherwise been very respectful of the LGBT community, saying that, "...other than Kluwe's allegations, there is no support in the record of Priefer made any additional statements of this nature."
Let's review the comment again, shall we?
Priefer: "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows."
Lawyers' defense: "Other than this comment, Priefer has been very respectful of the LGBT community."
Translation:
Priefer: "All gays should be killed at once, and as soon as possible!"
Lawyers' defense: "Outside of Priefer saying all gays deserve to die, he's been very respectful of them."
On that note, I can just imagine Priefer engaging in the following conversation with a gay man:
Samuel Noyoudint: "Aren't you that Vikings coach? Preffer, or something like that?"
Mike Priefer: "Yes, that's me. Mike Priefer - special teams coach for the Minnesota Vikings."
Noyoudint: "I read that Deadspin article, and as a gay man, I have to say I was horribly offended by your comments."
Priefer: "Comment"
Noyoudint: "What?"
Priefer: "I just made that one comment. Other than that, I've been all about the gays."
Noyoudint: "You said we should all be nuked!"
Priefer: "Yeah, so?"
Noyoudint: "So, did you really mean that?"
Priefer: "I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it."
Noyoudint: "So, you think me and all of the other gays should die?"
Priefer: "Yeah, but let's not blow this thing out of proportion here. Sure, I think you should all be killed at once, but besides that, I'm all for queers' rights."
Noyoudint: "If we were all dead, we wouldn't have any rights..."
Priefer: "Don't twist my words any more than the liberal media already has. Do I think all gays should die? Yes. However, do I think they should be given the right to marry after they're dead? Yes."
Noyoudint: "What?"
Priefer: "Surprised, aren't you? You see? I told you I was on your side."
Noyoudint: "Ugh!" ::storms off::
Priefer: "What the hell was his problem? You see? You try to be nice, decent, and even politically correct, and this happens. Geez..."
http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/07/19/3462027/vikings-admit-coach-said-nukeall-the-gays-insist-he-was-otherwise-completely-respectful-of-lgbt-advocates/
This led to the Vikings launching an independent investigation, with the summary of the results being released this past Friday. The report concluded that Priefer did indeed make the comment about nuking gays, and he has since been suspended for the first three games of the season. The team also plans on donating $100,000 to an LGBT organization.
Humorously enough, the team's lawyers said that even though Priefer made the nuke-the-gays comment, he has otherwise been very respectful of the LGBT community, saying that, "...other than Kluwe's allegations, there is no support in the record of Priefer made any additional statements of this nature."
Let's review the comment again, shall we?
Priefer: "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows."
Lawyers' defense: "Other than this comment, Priefer has been very respectful of the LGBT community."
Translation:
Priefer: "All gays should be killed at once, and as soon as possible!"
Lawyers' defense: "Outside of Priefer saying all gays deserve to die, he's been very respectful of them."
On that note, I can just imagine Priefer engaging in the following conversation with a gay man:
Samuel Noyoudint: "Aren't you that Vikings coach? Preffer, or something like that?"
Mike Priefer: "Yes, that's me. Mike Priefer - special teams coach for the Minnesota Vikings."
Noyoudint: "I read that Deadspin article, and as a gay man, I have to say I was horribly offended by your comments."
Priefer: "Comment"
Noyoudint: "What?"
Priefer: "I just made that one comment. Other than that, I've been all about the gays."
Noyoudint: "You said we should all be nuked!"
Priefer: "Yeah, so?"
Noyoudint: "So, did you really mean that?"
Priefer: "I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it."
Noyoudint: "So, you think me and all of the other gays should die?"
Priefer: "Yeah, but let's not blow this thing out of proportion here. Sure, I think you should all be killed at once, but besides that, I'm all for queers' rights."
Noyoudint: "If we were all dead, we wouldn't have any rights..."
Priefer: "Don't twist my words any more than the liberal media already has. Do I think all gays should die? Yes. However, do I think they should be given the right to marry after they're dead? Yes."
Noyoudint: "What?"
Priefer: "Surprised, aren't you? You see? I told you I was on your side."
Noyoudint: "Ugh!" ::storms off::
Priefer: "What the hell was his problem? You see? You try to be nice, decent, and even politically correct, and this happens. Geez..."
http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/07/19/3462027/vikings-admit-coach-said-nukeall-the-gays-insist-he-was-otherwise-completely-respectful-of-lgbt-advocates/
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