Dick Button 1948 Olympic Freeskate

schnisha95 Says:

Jan 11, 2012 - well in that case, you just met a very rare case :)

markbob120 Says:

Jan 11, 2012 - I guess so! Did you skate competively? Where and when? regionals? Sectionals? Nationals? worlds?

schnisha95 Says:

Jan 11, 2012 - i still skate.. i haven't started competing, but i've been skating for a while now

macstjo Says:

Feb 18, 2012 - he may be great as a figure skater, but certainly not as a commentator

handgunnar45 Says:

Mar 18, 2012 - Well said. A little focus on relevance would be nice.

handgunnar45 Says:

Mar 18, 2012 - For the record, Button was 46 when he married and he's fathered two kids, one of whom is a professional actress (Emily Button). I don't have a dog in this fight as far sexual proclivities go, but would simply observe that, judging from this discussion, homosexuals appear just as capable of stereotypical bigotry as straight people are accused of being.

handgunnar45 Says:

Mar 18, 2012 - I always appreciated his commentary. He was never afraid to point out corruption, favoritism, and collusion which has brought discredit to a sport that deserves better. IMO Dick Button should be in charge of organized figure skating.  He'd clean it up the way Kennesaw Landis did pro baseball after the '19 Black Sox Scandal.

markbob120 Says:

Mar 18, 2012 - Would you like a list of famous gay men who were or are married to women, many of whom are fathers? Or would it suffice to tell you that my spouse, a gay man, was married for 17 years, has three children and left his wife for me. Guess Rock Hudson was straight too! And Tony Perkins? Both also were married. I could go on and on. Believe me, I was in the figure skating world for many years and, believe me I am being discreet here, am telling you Dick Button-gay. God you are naive!

markbob120 Says:

Mar 18, 2012 - By the way I think Dick is a great guy!

markbob120 Says:

Mar 19, 2012 - Don't recall saying anything indicative of stereotypical bigotry. Don't confuse fact with bigotry. More blacks are poor. That is a true statement not a bigoted one. A larger number of male figure skaters are gay then you would find in the overall population of males. Fact not bigotry. Before you coment on someone's post get your facts straight. Pun intended, fool.

handgunnar45 Says:

Mar 19, 2012 - " A larger number of male figure skaters are gay then you would find in the overall population of males." That hardly proves that they ALL are, goosestepper! Maybe you ought to get YOUR "facts" straight

handgunnar45 Says:

Mar 19, 2012 - Isn't it fascinating that on a thread concerning the achievements of one of the greatest exponents of his sport, the only subject on which YOU seem fixated is on sex identity. My point is " WHO GIVES A SHIT?"

markbob120 Says:

Mar 19, 2012 - It's obvious that you are not very bright. You apparently either do not read very well or are incapable if discerning the meaning of what you read. No where did I say ALL males skaters are "goosesteppers". A term by the way that I have never heard. You are just plain too stupid to respond to any further.

handgunnar45 Says:

Mar 20, 2012 - YOU responded to bardtoob saying "He is gay you fool. He married when about 60 years old to a woman "friend" of many years." WRONG!! As I pointed out, in my first posting, Button was 46, let me repeat 46! when he married coach Slavka Kohout in 1975. That is one of those FACTS that you claim to love so much that you couldn't bother to check for yourself because of your apparent preoccupation with your imaginary sex life with married men (again, YOUR CLAIM, NOT MINE!)

handgunnar45 Says:

Mar 20, 2012 - " larger number of male figure skaters are gay then you would find in the overall population of males. Fact not bigotry." OK, prove that fact.

handgunnar45 Says:

Mar 20, 2012 - If YOU could read, you would have realized that the "goosestepper" reference was directed at you. You have no proof that Mr. Button is gay and he apparently chooses not to self-identify as such even if he is. Therefore, your classless injection of sex identity politics into a thread which, as I said earlier, isn't relevant to a discussion of the man's accomplishments, nor, would I guess, particularly welcome to most of this thread's readers. Is THAT clear enough for you?

handgunnar45 Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - "More blacks are poor. That is a true statement not a bigoted one." As opposed to what? That's an incomplete and incoherent statement, apropos of nothing. 

markbob120 Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - A fact does not need to be opposed to anything. God, you are an incredibly stupid person. It is sad how totally foolish and incapable of understanding the most basic concept you truely are. The nurse will be there to take care of you shortly! LOL!

handgunnar45 Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - "A fact does not need to be opposed to anything." Except that your incomplete fragment of a thought, "More blacks are poor", isn't a fact unless it's referenced to something, (e.g. More blacks are poor than there are blacks belonging  to the middle class, Untrue, by the way, but at least that expresses a complete and coherent statement, as opposed to your cretinous bloviations which serve only to demonstrate that stupidity is YOUR burden, not mine.

handgunnar45 Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - By the way, markbob, learn to spell.

markbob120 Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - You are an idiot who apparently can not extrapolate. The conversation was concerning the fact that there are more gays in figure skating than in the population as a whole. One of even reasonable intelligence might imagine that the comparative in the statement about blacks would be to the population as a whole. It is a shame that you appear to be incapable of making such an obvious leap. Now go lick your mothers grimy cunt as I am sure you have done many times in the past.

handgunnar45 Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - Ah, the good ol' ad hominem attack, the final refuge for the incompetent mind whenever it finds itself pitted against a more articulate, better educated opponent. Yet even here, you show your lack of both intelligence and writing skills. I offer a humble example as I conclude our joust. YOUR mother is calling YOU, I can hear her barking from here. TA-TA! 

handgunnar45 Says:

Apr 16, 2012 - Not really much of a pun, was it?

handgunnar45 Says:

Apr 22, 2012 - The authorities should have had Dick's attackers' hearts cut out.