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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) contender Sean Strickland recently said he would think he had ‘failed as a man’ if he ever had a gay son.
Strickland made his comment via Twitter on December 27 when someone asked him if he would like to have a “gay son” or a “thot daughter.” THOT is an acronym for “that ‘ho over there”, which means a sexually libertine person.
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“If I had a gay son, I would think I failed as a man to create such weakness,” Strickland replied on Twitter. “If I had a whore for a daughter, I would think she just wanted to be like her dad lol !!”
He almost immediately began to receive criticism for his thoughtless comment.
@Big_Stereotype asked, “Sean, have you ever considered getting old after 14”?
Sean, have you ever thought about getting old after 14
– El Tigre Chino (@Big_Stereotype) December 27, 2021
In a related vein, @KrisSiegel replied, “I had no idea they let 14 year olds play MMA” (mixed martial arts).
Didn’t know they let 14 year olds play MMA
– Kris Siegel (@KrisSiegel) December 28, 2021
@WBarVal wrote: “Sean Strickland apologizes for not losing sponsors in 5, 4, 3,…”
Sean Strickland apologizes for not losing sponsors in 5, 4, 3,…
– Wilton BarVal (@WBarVal) December 30, 2021
@Byzr_nz wrote: “Stop showing how disconnected you are from society. The 1600 have also called and want to get their state of mind back.
Stop showing how disconnected you are from society. Also the 1600s called and want to regain their state of mind
– Byzr_NFT (@Byzr_nz) December 28, 2021
@WWaverunner wrote: “Thought this guy’s brain was working again last week. It’s clear he’s been hard in sparring with [UFC fighter Francis] Ngannou on several occasions since.
I thought this guy’s brain was working again last week. It is clear that he has fought several times with ngannou since then
– Waverunner (@WWaverunner) December 27, 2021
@BarTGila replied, “You can hope you have the strength of any gay man I know.”
You could hope to have the strength of any gay man I know.
– BarTGila (@BarTGila) December 28, 2021
@AriCohn wrote: “I hate to tell you this, but you have failed as a man before.”
@Tacticalwookiee wrote: “When projecting you are so deep in the closet you find Christmas presents 🎁”
In projection, you are so deep in the closet that you find Christmas gifts 🎁
– Tacticalwookiee (@Tacticalwookiee) December 27, 2021
@craigAFC_ mentioned an ambiguous comment Strickland once made on Instagram Stories about fellow MMA fighter, Belal Muhammad.
At the time, Strickland said, “I want to make you an offer. You’ll be in Vegas next week.
Me and you. We can meet in the desert man. And we can go do weird stuff together.
“Because it’s like it’s something I’ve always fantasized about, you know?” And you’re like a gazelle that wants to be a lion and you accept what I want to do to you. And like, man, I wanna do weird stuff to you, man, ”he continued.
“Like, oh, man. It’s so exciting that you accept that I do it. As if there were things I had fantasized about for a long time. And I feel like you’re going to let me do this to you, ”he concluded.
Responding to criticism, Strickland wrote, “I hated this gay son joke. You beta men need to calm down, this is not your college, you are not going to get fucked in here by a “zir” or “it” being a little bitch. It’s okay, it’s a safe place. Unfold your balls, you have the right to be a “he” here. “
Pretty sad that Strickland immediately switched to misogyny and transphobia after being arraigned on charges of homophobia.
