So Hardaway came out and caused a big scene by saying he hates gay people. Now he's backtracking, but still sounds pretty bad

For your gay-hating pleasure, I give you the best parts of his ESPN interview.
Scoop: You used the word "hate" …Tim: I know. And I don't hate anybody. I don't have a hate bone in my body.
But still you have issues with gays?I still don't accept their lifestyle. No.
And you stand on that?Yes. You know, we were brought up to not even condone or associate yourself with a gay person. If you knew of a gay person, disassociate yourself with them.
But Tim, you've been in Miami for years now and there is a strong and public gay community there. How have you still held on to that same mentality while living in Miami all of these years?I just get away from it. I just walk away. I see it, I just go the other way, cross the street.
So at no point did you ever try to understand their lifestyle or way of life?No. Never did. Never wanted to.
Do you want to now?No. I don't want to … try to find some type of understanding of why they live the way they live or why they are the way they are. Maybe I could go to therapy, maybe someone can help me out with understanding [them], the sensitivity of the issue. But as a person, my beliefs are my beliefs. I don't have to condone it and I don't have to be around it. But I don't have to hate it either.
Was there any homosexual experience that triggered any of your resentment toward gay people that happened when you were young that none of us knows about?When we was growing up Scoop, if we saw gay people or whatever, we ran across the street. We got away from them. Our parents, our friends, our families knew that that wasn't right. We didn't want to be around that and they definitely didn't want us kids around it.
What if I told you that I was gay?Wow. I don't know. I honestly don't know. Wow. I'd probably be or say something like, "Me and Scoop was tight until he told me this." Our friendship may not continue to be as tight as it is but I'd let you know that you could call me, talk to me whenever, something like that. I really wouldn't know how to react to that.
But you still don't accept their lifestyle?No. I'm opening myself up to get a better understanding of who they are, but I still don't condone what they do. I don't want to be a part of it and I still don't want to be around it.

I can't believe guys like this exist in such a modern era.