Gilbert Arenas, a former NBA point guard and three-time All-Star with the Washington Wizards, described the LGBT community as “the most unfair group walking the planet right now” in a recent interview.
Arenas sat down with Vlad TV for a wide-ranging interview released Monday and discussed using words as weapons, cancel culture, and racism. When the former NBA star began to dive into how people should watch what they say around certain people, he opened up about a problem he sees in the LGBT community.
“I think they are the most unfair group walking the planet right now. They have a playbook that only they follow. No one else can see this playbook, but we are being judged by everything in this playbook. “, Arenas. saying. “But we don’t know. So there’s no open dialogue about what’s appropriate and what’s not. We only found out after we screwed up. That’s unfair. That’s fucking unfair. You can’t do that. How? I know something’s wrong until you give it to me?
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Washington Wizards Gilbert Arenas, #0, in action against the Miami Heat. (Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
Arenas was asked to give an example.
“Just words, phrases. Like he, she, it, they… How do we know? You’re making it up as you go,” he explained. “It’s not like there’s this fucking dictionary of updates, and we can sit there, click on it, and say, ‘Okay, I can’t say… they took this out. They added this.’ We’re just learning, right? It’s really unfair that you can write someone off with a playbook that only you have.”
He then talked about a hypothetical discussion with a person from the LGBT community.
“Like having an argument with someone LGB… f—suicide. Here’s why: they have the whole dictionary to use against you. They can say whatever f—they want. Technically, they can make a straight man gay saying, “You look like a gay guy, you look like that,” and calling you all kinds of gay words, which is technically offensive, right? To a straight guy. As soon as I reply to something that’s gay, I’m f— ing cancelled.How does that f—ing work?
“Even us talking about it makes us uncomfortable because we know there’s going to be a backlash, but it’s true. You can use any vocabulary against me. I can go back, now it goes back, you can use, ‘LGB, I can’t do that.’ “.
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Enemies head coach Gilbert Arenas looks on during the game against Power at BIG3 Week Three at the Comerica Center on July 2, 2022 in Frisco, Texas. (Tim Heitman/Getty Images for BIG3)
Arenas later compared himself to a basketball referee when he saw a straight person and a person from the LGBT community arguing with each other. He said if it’s not the same, “then fuck off trying to convince me.”
“If I see a gay guy, a straight guy arguing… okay, come on, go ahead,” he said as he mimicked giving technical fouls to both imaginary people. “…I’m not going to just put you aside and then you can call it… Like, I see it a lot. And I sit there and go, this is fucking… LGB, you can’t control your f—ing group now. He just called me all kinds of dirty words and I’m gay and I need to suck this and I need to suck that. If I say that back, I’m finished.
“Although, it looks more real going the other way, right? He tells me to suck his b—s and d—. Wow, wait bro. If I say the same thing, I’m pretty sure he likes it, so that I don’t know how that’s offensive, but you see how shit can go sideways. I just don’t like situations like that. Like, I’m in the middle and I’m sitting here like… you guys aren’t playing fair.”
The interviewer said that he talked to a co-worker who happened to be gay and told a story of the employee calling a situation gay when he meant stupid or dumb. The interviewer said that he would never say that to his colleague.
“When we do, we’re allowed to use those words. I’m black, I can say the N-word. I just don’t like it when we can use it, right? … We can weaponize it for you.” but you can’t push back… I just don’t like those kinds of fights.
Enemies head coach Gilbert Arenas looks on during the game against the Triplets during BIG3 – Week Four at the American Airlines Center on July 31, 2021 in Dallas. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images for BIG3)
“I just think that when you open the door to something you have to be able to play fair. You can’t play knowing you have an ace up your sleeve.”
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Arenas played 11 seasons in the NBA. He averaged 20.7 points, 5.3 assists, and 3.9 rebounds per game. He was a three-time All-NBA First Team selection. In his retirement, he hosts a podcast called “Gil’s Arena”.
