Jonathan Vilma's Questionable Tweets

What the heck? I’m going to assume hacking until told otherwise. After Fujita’s comments a few years back, I have real trouble thinking Vilma would be foolish enough to say something like this, at this time, even if these are his actual beliefs.

It ain’t that important. Get a sense of humor, sprout a pair maybe and go live life. Does this really bother people, even if it is him?

And not 1 thing on their refering to this
Not 1 fan saying anything about it
I’m not sure how twitter works but could it have been hacked

Even if he feels this way, can’t be stupid enough to tweet it.

I have to assume it was hacked but even if he wasnt (as a female myself) I wasn’t offended by it. he was probably talking about those unnamed Falcons players and hack writers that had a problem with Brees breaking the record. they were acting like some little girls. LOL.

I have more of an issue with him straight telling a fan to shut up than I do with the initial statement.

we don’t need these BS distractions going down the stretch. He can have an opinion, please use caution, cause its twitter. I don’t read every athlete tweet posted here, but Vilma has said many good things about the fan-base and city. Maybe he had a few celebratory cocktails and the testosterone level rose. “Oops, did I just tweet that”?

Is stupid. Because we really don’t know what he is talking about. And of course everyone is going to get upset over it in the media because people in the public eye aren’t allowed to believe unpopular things. Some people believe being homosexual is wrong and some people don’t, and they both have that right.

and his responses “shut up”, “I don’t value your opinion” etc…lead me to believe this is not him!!! Could it be his parasite cousin staying at his place and bored to death??? No more free meals for him!!!

So of course the homosexual men get sensitive to my tweet and respond all ticked off. RELAX I was not referring to u guys

I don’t see this snowball to stop rolling for a bit.

So of course the homosexual men get sensitive to my tweet and respond all ticked off. RELAX I was not referring to u guys

Don’t respond to fans… it leads nowhere. Play football it’s what you do best.

She’d have loved Twitter.

I’ve read many tweets by Vilma over the years and this is definitely not things he would tweet. I 100% believe this is a hack job. It’s not all that difficult to do.

Whether the Saints D should play zone, man to man and who is going to blitz. Other than that, I feel the same way many felt about the Dixie Chicks when they expressed their views on stage.. " Shut up and sing " , but in this case " shut up and play football ".

I met JV during the lockout, and he’s a real cool guy. He stopped and talked to me for about 15 minutes, and not just about football. The way he presented himself to me, and spoke, there’s no way he’d say something like this.

Bub only 7 on the defensive play of the game?

then it was extremely foolish. This is not the first time something like this has been said by a sports figure, so he should have known better. As far as the whole “you can say what you want” thing, of course you can. This is America after all. But you also have to deal with the consequences. And in this particular case, it’s not just a case of some guy having an internet exchange with a friend. He’s a representative of an NFL team. Maybe it’s not fair that every player’s actions reflect on his team whether he’s at work or not, but that’s the case, and it’s not like any one of them is ignorant to that fact. So yeah, he can say what he likes, he has that right, but he doesn’t have the right to saddle his teammates with an unnecessary and stupid distraction, and he knows damn well that over sensitive folks would be coming out of the woodwork for this. I highly doubt it’s him. Seems too out of character, and he seems way too smart to put himself in that position.

I’m not sure how that statement would qualify as sexist OR homophobic, quite frankly. A sexist statement would be one aimed at the opposite sex. This one was not. A homophobic statement would indicate a sense of being threatened by a homosexual. Vilma didn’t even mention sexual preference. He could have just as easily been talking about hetero crossdressers.

So of course the homosexual men get sensitive to my tweet and respond all ticked off. RELAX I was not referring to u guys

http://twitter.com/#!/JonVilma51/status/152454813769154560

What if the female tendencies the grown man is exhibiting are those of a lesbian?

Twitter: I say what I want.
Ebay: I have what you want.
Internet: without me your nothing.
Electricity: Keep talkin bitches.

I’m glad we could keep this conversation on topic and respectful. I’m impressed. Thanks so much for that.

Kitty Burrito !!! and we thought only tamales were made from cats..

What’s wrong with that female tendency?

Know how I know all of you are gay? Because no one has mentioned their desire to unload on Ms. St. Onge’s librarianesque spectacles.

How does a Zumba instructor become so attune to gay men anyway? Oh, wait …

I found these on my own this morning, thought they were funny.

It would only have been better if Vilma had instead said “don’t make me hurt my pimp hand”.

Vilma’s a grown * man, he can say whatever he wants. Period. PC does not = true opinion. PC does not = legal/illegal. PC does not = morally right or morally wrong. PC is none of those things. Lord forbid a football player has and expresses an actual opinion or sentiment in jest or seriousness in general or specific.

He’s not a politician, he’s a football player who makes his living trying to knock the snot out of other men by throwing his body at someone running full speed. I think he is entitled to an opinion on what is masculine or not, and I think his opinion is more credible than the tree hugging hippie who took offense and stuck her nose in the conversation.

nah.

I think his opinion is more credible than the tree hugging hippie who took offense and stuck her nose in the conversation.

tree hugger? hippie? you must have issues.

For one thing, I don’t see how it’s much more than a simple matter of opinion whether a grown man should “have female tendencies,” whatever that means. It’s probably something with which I’d agree (even though I probably have my own female tendencies, to be honest).

It has NOTHING to do with women, so to call it sexist is just pure trolling. Whether homosexual males are primarily defined by “female tendencies,” as this lady seems to believe, sounds kind of “homophobic” to me.

It was the busybody woman who decided to stick all of her valuable “critical theory” training into a fairly innocuous notion and expose Vilma to a f***ing political attack—this thread being a pretty good example thereof—that probably set Vilma off with the “shut up!”

How accurate it is, or what it’s about. But regardless of who was wrong first EVERYBODY involved should have learned the lesson of this proverb:

“Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.”

Sometimes an idiot just isn’t worth correcting. Regardless of who said idiot may be.

but either way as a player he’s the face of the team so he needs to save those opinions for private conversations. If he doesn’t like it then don’t be an NFL player because it comes along with being part of a team.