Posted on 04/17/2022 4:53:01 AM PDT by Libloather
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving is standing his ground over his decision not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Irving, who made his season debut Jan. 5, told reporters after practice Friday he still believes he made the "right decision" despite pushback he received over his decision to remain unvaccinated.
"I can really say that I stood firm on what I believed in, what I wanted to do with my body. That should be not just an American right, that should be a human right," Irving said. "And when you stand for something like that, in a society that we’re in where we have a lot more followers than we do leaders, you’re going to be forced into being seen as a black sheep that people can attack and can clickbait your name and say these things that don’t really describe who you are."
"So I can’t address everybody, but as we move forward in time, I know that I made the right decision for me."
**SNIP**
When asked if he felt he had something to prove in the playoffs after many in the organization stood up for him, Irving expressed his appreciation.
"Man, that’s a good question. It’s a great feeling when you know during uncomfortable times you can really lean in on different individuals," he said. "Some stood by me in public, some stood by me in private, and I’m OK with both. Some disagree with me in public, some disagree with me in private. It doesn’t bother me as much as it did in the beginning, because everything was just so new."
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We shall!
Happy Easter! Alleluia!
Kylie is an idiot. Not because of his vax status, but because he is generally an idiot.
You don’t want him as a role model for any position you might hold.
Kyrie articulated quite well my position on the covid vaccine.
I refused them. I am one of 180 people out of 60,000 who were terminated from the Cleveland Clinic for doing so.
Its sad that you’re feeling so uncharitable this Easter morning.
Blessings.
The reason for this resistance was not widely analyzed, at least that I heard of. I came to my own conclusion about it. Blacks have a collective memory of the Tuskegee Experiment atrocity and other such programs so there's a natural skepticism about blindly trusting mysterious medical intrusions emanating from the government.
In this specific instance, I'm happy to make common cause with them because I'm equally skeptic. And yes, that means that for a brief moment in history I'll be standing side by side with Screwy Louie Farrakhan.
He is obviously wise enough to know that taking those fake vaxes will ruin his health. I don’t think that is idiotic at all.
Preserving one’s health can be quite instinctive.
“When people are able to make choices without government interference for themselves in terms of their well being and the well-being of their family in consultation with whomever they may choose, we are a stronger society.”
- U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris
Kyrie isn’t sure if the Earth is round or flat.
RE: You don’t want him as a role model for any position you might hold.
EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE ISSUE.
Maybe so, but he's right about this.
Have they proved the vax works?
It works at making money and controlling people’s lives...
I’m sorry to hear that, hopefully things are going ok.
The numbers are disturbing. In my org it was 5% that refused. In your org it was a tenth of that. I wish the numbers were a lot higher.
Also, I sure would like to know the number that simply lied. It crossed my mind, but my situation is a little complex.
I stand with Kyrie Irving
LOL! But that, of course, only applies to abortion.
Thank you. I was near retirement, so I’ll make it, but it did make it more difficult as I had planned to work for a couple more years.
I’ll figure something else out. I’m scrappy.
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