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the streaker
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Well no, I'm not sure if a gay player would get a load of abuse.
I think the thing is, straight men don't like being called 'puffs'. It's an attack on their masculinity, ego, and whatever else. 'Out' gay men seem happy with their own sexuality, as do the general public, and I don't think abuse would be accepted.
I think with 'abuse' Le Saux got, it was pretty much accepted because people actually knew he wasn't gay.
Is it acceptable to be using homosexuality as an insult towards straight men? Probably not, but it's happens, innocently enough, on a daily basis. Thing is, I think there's a difference as well between an insult and a taunt. A lot of it's not meant as a slur.
I think that's very naïve mate.......................doubtless they would get a load of rubbish a lot of it probably from team mates when the general public wouldn't be aware of it,from opponents in the heat of a game and beyond a doubt from idiots in the crowd...........
We are a lot more liberal in our views now but football and society still has its fair share of cavemen............