Sure it can be read as homophobic but I seriously doubt Lamar harbors those feelings about gays. He seems like a decent person who is respectful and was raised to be like that. The comment, "eat ----" is a variation of "suck my ----". If I had a dollar for every time I heard that crack growing up, I'd be sitting pretty right now. And it was almost always directed at another guy. I'm not trying to minimize the potential, social ramifications of it but I think Lamar just hurled it as an infantile remark without much behind it. Actually, the whole tweet was pretty much on a 4th grade level and I found it more embarrassing than insulting. It didn't say much for his maturity level. In any rate, reporters have that nagging tendency to not let anything go so I wouldn't be surprised if they bring it up to him almost immediately the next time he has a presser. Then he'll apologize and that will be that. I suppose it's possible he'll be reprimanded by the league but since we haven't heard a peep out of them yet, maybe it's already been swept under the rug.
I agree.
I don't think Lamar is homophobic.
IMO, his tweet was more about questioning the guy's manhood than being homophobic.
It probably falls more under "toxic masculinity" than homophobia IMHO.
As I stated earlier, he may have apologized to the guy personally. Further, his taking the tweet down was an admission to twitter that he violated their terms.
Further, any fallout is primarily on Lamar. It's his account and he does do sone business on twiiter.
