Mothman wrote:
Thanks for the link. Perhaps Chris Kluwe should take his own advice and look in the mirror. Referring to Frazier and Spielman as cowards based on the story he presented comes across as the view of a bitter man, and not one without significant bias. Maybe his bitterness is wholly justified and maybe not. It would be interesting to get some perspectives on Kluwe's story from Priefer, Frazier, Spielman and especially from some of Kluwe's teammates. I'm certainly not willing to just accept Kluwe's side of the story at face value.
If what he wrote IS accurate, it certainly makes Priefer sound awful.
I don't agree Kluwe should look in the mirror. What he should do is sue for workplace harassment, get Spielman, Frazier, and Priefer deposed under oath, and make sure others who were in the room when Priefer made the remark about rounding up the gays on an island and nuking it till it glows are deposed under oath as well. That will settle the veracity of the claims, especially if any recordings of the meetings exist. A similar strategy worked to expose the Saints bountygate scandal, with severe results for those involved, and honestly it's the only way to establish the facts as I agree with you Jim that this is just one side of a story.
I think in writing what he did Kluwe may now have no choice but to sue, as any of the people specifically mentioned in the article could easily sue him for defamation if his claims are not true.
On a more general note, I personally don't believe Kluwe made any of this up as doing so doesn't benefit him in any way at this point. He gains nothing but possible trouble by making the claims he did. He even says himself that he doubts it will ever be possible for him to work in the NFL again after writing the article, not for the Vikings and not for any other team. So he makes the claims public at high possible personal cost and very little personal benefit. What is sitting in his soul must bother him a great deal to do that, and if it's untrue he just nuked himself for nothing, basically. He doesn't strike me as the suicide bomber type.