Posted on 08/25/2020 9:38:54 PM PDT by CraigDanforth
When the NBA restarted in Orlando in the midst of the surging social justice movement, there was some concern among players that the games could become a distraction and stall the momentum of the initiative. Players have worked to keep the movement in the forefront, from kneeling during the national anthem to dedicating large segments of their media sessions to raising awareness.
But some are unsure if that is enough. In the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin, Raptors players said they held a team meeting Tuesday in which they discussed how to take further action, including the possibility of boycotting their conference semifinals series against the Celtics.
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Brown, who led a peaceful protest in Georgia before the NBA’s restart, was visibly upset Tuesday as he spoke about his sadness and frustration following this latest shooting.
“Are we not human beings?” he asked. “Is Jacob Blake not a human being? I don’t care if he did something 10 years ago, 10 days ago, or 10 minutes ago. If he served his sentence and he was released back into society, he still deserves to be treated like a human and does not deserve to be shot in the back seven times with the intent to kill. His kids will never unsee that. His family will never unsee that. And frankly, I will never unsee it.”
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I just don’t think I could go on if this were to happen!
The NHL has gone full “Black Lives Matter” and they’re 99% white.I’m boycotting them too. Clueless...and depraved...come in all colors in the US of A.
Oh, he alerted the admin mods!
Say, you haven’t been around here long, have ya? If ya can’t take care of yourself hoist your anchor and leave.
Alert the admin mods, my ass. What are you? A little crying snowflake girl or DU troll?
Well then, Pilgrim. Ya wanna race for pink slips?
If that makes me a racist, I’m guilty.
I race cars, trucks, motorcycles and fast women, or slow women. Neither me or Laz are very particular.
Please do!!
I want to see the NBA die.
I thought the quote was, “Who gives a rat’s ass?”
Oh, he alerted the admin mods!
Say, you haven’t been around here long, have ya? If ya can’t take care of yourself hoist your anchor and leave.
Alert the admin mods, my ass. What are you? A little crying snowflake girl or DU troll?
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I’m sure you are going to walk the walk and leave FR now that you see the post was removed. Otherwise you’ve sort of capitulated to a snowflake which sort of makes you a bigger snowflake.
Can you imagine if after every criminal shooting by a black (not that we know enough right now, per usual, that a particular police shooting is criminal), we said we were going to have to boycott some particular service to the black community until “they” learned better?
Pro tip:
when you start brawling with police officers to continue resisting arrest, you may get shot
I am 70 and have never seen a professional basketball game. Did I miss anything?
Yeah...kinda what I’ve been doing. If I hear of some high light I might look at it on youtube. I don’t see myself ever watching full time again..
The 3-Point shot ruined basketball, anyway.
Do it, Raptors. Who cares?
Considering that a moderator deleted the post in question, it appears that you're the one who hasn't yet learned the standards.
No - I think that the complaints of “systemic racism” are b.s.. Although I think if you press them enough, the real “system” they believe is racist is capitalism itself.
“Are we not human beings?”
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Uhh.. per the videos and screeds posted daily, NO.
Civilized is an unknown word to some. Primal instincts haunt the mob like stink in a swamp.
I don't know what's more embarrassing, these musicians and actors talking about politics in interviews or the media actually giving them credibility about it
Paul Stanley
This country has spent 60 +++years
$23 +++ TRILLION
All we got for our efforts is a FERAL ARMY OF BARBARIANS WHO HATE US.
Praise the Lord & Pass the Ammunition.
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