Abdul-Jabbar said that he is aware that he is a sports celebrity lecturing other celebrities. But he insisted he is different.
“I have been writing books and articles about history, culture and politics for 30 years to establish my credibility.”
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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Abdul-Jabbar said that he is aware that he is a sports celebrity lecturing other celebrities. But he insisted he is different.
“I have been writing books and articles about history, culture and politics for 30 years to establish my credibility.”
PC is not about making people “woke”. It’s about keeping people off-balance and afraid. So, it’s working just fine.
FU
This is an all out communist assault on free speech and the liberties of all TRUE Americans!
move to china- We here in America are BETTER than that!
If you don’t support the free speech you dislike, you don’t support free speech.
I thought he was smarter than that, I guess I was wrong.
If so, maybe he should be cancelled.
P.S Lou Alcinder, Sorry that I ever looked up to you as a kid- What a let down you’ve turned out to be-
This makes me even more glad I never watched basketball (and hardly any other sports, for that matter).
BLM’s messages are false, incite violence and cause harm to society.
Does Lou Alcinder want them shut down?
My dad says Kareem didn’t work hard enough on defense.
And he says that lots of times, Kareem don’t even run down court. And that he don’t really try... except during the playoffs.
Not to mention dragging Walton up and down the court for 48 minutes all the time.
Kareem’s time ‘as a humanitarian’ might be better spent trying to get psychological counseling for his son, Adam Abdul-Jabbar. Last June, Adam was charged with stabbing his neighbor multiple times, almost killing the much older man. What happened? The neighbor, who has known Adam for years, asked Adam why he would never help his 81 y/o landlady take the trash out. Adam is mostly unemployed.
That, apparently was enough reason to use a hunting knife and fracture this 60 y/o man’s skull with stab wounds.
Dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes doesn’t make you a scholar.
Oh, the guy that made a living playing a GAME. Yeah, he's got plenty of injustice to cry about.
IMO, still the most protected player in NBA history.
F ewe Kareem... I never knew ye...
Well, I DEMAND lew STFU! See what that gets me? Nada!
Hey Kareem..dont like what I have to say..come over here and make me change my mind..Im right here
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