Posted on 10/10/2019 6:35:08 PM PDT by Rummyfan
he Portland Trail Blazers announced that they have severed relations with a company that does business with Israel following a pressure campaign by activists tied to the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
As the NBA is facing outrage after the general manager of the Houston Rockets capitulated to censorship by the Chinese communist government, the Trail Blazers quietly severed ties with the manufacturer Leupold, which has a contract to produce accessories for the Israeli Defense Forces.
Trail Blazers president and CEO Chris McGowan recently announced the decision to bow to pressure from BDS activists, telling a reporter for the Bleacher Report that "Leupold is no longer a part of the organization."
The move was celebrated by anti-Israel activists and picked up by the pro-BDS blog Mondoweiss, which stated that the decision came "after a year-long campaign by local activists to pressure the Blazers to drop the sponsor."
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I am boycotting the NBA.
I dont remember that about Kobe. All I know is that he genuinely was patriotic about the USA and was mad that team USA was losing to other countries.
But I actually will follow him and not call the ass munchers “gay” as I call these pukes far worse here..
Found an article:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/kobe-bryant-gay-rights/318477/
This isn’t the commercial but another video on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2Cy4DQhMw
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