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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Praises MLB Moving All-Star Game: ‘This Means Something to Everybody’
breitbart ^ | 2 Apr 2021 | PAM KEY

Posted on 04/03/2021 5:52:22 AM PDT by MarvinStinson

Former professional basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that Major League Baseball moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta, GA following the passage of a new voter law “means something to everybody.”

Melber asked, “Kareem, what does it mean for Major League Baseball to take a stand like this right now?”

Abdul-Jabbar said, “I think it’s very significant, Ari, because it shows that this means something to everybody. This is something that we all want to see end. Voter suppression is not what democracy is about. We all want to see it end. By Major League Baseball making a statement like that, they show that they are concerned and that the people — that so many of their players are people of color, they’re probably worried about it also.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abduljabbar; atlanta; gettrump; lewalcindor; loualcindor; mlb; usefulidiot; votefraud
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To: Starcitizen
Mindless entertainment. Running out of options. Looking at other threads, all streaming services, cable and broadcast TV are forbidden for being watched as they are judged to be too woke/ liberal. What’s left?

Don't you have a compost pile that needs turning? A garden needing tending?

Seriously: I hope you're being sarcastic.

Regards,

61 posted on 04/03/2021 7:19:05 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: MarvinStinson

https://media.patriots.win/post/kYvSif6B.jpeg


62 posted on 04/03/2021 7:20:09 AM PDT by Dana1960
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To: MarvinStinson

Wherever it is moved to, President Trump should buy the two sections behind home plate and gift the tickets and a MAGA hat to local followers.


63 posted on 04/03/2021 7:30:11 AM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: MarvinStinson

Another idiot heard from...


64 posted on 04/03/2021 7:43:15 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Lisbon1940
I don’t get how the Georgia legislators didn’t see this coming.

That is a heavy perhaps unfair charge, but bear in mind this political weaponization of MLB was spurred on by a public statement from Joe Biden.

It would be logical then to say that we all, including our government reps are now chargeable with knowing that Biden and his handlers are capable of attacking in plain sight any of America's non-political cultural features.

65 posted on 04/03/2021 7:48:30 AM PDT by frog in a pot (The voters do the heavy lifting...or not.)
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To: MarvinStinson
Yes, Leftist Fascism is on the rise.

Taxpayer subsidized businesses are aligning with the thieving Democrat Party to enshrine their fraudulent techniques.

66 posted on 04/03/2021 7:51:31 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: MarvinStinson

Other than his role in Airplane, the guy is pretty damn useless, but as to this:

“Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Praises MLB Moving All-Star Game: ‘This Means Something to Everybody’”

Actually, I certainly agree with him.


67 posted on 04/03/2021 7:51:50 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: MarvinStinson
Shouldn't he be Standing in Times Square?


68 posted on 04/03/2021 7:53:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Pining_4_TX

It is certainly unlike anything in my lifetime, or that I have heard of from anyone else older I know.
I no longer:
Watch any sports
Befriend any blacks
Talk to any women at work
Talk to any Millennials at all

It seems to me that some type of violent actions will come from all of this. I don’t think there’s a return to normalcy/decency.


69 posted on 04/03/2021 8:00:21 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: frog in a pot

Yes, they should have expected that the law would provoke this backlash.


70 posted on 04/03/2021 8:01:26 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: MarvinStinson

Dumb mooselimb black dude.


71 posted on 04/03/2021 8:05:46 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Bite Me.....The Commander-in-Thief, Commander-in-Cheat, Illegitimate president!)
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To: MarvinStinson

I support all corporations boycotting and moving out of Atlanta. White liberals should punish black residents for this outrage!

Starve the beast.


72 posted on 04/03/2021 8:13:58 AM PDT by Frank_Symptoms
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To: MarvinStinson

I support all corporations boycotting and moving out of Atlanta. White liberals should punish black residents for this outrage!

Starve the beast.


73 posted on 04/03/2021 8:23:06 AM PDT by Frank_Symptoms
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To: All

Kareem who?


74 posted on 04/03/2021 8:29:38 AM PDT by rayincolorado ("Those who forget the past, are condemned to repeat it ...")
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To: MarvinStinson

How the he** is it voter suppression to expand early voting, continue mail in voting boxes, and require photo ID< which the state gives away for free? Any Georgian who wants to vote can vote, no one is standing in their way.


75 posted on 04/03/2021 8:30:10 AM PDT by mak5
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To: MarvinStinson
Only to those that want to steal elections, Kareem.
76 posted on 04/03/2021 8:35:14 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason
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To: MarvinStinson

If I was a Major Leaque Baseball Player right now I would be VERY angry at the Commissioner of Baseball.

I would be saying to myself ....”Why in the hell don’t we just mind our own fn business?!

And that business is to PLAY BASEBALL!


77 posted on 04/03/2021 8:38:15 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Lisbon1940
Yes, they should have expected that the law would provoke this backlash.

Should have expected? No, it was appropriate legislation as along the lines of 2+2=4.

Should have reacted? Absolutely, and immediately - either upon evidence of a prospective boycott or upon Biden's urging of a boycott.

They could have supported and joined with the major employers in a drive to explain the legislation to the community and the companies could have contributed resources to provide election-related services and benefits.

They could have emerged, perhaps as the first, as effective leaders in opposition to the challenges presented by an obviously radical Biden/Harris admin.

As it is, by submitting to coercion those employers have disappointed a large segment of their employees with their management style, especially those who are baseball fans, and likely have otherwise created stress within the employee ranks.

78 posted on 04/03/2021 9:01:22 AM PDT by frog in a pot (The voters do the heavy lifting...or not.)
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To: alexander_busek

Don’t you have a compost pile that needs turning? A garden needing tending?
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WHY in the heck would I ever want to do that? Absolutely NO interest in that. Don’t garden, fish, hunt, camp, hike etc etc. No interest at all in outdoor activities.


79 posted on 04/03/2021 9:11:01 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: glorgau
Just think of all the unskilled workers in Atlanta that just got stiffed.

But The Mighty Dragon Lew Alcindor can pontificate from atop his giant pile of gold and jewels...

Screw yew, Lew.

80 posted on 04/03/2021 9:18:50 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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