Usually when a school in the deep south wants to insult a rival, they print out a bunch of stickers of Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes pissing on their logo or something and plaster them on the windows of their trucks, and an entire school of rednecks end up with a child urinating on their car forever and we move on with our lives. Unfortunately for the University of Alabama, some enterprising soul has decided to take the “lol look you got peed on” joshing to a weird, hate crimey place.
The report, from the unfortunately named UnicornBooty.com:
In preparation of their upcoming game against LSU on January 9, the University of Alabama is selling t-shirts promoting a hate crime. The plan is for thousands of Alabama Crimson Tide fans to flood Bourbon Street, home to some of the oldest gay watering holes in the country, dressed in t-shirts that read:
HEY HOMEAUXS – WE JUST BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU.
As if using violent assaults against LGBT victims as a pun to sell college football merchandise wasn’t bad enough, the printer’s French is also atrocious. Aux is already plural, and in no need of an S.
Thank goodness LSU’s mascot isn’t the “black” something, I guess.
The comments section of the mythical creature’s ass contains a conversation with someone claiming to be the creator of the shirt, rationalizing that he didn’t realize gay people would be offended by “hey faggot I’m going to murder you” and noting that the shirts are a response to some fans from a few years ago wearing “Alabama Fans Are Homeauxs” shirts to games. He’s very sorry. And while it’s pretty easy to believe a guy from Alabama could be super stupid instead of homophobic, it’s interesting to consider why a Louisiana team would think calling a Tuscaloosa team with a vaginal bleeding euphemism for a mascot “homos” with a Frenglish spelling is beyond me. I’m gonna stick with “he’s an inbred goon and thought this was hilarious”.
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I thought Alabama was the gayest part of America.
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Gay? Nah, but they’re the luckiest part of America. I mean they did end up with the Leprechaun…
“Hate crime?” Jesus Christ. I’m a Tiger fan, but give me a f***ing break.
Aside from the fact that it’s clearly in reference to the outcome of the BCSC and it’s a ludicrous stretch to take it as incitement to criminal assault, it would take an exceedingly thin-skinned and stupid homosexual to be offended by that.
“Hate Crime” is an exaggerated joke for the headline, but agree with it or not it’s pretty lame to assume nobody would read “hey homos, we just beat the hell out of you” as probably-not-great-to-gays.
The fact that you think that headline constitutes a “joke” goes a long way toward explaining how much this site sucks since you took over.
Sorry I’m not meeting your Hateful Sports Guy quota. Thankfully, not everyone agrees with you.
Not sure where you got that I wanted “hateful”, but “funny” would be nice.
I apologize for my rudeness, but I find your humor and choice of content to be really unappealing. I’ve had difficulty phasing what used to be one of my favorite blogs out of my day, but I guess it’s time. I’m glad you found your audience.
Also the “WE JUST BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU” is specifically part of the Rammer Jammer, not some random violent imagery. It’s still hatespeech and stupid but I don’t know more context I guess.
I think though it would work just as effectively, if not more so, without the line. It’s in small ass print anyway.
“Hey Homoeaux. 24-10″
It’s hard to be an ultra sensitive leftwing non-racist/non-homophobe in the sports world sometimes. It really is.
Word.
In light of the currently high assault rate in New Orleans, I’m all in favor of ‘Bama fans flooding Bourbon Street in those shirts.
At least when they lose a few teeth and shit themselves, no one will notice the difference.
Wait now, if they lose a few teeth and shit themselves, they’re going to be toothless and doubled up on shitty pants.
This guy’s other t-shirt design that he didn’t realize might be offensive
“The LSU Tigers should Geaux back to Africa”
Outstanding.
it’s interesting to consider why a Louisiana team would think calling a Tuscaloosa team with a vaginal bleeding euphemism for a mascot “homos” with a Frenglish spelling is beyond me
Wait, what? I’m so lost with this sentence. You’re saying that a Louisiana team is calling an Alabama team homos? This doesn’t make sense at all to me. Maybe it’s the beer, but I thought it was an Alabama shirt, by an Alabama fan taking a poke at LSU fans? Please make me understand.
I’m saying that the Alabama team is claiming that the Louisiana team called them homos with an -eaux first, and how little sense that makes.
Thanks Brandon, I knew you wouldn’t have made such an egregious error. I s’pose my 2nd grade education is finally failing me.
“Thank goodness LSU’s mascot isn’t the “black” something, I guess.”
I don’t know. I kinda like the way “NEGRAUX” rolls off the tongue/onto the eyes.
In fairness, I doubt the university had anything to do with the shirt. But yeah, you can buy any number of ill-fitting ridiculous screen-printed t-shirts around Bryant-Denney in the fall, and anything based around LSU has the long ‘o’ sound rendered as either “eaux” or inexplicably “eauxs”. “Geaux Bleaux” is a popular one.
And yeah, one of UA’s regular chants is “we just beat the hell outta you, rammer jammer yellowhammer give ‘em hell Alabama”. Not sure why a gay slur was needed, but at least it’s sort of contextual. And to be fair, “Crimson Tide” was around long before it became a slangy(?) metaphor for menstrual blood.
You know my relationship with the Deep South and I’m not gonna apologize for a couple century’s worth of homophobia, but… I’ve heard people from Cleveland yell worse.
I think Brandon is an oversensitive, hipster, vegan douche as much the next guy, but even I think this shirt is ridiculous.
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
When accepting an apology, for a serious wrong that has been committed, (Hey Homeauxs T shirt) it helps to understand the distinctive character that makes up that individual, (Chris Ivey) to help determine if said apology is sincere or not.
Let’s look at Chris Ivey’s (AKA Walsh Mathers) publicly demonstrated character.
Chris Ivey (AKA Walsh Mathers on 247sports.com): refers to Rosie O’Donnell as an “it”. States that male cheerleaders are even worse than Rosie O’Donnell. Thinks an apocalypse ensues because of ESPN women commentators. Judgmentally determines that a guy should be commenting on a fall fashion show based upon his voice. Uses a photograph of a flamboyant male to insult other people. Was disingenuous, by lying, when seeking potential customers for his Hey Homeauxs T shirt. Stated that he promotes physical violence towards Justin Bieber.
Considering Chris Ivey’s, demonstrated character, can we truly accept his apology over the Hey Homeauxs T shirt as sincere? Is he truly sorry – or – is he sorry because he was caught?
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LEAVE BRANDON ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cries effeminately into webcam*