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Originally Posted by Jamie89

For me though, I do care that the boxer thinks he's superior, in terms of me judging him as a person, I just don't think it should effect whether or not he gets a sporting award. So me not caring about or me being approving of the award isn't me being approving of his views, it's just that I wouldn't take my personal dislike of him into consideration. That's what I meant by the Andy/journalism award analogy, my personal opinion of him wouldn't make me think he doesn't deserve an award for something that's not based on who he is as a person.
I dislike them both for their superiority, but wouldn't care about either being awarded based on their careers.

Well that also fine if you think that, you're right and there are other public figures who are the same, some award winning actors for example are admired in spite of their controversial views and of course you don't support his attitude as a person, I know that
Personally I think public figures have a responsibility to help change views like his but it doesn't impact on their ability to be good performers and it doesn't mean everyone has to agree with me.
I agree with Andy making a stand against him and I think it shows he has courage and integrity by doing so....but the thing I disagreed with most in the post was saying that most people could care less about that stuff...I don't think that's the case and most people do.
Andy thinks the guy should not be awarded because he is homophobic but if people don't think that then of course they are not gonna see it as a positive thing about Andys personality.
If believing himself superior isn't a reason to dislike one as a boxer then believing himself superior shouldn't be a reason to dislike another as a housemate.... I see loads of other reasons people cud not like Andy but I don't think that can be one for people who don't judge the boxer because of it.
Looks like we may have to agree to disagree The jury could be out for quite a while on this one