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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn McEnroe's response to Margaret Court "Who gives a F***?"
Court claimed that Tennis is "full of lesbians" and that transgender children were the work of the devil.
Margaret Court is telling us, Tennis is full of lesbians, McEnroe said in his response. The way I see it, there are three options regarding this statement. Number one―this is true, and who gives a fuck? Number two―this is not true, and who should give a fuck? And number three―this is half-true, and should we really give a fuck?
When same-sex marriage becomes legal in Australia, I will personally call my good friend Elton John to host the biggest same-sex mass wedding ceremony ever seenin Margaret Court Arena. Margaret, thats just the kind of guy I am.
http://deadspin.com/john-mcenroe-slams-margaret-courts-bigoted-comment-on-n-1795834626
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)good for you, Mac... let 'em have it. LOVE YOU!
spanone
(135,874 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)I always thought he was a privileged brat, seeing how he behaved on the court.
Guess he does have some good in him.
dhill926
(16,355 posts)but he's a good guy.
iluvtennis
(19,871 posts)...last several years on tennis and I too now like him, unlike when he played.
cab67
(3,007 posts)His behavior was childish, but I remember some TV ads in the 1980's where he parodied himself. He may have been a douche, but he was at least somewhat aware of the fact.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Lars39
(26,116 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)Yes, he was a-hole back in the day but all that is now gone and he has
become a good man. BTW he is a very commentator for grand slam events
too.
Goodheart
(5,340 posts)He was a punk on the court, to be sure, but unlike his contemporary, Jimmy Connors, he was always a good sport and took his lumps graciously off it.
McEnroe forever!
Chellee
(2,102 posts)I was beginning to think that I was the only one who liked him as a player. Yes, he was intense, but even then he knew how to laugh at himself.
🎾
Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)Sounds like she may have unresolved issues
catbyte
(34,447 posts)then, but I remember she was the Serena Williams of her day. Welcome to DU!
Raster
(20,998 posts)SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)I shudder to imagine the dark reaches of his mind.
Big_K
(237 posts)"The Spanish Inquisition in a Sears suit."
You have won the interwebs today.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Therefore, it's news.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Serena still trails her in that department.
But, she's a fundyclown.
LisaM
(27,830 posts)that SHE had to make an issue of this. I think tennis was willing to do a "live and let live" with her, given her talent and how dominant she was back in the day. Instead, she pushed it.
I'm not personally a huge fan of un-naming things, but if they take her name off the court, I think she's brought this on herself. Lord knows how hard it was to be gay in sports 50 years or so ago - if some of her fellow competitors were dealing with that and she knew it, I think she could be more gracious now.
Yvonne Goolagong court, anyone?
spooky3
(34,476 posts)Glad McEnroe called her out.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)favor.
LisaM
(27,830 posts)She was really fun to watch. Did I spell her first name wrong? It's been a long time.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)She is one of the greatest female tennis players of all time.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Good on John Mac.
malaise
(269,157 posts)She's now a pastor at one of the loonie fundie churches
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Get 'em Mac!!
niyad
(113,552 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I rooted for Borg in the epic matches but by the mid '80s I had come around on McEnroe and realized how terrific he was, on and off the court.
Bonehead decision to skip the Olympics in 1988. He had plenty of company. Virtually all the top tennis males were paralyzed with fear and drenched with excuses. The women were more astute. Steffi Graf embraced the Games from the outset, in fact the trial run in Los Angeles in 1984 as demonstration sport.
McEnroe and Johnny Miller are two of the greatest players-turned-commentator ever.
winstars
(4,220 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)erronis
(15,328 posts)I don't identify with any of those letters that seem to be growing in length, GLBTWR?, but I love all kind, man/woman/most others.
I hope that humankind can stop trying to slot us all into little cubbyholes. We are all variations on a huge tapestry of myriads of themes.
Goodheart
(5,340 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,192 posts)WTG Johnny Mac
spooky3
(34,476 posts)him (and their match started a complete revolution in opportunities for women athletes). Also liked the shot at the end about how her behavior is on par with that of the sexist Ilie Nastase. And the phone call to Elton ... ha!
Initech
(100,102 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)Telling it like it should be told.
Margaret Court--Great tennis player/athlete, but as a person she scrapes the bottom of the barrel
kerry-is-my-prez
(8,133 posts)Upthevibe
(8,071 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,501 posts)john McEnroe more than I do today. Good for him.