Drive and Dish doesn't usually post during "daytime" hours (we tend to post in after work and late night hours), but today we're submitting a rare lunch time post just to be on record before Billy Packer is forced to apologize and/or enter rehab for using the "f" word. If you hadn't heard, after having worked Monday night's NCAA Basketball Championship, veteran CBS broadcaster Billy Packer made an appearance on the Charlie Rose show. Packer jokingly said that (I'm paraphrasing here) Rose always agrees to do things, but then "fags out" when the time comes to deliver on his promises.
I don't think Billy Packer meant to be offensive when he used the word (it's an odd choice of words, to be sure, but it almost certainly wasn't meant to be malicious), and I don't think this should be a big deal. But, going by recent history, Packer could be in big trouble for this one. You can say just about anything in America, but not the "f" word.
Just ask Ozzie Guillen.
Or Isiah Washington (who went to rehab for his use of said word).
Make no mistake, Drive and Dish disapproves of name calling and the use of intentionally offensive language (slurs, etc.). But Billy Packer shouldn't be in trouble for this. He didn't use the word as a slur. Yes, it was a strange use of the word (but this word has many uses and definitions- hey, I have friends from India who smoke "fags, " not cigarettes). And yes, Packer has been in trouble for his comments before . But people shouldn't get too upset over this.
It's really nothing.
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Not offended by this, why? You should be---because YOU ARE GAY.
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