Posted on 12/24/2018 7:17:08 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Basketball star LeBron James has apologised after sharing a lyric about "Jewish money" on social media - saying he thought it was a compliment.
James was called out over the lyric - which comes from a song by US rapper 21 Savage - after he shared it with his 45.8m followers on Instagram.
But James said it was not his intent "to hurt anyone" with Saturday's post.
"Apologies, for sure, if I offended anyone," he told sports channel ESPN on Sunday. "That's not why I chose to share that lyric. I always [post lyrics]. That's what I do. I ride in my car, I listen to great music, and that was the byproduct of it.
"So I actually thought it was a compliment, and obviously it wasn't through the lens of a lot of people."
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His ‘game”......Say something controversial to gain media attention.....apologize later......mission accomplished.
Hey, he grajumacated 'fum hah' screwel!
Did-jew?
STFU, Lee-Bron, you racist scumbag.
Racists and liar. A natural combination.
Celtics-Lakers. That was sweet.
Can I stand up & speak about the horrible conditions under which those sneakers are made?
Box of rocks
So dumb he makes Don Lemon look smart.
Yes, tell us about the slave camps that make those Equality shoes. You know, the ones where they work 15 hours a day for $300 per month from the time they are 12 til they die.
Sure can't, it just enables it on a much grander scale.
“I imagine the apology for the Old White Men comment is coming next......................”
The collective “apology” from the Old White Men should be to vow to never spend a dime of their hard-earned money on professional sports. The idea that these “multi-millionaire” predominantly Black athletes, consider themselves “slaves,” is a travesty.
I guess I should consider myself lucky to have never gotten myself “involved” in watching “professional sports.”
I’m absolutely proud to say that I have no idea who or what this ghetto rat is.
Got a relative in jail? Insult the police.
Got a contract renewal upcoming? Insult the owners.
Got a sneaker release upcoming? Insult the Jews...
RINSE REPEAT.
Pretty sure he doesn't mean Beethoven and Mozart.
Me too. ESPN has paid the NBA so much for broadcast rights that it may sink the network. They have no choice but to relentlessly hype the NBA. They are showing four games tomorrow? I can't watch for a quarter much less a game. A friend of mine is convinced the entire NBA enterprise is just a money laundering scheme.
But he doesn’t apologize for his white guy comments about the NFL owners.
The idiot said the Earth is flat or is it another NBA scholar? I know Stephen Curry said that we didn’t go to the moon...I’m glad these people are not running the USA.
Whites guys are fair game. Not a protected class.
That’s it an apology. Not even close.
First, he puts the blame on the offended.
Then he justifies what he said as though it wasn’t a bad thing to do.
His oversized ego won’t let him admit fault.
If he were reading this, I would demonstrate a real apology for him.
“What I did was wrong. I should not have done it. I am sorry. Please forgive me.” That’s all there is to it, sir.
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