song. If your problem with the analogy is that in 1991 people weren't fully aware of homophobic bigotry, then imagine the hypothetical racist song to be from a time when racist bigotry was more mainstream. Take a Frank Sinatra or Johnny Cash and let's say they did a blatantly racist song in the 50's that was uncovered 25 years later in the late 70's. Would it be appropriate for their black fans in the 70's to have wanted an apology?

Again, in my original post I wasn't getting into the specifics of every situation - I was just saying that Tribe was wrong for that song and that it's reasonable for an LGBT fan to want some kind of an apology. I also think that it's pretty tone deaf for people in this post who are straight to be dictating how a gay person should feel after hearing the song.