Posted on 12/18/2020 12:58:44 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is attacking conservative and anti-woke celebrities, demanding that social media giants step up censorship because these stars are tweeting “irrational and harmful opinions to millions.”
In The Hollywood Reporter, Abdul-Jabbar singled out conservative Hollywood stars Jon Voight and James Woods. He also targeted celebrities who refuse to submit to woke ideology, including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling..
“Social media companies have begun slapping warnings on some messages that are false, incite violence or cause harm to society. But this needs to be done with more consistency and vigilance,” Abdul-Jabbar wrote. “Many Americans imbue stars with political and social intelligence they just don’t have.”
He made no mention of left-wing celebrities who have tweeted false and defamatory claims. Some have even called for violence on conservatives.
Filmmaker Rob Reiner has repeatedly tweeted President Trump is a murderer and a white supremacist and all of his supporters are racists. Actress Debra Messing once tweeted that President Trump is a rapist and pedophile. She recently expressed her hope that the president gets raped in prison. None of these posts has received a fact check or disciplinary action from Twitter.
Social media platforms increased their fact-checking efforts in the weeks leading up to the election. But much of their energy was focused on censoring President Donald Trump by blocking some of his tweets and suppressing damaging stories to Joe Biden, such as the New York Post‘s series of reports on the Biden family scandal.
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I think I’ll watch Bruce Lee kick his ass.
What a great quote coming from a 'star.'
See, I'm right!
...said every anti-free speech idiot in history.
What is ironic that these far left loons, who all made such a fuss about illegals in “Cages” have NO problem with people in actual cages in China, notice they say NOTHING, they are fine with it as long as its people they agree with doing the caging
Checked 3 times to make sure this wasn’t The Onion or Babylon Bee.
This is insane. This guy is a clown.
“Many Americans imbue stars with political and social intelligence they just don’t have.”
One truth that Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. did speak. Many being around 47% of Americans. The sheeple.
He’s a muzie-loving moron with a microphone.
When washed-up ex-jocks speak, (some) people listen.
Heck- they’ve put practically the majority of Americans in cages with all these lockdown orders- they don’t care that parents can’t work and provide for their families liek they used to- kids are goign without because parents can’t make ends meet- but nope- not a peep from msm about that fact
Absolutely. On the same note, I wouldn't give any political credibility to someone playing hopscotch, so why would I give any credibility to someone who played basketball?
He’s such a racist loser.
Liked Lorna more in Airplane anyway, lol.
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. is a muslim idiot.
“the most protected player in NBA history”
Lots of competition there.
Lou Alcinder on his lefty rant.
Piss off Lew.
Like I care what a former basketball player thinks about anything. He is one voice. Censorship shouldn’t be tolerated. Period.
Yes, stars like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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