MEMO TO RUFUS WARREN: STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA

Rufus Warren, a tight end for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, apparently decided this past Sunday that the planet would be a better place if, via twitter, he educated all who live upon it as to his feelings about Michael Sam---2014 SEC Defensive Player of the year, 2014 1st Team All-American DE from Missouri---being a gay man.

Someone should have told Rufus that both he and the planet would be better off if he kept his opinions about Michael Sam either to himself or within his little circle of fellow Mensa candidates that meet over Cheetos and PBR every Sunday night down in Starkville to philosophize about the meaning of life.

From the look of things, Rufus downloaded a right fair percentage of his available gray matter to his twitter account in commenting on Mr. Sam.  However, given that space limitations prevent me from exegeting his genius in its entirety, I'll confine my commentary to perhaps the most illustrious example of Rufus' logic.

This would be the excerpt from tweet #2 in which Rufus allows that he "just [doesn't] agree" with Michael Sam being gay.

Huh?

Rufus Warren saying that he doesn't "agree" with Michael Sam being gay would be akin to me saying that I don't "agree" with Rufus Warren being black.

Rufus Warren is helpless before the machinations of his DNA---he can't and never could do a thing about being black.  Michael Sam is also helpless before the machinations of his DNA---he can't and never could do a thing about being gay.

In other words, Rufus Warren didn't choose to be black anymore than Michael Sam chose to be gay.

So, how does one "agree" or "disagree" about someone being whom their DNA determined they would be---whether we be talking about race or sexual orientation?  Well, anyone whose capacity for critical thinking is intact knows that, logically, there is no "agreeing" or "disagreeing" per a matter that was determined biologically/genetically and not chosen existentially.

And then there's everybody else.

And they're all invited to enjoy Cheetos and PBR with Rufus and his Mensa buddies every Sunday night down in Starkville.

EPILOGUE:  Rufus Warren's twitter account has been shut down, though the screen grabs of his tweets per Michael Sam are still around for our edification.

P.S.  On a completely unrelated subject, could someone please tell AOL that we're sick of reading about Bob Costas' pink eye? And that, no, we don't want him to explain its origin to us. Thank you.