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Report: NBA Approves List of Social Justice Messages for Jerseys
Breitbart ^ | July 4, 2020 | Dylan Gwinn

Posted on 07/04/2020 1:36:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The NBA has approved a list of social justice messages that players will be allowed to wear on their jerseys when, or if, play resumes later this month.

According to Marc J. Spears of ESPN, the list includes:

The National Basketball Players Association and the NBA reached an agreement Friday on social justice messages that can be displayed above the number on the back of jerseys when the league resumes play July 30, a source told ESPN’s The Undefeated.

The list of the approved suggested social messages, per the source, for the back of the NBA jerseys: Black Lives Matter; Say Their Names; Vote; I Can’t Breathe; Justice; Peace; Equality; Freedom; Enough; Power to the People; Justice Now; Say Her Name; Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can); Liberation; See Us; Hear Us; Respect Us; Love Us; Listen; Listen to Us; Stand Up; Ally; Anti-Racist; I Am A Man; Speak Up; How Many More; Group Economics; Education Reform; and Mentor.

There had been some discussion of putting the names of victims of alleged police brutality on the uniforms, though those plans never materialized.

Conspicuously absent from the list of approved messages is “Free Hong Kong,” or any mention of the pro-democracy movement that stands against the NBA’s business partners in the Chinese Communist Party.

The NBA’s credibility as a proponent of social justice causes is seriously dubious given the league’s tolerance of former Clippers Owner Donald Sterling. Who the league allowed to remain in place for decades despite their knowledge of troubling racist remarks. Plus, most notably, the league’s ingoing business relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.

A relationship that was brought front-and-center last year after the league forced one of its top executives to apologize for defending the rights of the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

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KEYWORDS: alllivesmatter; bluelivesmatter; libertyordeath; maga
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1 posted on 07/04/2020 1:36:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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Well, guess what I won’t be buying for Christmas gifts.


2 posted on 07/04/2020 1:37:01 PM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They all seem like “FYW” to me, where the W stands for Whitey.


3 posted on 07/04/2020 1:38:25 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How about the names of cops killed by African Americans?


5 posted on 07/04/2020 1:40:08 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NBA is dead, and good riddance
Season ends, if we have one, after March Madness


6 posted on 07/04/2020 1:40:44 PM PDT by HangnJudge (When one is in a house of mirrors, everywhere you stand is “center)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’d like to see a big group of Hong Kong people there....putting in there two cents...


7 posted on 07/04/2020 1:41:57 PM PDT by cherry
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Enjoy, sports fans.

You know, I don’t even miss baseball the way I thought I would.


8 posted on 07/04/2020 1:42:39 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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9 posted on 07/04/2020 1:44:14 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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Conspicuously absent from the list of approved messages is “Free Hong Kong,” or any mention of the pro-democracy movement that stands against the NBA’s business partners in the Chinese Communist Party.


10 posted on 07/04/2020 1:53:45 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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I’ve been following the Golden State Warriors since 1971. It was a long drought from their 1975 championship to the 2015 title. Three titles in four seasons, and I’m good not having to listen to NBA players and coaches (Popovich, Kerr) lecture me on how I should live my life.


11 posted on 07/04/2020 1:59:38 PM PDT by CatOwner
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I vote that they put Althea Bernstein’s name on a Jersey

Oh please do it

Because she has magic hair and eyebrows that dont burn when her face is on fire

Rep. Ilhan Omar
@Ilhan
This is horrific.

Althea Bernstein: Say her name.

She was attacked with lighter fluid and fire.

These injustices must end.


12 posted on 07/04/2020 2:01:28 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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Oh come on, I don’t even see “Kill Whitey” on the list.


13 posted on 07/04/2020 2:06:23 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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Marxism poising American traditions and sports.

Marxism has penetrated corporate America.


14 posted on 07/04/2020 2:06:43 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Simple message: MAGA


15 posted on 07/04/2020 2:09:16 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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What? No “All lives matter” jersies?


16 posted on 07/04/2020 2:09:20 PM PDT by plain talk
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Jerseys ? ? ? ?

A British dairy cow.

White.

Gives white milk.

We are so doomed.


17 posted on 07/04/2020 2:10:38 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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Hmmm... they left out “Boycott Us”.


18 posted on 07/04/2020 2:11:20 PM PDT by House Atreides (It is not a HOAX but it IS CERTAINLY A PRETEXT)
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I Can’t Breathe

Slip that on near the end of the game after getting your arse kicked?

19 posted on 07/04/2020 2:12:11 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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It looks to me like they're working overtime in an attempt to BURY the sport as opposed to resurrecting it.
20 posted on 07/04/2020 2:14:18 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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