Ban for Justin Thomas?

[brendy]

Truth be told it is a homophobic slur, intentional by JT or not, some will take offense. Being offended is not a legal matter and it was not directed at anyone in particular to be called a hate crime neither. I think it happened, JT is embarrassed that either A: he was caught or B: he is mortified that the word even came out of his mouth. His reputation has taken a dent and no further action is needed bar an acknowledgement from the tour, if he does it again then its time to punish.

 

[hovis]

Truth be told it is a homophobic slur, intentional by JT or not, some will take offense. Being offended is not a legal matter and it was not directed at anyone in particular to be called a hate crime neither. I think it happened, JT is embarrassed that either A: he was caught or B: he is mortified that the word even came out of his mouth. His reputation has taken a dent and no further action is needed bar an acknowledgement from the tour, if he does it again then its time to punish.

The thing is I don't think he's reputation has took a dent. I have seen the post on an American forum, Facebook and a few others. I'd say maybe 98% of comments are along the lines of "get a life, who cares, and it was just a swear word".
Also (especially Americans) relate to him as this is normal behaviour to them too. I'm not saying it's right.

I showed the clip to a gay colleague that I've played a few rounds with (golf that is) and he just smiled and said "the world's going crazy"