Posted on 08/01/2018 9:23:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As he is wont to do, LeBron James once again took aim at President Trump, blaming him for using sports to divide the country.
[Trump is] dividing us and what I've noticed over the last few months, he's kinda used sport to kinda divide us, and that's something that I can't relate to because I know that sport was the first time I ever was around someone white and I got the opportunity to see them and learn about them and they got an opportunity to learn about me and we became very good friends.
Set aside for a moment the poor grammar and the fact that Donald Trump did not start this fight. The hubbub over NFL players protesting the National Anthem began with Colin Kaepernick "kneeling" in 2016. Several other players and teams took on this protest, well before Donald Trump was elected president.
While many leftists want to claim now that it was never Colin Kaepernick's intention to disrespect the flag, and by extension our country, this line of reasoning is wholly without merit. Kaepernick's explanation of why he knelt;
I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.
Colin Kaepernick has the First Amendment right to express his views. As a corporate entity, the NFL has the right, as exercised in countless other circumstances, to prohibit this and other players from using the National Anthem to protest for social justice.
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That's a long rambling sentence. He should use periods (unless he has something against women and their menstrual cycles).
Rondo hatten is looking real muzzie like with that beard.
This guys a moron.
I know lebron let’s have a spelling bee.
Lebron is an idiot. ‘nuff said.
This NBA thug is using sports to condemn our country/President and to spur on the racial hatred in America.
Uhhh, LeBron...I think you’d find, if you have the intelligence to look, that the “divide” came about between 2008 and 2016...
We PAY athletes, musicians and actors to entertain us, they offer no value when they tell us their politics or how to solve some societal issue. They aren’t smart enough to understand that.
Yo ah fixed da grammar what ‘chew trippin foos at da American Thinka.
Yo [Trump iz] dividing us an’ what ah’ve noticed ova da last few months, he’s kinda used sport ta kinda divide us, an’ dat’s somethin` dat ah can’t relate ta cuz ah know dat sport wuz da first tyme ah ever wuz around someone whitey an’ ah gots da opportunity ta see dem an’ learn ‘boutthem an’ dey gots an opportunity ta learn ‘boutme an’ we’s became very pimp-tight, wOrd!
An uneducated, highly catered to, racist jackass who plays basketball real well. Thank God he got the hell out of Cleveland (well, almost out). Loud mouth vulgar jerk. (Guess what I really think about him)
LeBron James talking politics is akin to PeeWee Herman talking basketball....
Did he even graduate high school before going pro????
WHO is doing the kneeling and dissing our flag, our vets and the nation? Who?
THAT’s the individuals dividing the nation, not Trump.
IF it weren’t for the “ball”, most of these low-IQ clowns would be picking up trash on the side of the highway in prison orange. Moronic SOBs, they are.
They should just pack it up and move to Zimbabwe where the politics are more their style and liking....whadda bunch of ungrateful dumbazzes.
lebron is a nitwit. Play basketball, get paid hundreds of millions and shut up.
This POS almost threw a sweaty towel at a fan who was wearing a MAGA hat..SO WHO IS THE HATER here?! Spoiled POS SOB!! I encourage golden state trump fans to wear their MAGA caps next time they attend a basketball game!!! TIGGER the bastard!!
Coming from a guy who likely spent more time on a BB court than in a classroom as a kid, it is no surprise that he has laid this on us as his latest contribution to refining us as a nation..
A few ignorant and uninformed athletes, plus others, continue to keep the fire burning by issuing statements that are intended to do just that. The truth is that there is no other country that provides the unlimited opportunities to so many as America does. Yet these few want more and more and more and will never be satisfied because they are filled with so much hate, envy, jealousy, greed and the resulting evil. May God have mercy on them.
Sports was the last part of our culture that transcended political partisanship. Republicans and democrats could find common ground as fans of the same team. But I used the verb “was” deliberately because its not that way any longer. The trend actually started a long time ago. I recall it taking place in the mid to late 1980s, first with Sports Illustrated and then The Sporting News. Sport “journalists” became SJWs, advocating the use of sports as a vehicle for social change. It took a while for it to sink in, but NFL players “taking a knee” is only the most noticeable progression of something that’s been brewing for a while.
And no, Trump didn’t start it. He wants to stop it.
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