Posted on 10/11/2019 11:00:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
The general manager of the NBA's Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, tweeted support for Hong Kong's protestors. The protestors are marching against increasing governmental incursions by mainland China into Hong Kong's affairs. When Great Britain handed Hong Kong over to China, China agreed to maintain autonomy for Hong Kong but now appears uninterested in keeping its promise.
Morey used the social media platform Twitter to voice his support for Hong Kong's protestors. Twitter is blocked in China. There is not a man, woman or child in China -- except for the communist agents censoring the internet there -- who could have seen Morey's tweet. But China demanded the NBA apologize.
The NBA is an organization unafraid to delve into "woke" American politics. The organization walked away from North Carolina merely because the state considered a ban on letting transgender people use bathrooms for the opposite sex. The organization decided to stop using the word "owner" for its teams because of woke politics. Multiple NBA team owners denounced pro-life and religious liberty legislation in the United States. Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is famous for his pronouncements supporting every left-wing social justice cause imaginable.
Kerr had no comment about China. Neither did Stephen Curry, who claimed he was too ignorant of Chinese history to have an opinion on China's wholesale slaughter of its people. Making matters worse, the NBA released a statement supporting Daryl Morey's right to free speech, but its Chinese translation read differently. The Chinese language statement read that the NBA was "extremely disappointed" by Morey's "inappropriate comment." The NBA also apologized that Morey "severely hurt the feelings of Chinese fans." Again, that was not in the English language version.
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Corporate Commies = Fascists
Prediction- The Houston Rocket players, on order from the Red Chinese, will tank this season so that Morey gets fired, and is replaced by an “acceptable” apparatchik.
You watch boring basketball?
But, but, private business rights are good right? Capitalist communists abound now days. “Democratic Capitalism” at work..
I don’t watch pro bball. Just a bunch of over paid big guys running back and forth. They should put 5 minutes and 100 points each on the board. It would still take 30 minutes to run out the clock.
I agree with Steve Currys self assessment that he is “too ignorant” about world affairs. I also agree that he is Ignorant. All he is good at is playing with his balls.
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