It's Kerr, James and Pop that have been running thier mouthes the past 2 years about Trump. Now they sit silent on China and how they treat people?
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It's Kerr, James and Pop that have been running thier mouthes the past 2 years about Trump. Now they sit silent on China and how they treat people?
The NBA is meeting with some of their partners in China today/tomorrow so I suspect they’ve been “heavily recommended” to STFU. I don’t see much hypocrisy there, but could see why some would.
Is your grievance is with them “running their mouth” on Trump or with them being silent on China? Your choice of language is a little telling.
The grievance is the inconstancy and hypocrisy.
I agree i dont think its a double standard at all. You have the right to critize what you want in this country and unlike China won't be outright banned... we still have the right to decide what we want to support. Your welcome not to watch the NBA if you don't like the politics but be thankful you get the choice.
Personally i'd like to see the NBA take a stand here, its going to take US companies to cut them off to get some of their citizens to push the issue.
I think my UNTESTED working theory is companies that are "woke" aren't POLITICALLY "woke" - they are FINANCIALLY "woke". Nike may be a progressive organization but I think it's more a function of their market and their manufacturing and not closely held political beliefs. Same with NBA, google, etc... And that shouldn't surprise me but I do allow my naivete to creep back in once in awhile.
But I'm honestly getting confused on whom I'm supposed to cancel, shun, marry or ostracize.
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That caught my eye and the first thing I thought of was "jumbo shrimp"...
That's easy, just throw the idea out to the Twitter wolves. If they destroy your good. It they like it or ignore it I would probably think twice.
This is where I try and cut a very fine line as hypocrisy doesn't have an r or a d after it. The instant this becomes that, nobody is immune for their vocal stance - or silence - on any given topic.
Not saying something isn't the same thing as saying something meaning silence doesn't automatically mean acceptance.
You know you messed up when Ted Cruz & AOC team up against you:
https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-ted-cr...support-china-instead-american-values-1464296
https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-ted-cr...support-china-instead-american-values-1464296
I'd rather start an open thread here on why I love the hawks. I'd get WAY less brutality sent my way!
This is not the situation. It Already Is a huge source of money for them. That is the only reason why they have acted in the manner they have. They do not want to lose that source.Money >>> Freedom
I get the NBA's desire for a new large money source but some things aren't worth it.
Also I made it in
Call the NBA woke, but essentially it’s an association of 30 different businesses that can mostly agree on things like players not needing to just shut up and dribble, while also not being willing to dabble too seriously in international diplomacy, while takinglarge hits to organizational valuations and player salaries.
Some of you really need to set realistic expectations for your average “woke” person/organization.
I never said they were; I said they like to imply that they are. Big difference.
Your point would be a lot stronger if you'd leave out "SJW".
The obvious fact that the Chinese government Trump has asked to decide our 2020 election is completely dishonest, evil and corrupt does not somehow dismiss concerns about racism in our country.
All spaces of the political spectrum are correct to criticize the NBA's original response. Ted Cruz is right. AOC is right. Fox News is right. CNN is right. NYT's conservative editorial board is right.
Where it comes off the rails is the insane suggestion that somehow this means people aren't allowed to speak out against racism in our own country or that retroactively their concerns were never real. News flash but every black NBA player has dealt with racism their entire life and most likely only been concerned about China/Hong Kong politics in the past few weeks.
Big source of revenue for them until China figures out how the NBA works, steals its game plan, and then develops a league of its own. Maybe they haven't figured out how to clone genetics though.