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RAPTOR FANS COME OUT FOR FREEDOM
Powerline ^ | 10/16/2019 | JOHN HINDERAKER

Posted on 10/16/2019 5:44:13 PM PDT by DFG

Heh. With NBA stars like Lebron James and James Harden firmly in the oppression corner, a group of Toronto Raptors fans have decided to join the freedom team. They will distribute pro-Hong Kong t-shirts at the opening game of the Raptors 2019-20 season:

The saga of Hong Kong vs. China vs. the NBA continues in Toronto next week with the distribution of more than 7,000 fan-made “The North Stand with Hong Kong” t-shirts on opening night of the Toronto Raptors 2019-2020 season.

A group of local basketball fans who support Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement raised more than $32,000 to produce and give away enough t-shirts to cover roughly a third of the Scotiabank Arena’s audience.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: canada; chicom; china; hongkong; nba; raptor; raptors; toronto; torontoraptors

1 posted on 10/16/2019 5:44:13 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

LeBron Tse Tung does not approve.


2 posted on 10/16/2019 5:46:30 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: Pelham

NBA GO AWAY!


3 posted on 10/16/2019 5:48:56 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: DFG
Good to see that Toronto, Canada, fans (where freedom of speech is iffy) is for freedom in Hong Kong. Next they should work on Canada.

4 posted on 10/16/2019 5:58:43 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: DFG

The nba has the best of both worlds. American freedom and Chinese money. It can’t last long enjoying both.


5 posted on 10/16/2019 6:04:56 PM PDT by robel
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To: richardtavor

Fans: “NFL kneelers are the biggest ingrates and traitors possible.”

NBA: “Hold muh beer ‘n watch this...”


6 posted on 10/16/2019 6:06:54 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: robel
The nba has the best of both worlds. American freedom and Chinese money. It can’t last long enjoying both.

How quickly these hypocrites groveled and apologized when China slapped them.

7 posted on 10/16/2019 6:18:29 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: DFG

Bravo Raptors fans!


8 posted on 10/16/2019 6:20:31 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: DFG

Isn’t that a hate crime in Canada?


9 posted on 10/16/2019 6:20:42 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: DFG

As a paleface in Western culture, why should I care?


10 posted on 10/16/2019 6:22:44 PM PDT by Clemenza (Lucky)
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To: Right Wing Assault

We need to throw out Trudeau and get our own Trump

MCGA


11 posted on 10/16/2019 6:30:42 PM PDT by Hypo2
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To: DFG

Meanwhile communist loving Blizzard/ Activision continues to ban Americans speaking up for Hong Kong Freedom. In their latest Modern Warfare game, the Communist China are the heroes and American military are the evil ones...


12 posted on 10/16/2019 7:15:38 PM PDT by Starcitizen (American. No hypenation necessary. Send the H1B and H4EAD slime home. American jobs for Americans)
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To: Rummyfan

I just became a Raptor fan!

Hey! Take the win where you can get them!


13 posted on 10/16/2019 9:09:34 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: Hypo2
We need to throw out Trudeau and get our own Trump
MCGA

I hope it can be done.

14 posted on 10/17/2019 3:35:42 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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