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LeVar Ball Is Satirizing Identity Politics (whether He Knows It or Not)
American Thinker.com ^ | November 23, 2017 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 11/23/2017 12:09:09 PM PST by Kaslin

Progressives are desperate to Do Something about LaVar Ball, because his publicity bonanza has exacted a high price from the Left. In multiple ways. That’s why they’re playing the race card already, and portraying Trump as in the wrong (as he always must be in their world).

First of all, President Trump is being victimized (as in dissed) after doing a genuine good deed. Every normal human being feels sympathy for him, which leaves the left feeling lonely and angry. But it gets worse. Much worse.

Nobody will admit it, but the performance artist names LaVar Ball is satirizing the very philosophical roots of progressivism. They are the butt of the joke, and they don’t get it yet.

President Trump, we must never forget, was the master of reality television. He understands the dramatic possibilities of a clash of personalities played out on a screen. For two generations, the left has used its mastery of the media to reinforce dramatic narratives unfavorable to their political enemies. President Trump is giving them a taste of their own medicine.

LVB already made a name for himself in the sports media as a publicity hound, but now is into Kardashian territory, purportedly already besieged with offers from reality TV producers. He has become infamous, a household name, because he is a clown, spouting nonsense so stupid that even Chris Cuomo laughs at it.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: blackracism; china; lavarball; trump
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1 posted on 11/23/2017 12:09:09 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Maybe, someday when hopefully this racist bull abates a bit, Dave Chappelle will do a skit where he plays LaVar Ball. I’m not sure who should play President Trump, though.


2 posted on 11/23/2017 12:11:29 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (White is the new Black.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Kaslin.

3 posted on 11/23/2017 12:12:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

My pleasure.


4 posted on 11/23/2017 12:14:44 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: Kaslin
President Trump, we must never forget, was the master of reality television...

I used to dream someone on our side could understand the power of propag...well, publicity as well as the liberals. This was fulfilled by the arrival of the Great Communicator but, in this regard, Trump is Reagan on steroids. He dances rings around the progressives and has them chasing their own stupid tails.

5 posted on 11/23/2017 12:29:21 PM PST by stormhill
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To: Kaslin

The longer they ride on the A-hole crazy train the more borderline democrats will walk away. There are still salvageable democrats out there we can bring across the aisle. Especially with the new media constantly exposing the left for what they are. This latest campaign to expose all of their perverts and defilers is just one more blow on top of many coming from all different directions. The GOP-E may intentionally be trying to destroy their chances in 2018 but at this rate they may have to deal with yet another Trump blowout victory.


6 posted on 11/23/2017 12:30:10 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Kaslin
It's not often that Trump himself gets played but that is what is happening here. This LeVar pimple is getting all kinds of free publicity and laughing all the way to the bank. Of course Trump is right so he takes no hits from picking at the pimple.
7 posted on 11/23/2017 12:32:47 PM PST by Nateman (The louder the left screams , the better it is for America!)
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To: Nateman

That guy is an idiot, just plain and simple


8 posted on 11/23/2017 12:38:22 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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9 posted on 11/23/2017 12:39:42 PM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: Kaslin

I could only stand to watch a couple of minutes of that interview with Cuomo and LV Ball before I felt my IQ start to drop significantly. Fortunately it recovered because I’m in no position to be losing IQ points.

Who knew listening to some so insanely stupid could make others feel just as dumbed down? He can’t be much above 60 points or so. Stupid, ignorant, and with a bad attitude. A heck of a way to go through life. He was smart enough to make money off children though so I guess that’s something even if heinous.


10 posted on 11/23/2017 12:43:06 PM PST by Boomer (TisOK2BWhite)
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To: COBOL2Java

11 posted on 11/23/2017 12:45:43 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Boomer

Who even watches the Clinton News Channel?


12 posted on 11/23/2017 12:50:39 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: Kaslin

If someone did something to help my child, there’s no way I could trash them after them having done it.

Ball is a strange person. He should be heaping praise on Trump, and instead he acts as if Trump set his son up.

Democrats are unhinged people. You just can’t ignore that.

They remind you daily.


13 posted on 11/23/2017 12:53:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: Boomer

14 posted on 11/23/2017 12:53:40 PM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: stormhill

I had often hoped for a return of another “Reagan” but I finally realized Reagan was too much of a gentleman and wouldn’t fare well against these thugs on the Left who use academic/Hollywood/media brainwashing to their advantage.

I realized we needed a PITBULL to go after the Left, not a gentleman - because the Left fights dirty.

That PITBULL is Donald Trump!

I’m enjoying watching liberal heads explode and liberals crying because they don’t know what hit them.

What’s hitting them is someone who continually exposes their hypocrisy in the public eye.


15 posted on 11/23/2017 1:10:27 PM PST by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: Kaslin

The “Daily Mail” said that LeVar Burton, the actor, is getting hate mail intended for LaVar Ball. People can be so stupid.


16 posted on 11/23/2017 1:41:30 PM PST by Tax-chick (Wotcher?)
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To: Kaslin
That guy is an idiot, just plain and simple

When a man's big mouth can make him rich and famous, there's something more than idiocy at work. LaVar Ball has three talented basketball-playing sons, one in high school, one at UCLA and one in his rookie season in the NBA. He's somehow managed to parlay that into an enormous amount of fame for himself, and has even managed to bait the president into focusing his attention on him - he's played the sports media for a year now, and Trump's attention is now letting Ball play the national and international news media. Ball already has his own reality show and he's only going to get richer.

I don't like LaVar Ball, any more than I like the Kardashians. But I have to admire his hustle and smarts - like the Kardashians, he's managing to build a fortune off celebrity, with a huge assist from Trump. To Ball's credit, he has been married to the mother of his children since college and by all accounts he is a devoted husband and father.
17 posted on 11/23/2017 2:10:06 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Tax-chick

As dumb as the kids posting RIP comments for Marilyn Manson. ( There was a Charles, too? Was that his dad?)


18 posted on 11/23/2017 2:10:10 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Bill Burr


19 posted on 11/23/2017 2:21:27 PM PST by EEGator
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To: gnarledmaw

LOL - really? That’s hysterical!


20 posted on 11/23/2017 3:18:25 PM PST by Tax-chick (Wotcher?)
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