Manny Pacquiao, in my opinion, is another victim of having his words taken the wrong way, just as people could see me as siding with Pacquiao in this article. First of all, the quote is taken out of a debate in the Philippines and everyone likes to bend the words of a debate to make others look bad.
His actual quote from the debate was, “it’s common sense. Will you see any animals where male is to male and female is to female? The animals are better. They know how to distinguish male from female. If we approve [of] male on male, female on female, then man is worse than animals.”
The quote is not him directly saying that homosexuals are animals. It is taken out of context. Obviously a big company such as Nike will not take any type of bad press, but Nike is also a very well known supporter of the LGBT community. Nike is also related to strongly opposing any type of discrimination. With that said, they made the cut of Manny Pacquiao quick and easy.
Pacquiao has come out and apologized after finding out how many people he had offended, and his apology was a good one if you ask me. He did not back track what he said, he just made it known that he did not mean to offend anyone at all. He is, however, staying true to his faith and what the Bible says.
Now-a-days, I think that people will take anything people say and somehow make it offensive so they have something to be upset about. People are always acting as if others are out to get them. They say we need to act as one, but coming after one person for not wording a sentence together perfectly to make sure nobody was offended does not seem like a way to bring others together.
What is really going on is that it is making everyone seem like instead of growing together, we are separating and becoming soft. Every little thing you do or say comes with the repercussions of offending another race, gender, religion, occupation, animal lover, etc.
Manny Pacquiao, you have my support in your upcoming election and I urge the LGBT community to accept the man’s apology as he wraps up his boxing career and pursues his political career. Mr.Pacquiao, just know you can not always please everyone.
Manny Pacquiao you have my support in your upcoming election and I urge the LGBT community to accept the man’s apology as he wraps up his boxing career and pursues his political career. Mr.Pacquiao just know you can not always please everyone.
AJ Shopa, of course you are entitled to your opinion, and you are free to support Pacquiao in whatever way you wish. However, Pacquiao’s words were very ugly, harsh and offensive not only towards gay people, but to ALL people of the human race. His words were offensive to everyone! Because of this, he received world-wide condemnation from people of all walks of life: from gay to straight, from black to white, from young to old, and from people of all religions throughout the world. No, the LGBT community will not forgive and forget and will not accept his fake apology. I wish him good luck, but what’s done is done, now he must suffer the consequences . . . Live and learn!