Posted on 04/04/2021 11:03:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has maintained a different type of apolitical nature since leaving the game. He is far from apolitical in the normal sense of the word since he speaks his mind about politics and culture regularly. But throughout his broadcasting career, he has staved off criticism over his polarizing views because they have always rung with truth. He doesn’t make Republicans or Democrats happy, but he does just enough to keep them from being too angry.
His latest comments may be too far for the radical left to allow him to go unscathed. He broke their rules on “wokeness” by telling the truth about racism in America. He didn’t claim there was no racism or racial tension. He simply stated that the tension is artificially created by politicians, and by proxy that means the puppetmasters among the corporate “woke” crowd are implicated as well.
Charles Barkley spittin truth! it’s all about the divide and conquer agenda pic.twitter.com/E81b2Pw2h4
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 4, 2021
“Man, I think most white people and black people are great people,” he said. “I really believe that in my heart. But I think our system is set up where our politicians, whether they’re Republicans or Democrats, are designed to make us not like each other so they can keep their grasp of money and power. They divide and conquer.”
This is a truth that is spoken by one side to the other regularly, but rarely does someone like Barkley come out and point both fingers in both directions. The left says Republicans are racist and only adhere to the philosophies of white supremacy. The right says Democrats are igniting race wars in order to keep people misinformed about reality and equality. Both sides are right to some extent. Both sides are wrong as well. Barkley pointed this out nicely.
“I truly believe in my heart that most white people and black people are awesome people,” he continued. “But we’re so stupid following our politicians, whether they’re Republicans or Democrats.
“And their only job is, ‘Hey, let’s make these people not like each other. We don’t live in their neighborhoods. We all got money. Let’s make the whites and blacks not like each other. Let’s make rich people and poor people not like each other. Let’s scramble the middle class.’ I truly believe that in my heart.”
Jennifer Van Laar at Redstate felt Barkley hit the nail in the head.
Barkley is right about that, but it goes even further. We’re also divided along political lines, polarized so we don’t talk to each other and figure out that with just a little bit of common purpose, the slightest connection with each other on a human level, we can figure out the solution to problems within our own communities and states without the bloated bureaucracy complicating it and driving up the cost.
I know this is true because I’ve seen this start to play out in California during both the AB5 fight and the Recall Newsom effort. Sacramento’s Democrat supermajority and their “hero,” Gavin Newsom, have so overplayed their hand in enacting woke policies and draconian pandemic lockdowns that everyone in the middle and working classes are suffering, and many of the upper class and wealthy are suffering too – and they’re finding each other and collaborating to fight back.
I truly believe that if the pandemic lockdowns in California had not been so extended, the blowback against Gavin Newsom and other Democrats would have happened sooner and with at least the amount of passion we currently see, because the full effects of the anti-freelancing AB5 law would have been apparent much earlier (through closures of community orchestras/theaters, sports camps, tutoring, entertainment, and hospitality venues).
Republicans don’t get a pass on this. Over the last decade, Republicans have also had the opportunity to enact their own legislative agenda on things like Obamacare, immigration, education, and tax reform due to their majorities in the House and Senate while having a Republican president, but they didn’t. Why is that? In my opinion, it’s because the more problems they solve, the fewer issues they have to use in outrage-stoking fundraising emails to the base.
Did Barkley go to far by not adhering to the tenets of “wokeness”? Will he be attacked by the left because he said he opposed Critical Race Theory in saying most white people are awesome? He should be cheered, not canceled.
Nope.
Barkley’s bluntness is often refreshing.
No, he’s black.
This isn’t the first time Charles has told the unvarnished truth about an issue.
He’s outspoken, and everyone knows it.
You “cancel” Sir Charles at your peril.
He threw us a bone and we go after it. Don’t rally behind those types. It just makes guys like that snap at us when we least expect it. Im waiting foe Dwayne Johnson to do a Colin Powell/Arnold.
Barkley would make a great Qtard.
Fact checkers created in effort to reinforce propaganda [digestion]?
The battle to prevent truth from reaching the people.
The battle to maintain and push division.
DIVIDEd you are weak.
DIVIDEd you fight each other.
DIVIDEd you pose no threat.
System of control.
Information warfare.
Kyoo
The same people who control the media are the same people who are part of the evil and corrupt system?
SYSTEM OF CONTROL.
Crimes against Humanity.
You are not meant to think for yourself.
You are not meant to challenge their power [control].
Obey and accept.
Illusion of Democracy.
Illusion of Freedom.
Why does the media push division?
Why does the media incite violence?
Why does the media pit race v race?
Why does the media pit religion v religion?
Why does the media pit sex v sex?
Why does the media pit class v class?
DIVIDEd you are weak.
DIVIDEd you fight each other.
DIVIDEd you pose no threat to their system of control.
UNITY IS STRENGTH.
UNITY IS POWER.
UNITY IS HUMANITY.
Controlled media plays a major role in shaping the narrative(s) to keep you powerless [helpless] and asleep [unaware of truth].
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
ENEMY OF HUMANITY.
Cue
Canceled? I hope not!!
I’m pretty sure The Rock already sold out.
I forget what he said.
He’s moved into producing movies, so he had to kiss the ring.
I remember Barkley walking down a hall behind Michael Jordan when they were both on The Dream Team singing,
“I wanna be like Mike!”
The guy does have guts.
Dwayne Johnson has a few years left as a leading man. Perhaps there’s still hope. Reagans was mid-50’s when he went into politics-never a great actor but then neither is Johnson. Like Arnold just an action figure, not much acting. Stallone was smart not to go that route. Barkley/ He’s still ‘young’.
He's over.
Thought Johnson was a Dem.
If Charles said the media and Democrats want to divide and conquer, I would agree with him 100%. He substituted Republican because he is part of the media and wants the checks to keep coming.
I can see you guys are catching on. Let’s not forget how Bill Mahre sometimes throws us a bone and Christie shows his anger as to why he’s not POTUS. Don’t let the Noem’s disappoint you too much. I save that for the John Thune’s who screw us when they don’t have to. Meanwhile the rats get MLB to move the allstar game and we get scared. Starts with leadership and we have none to stand up to the rock throwers.
Well, he’s half right. His Party uses it as a club to beat up the Repubs.
Charles Barkley is the rare celebrity who gets away with telling the “truth” and not get punished for it.
My hat is off to Barkley for what I saw on YouTube.
It sounds demeaning to say this, but I am proud of him.
Amazing that people get so excited over a man speaking a simple truth that we all know.
“In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Now the Ministry of Truth must be deployed to rewrite or erase Charles’ statement.
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