Posted on 09/30/2021 11:45:29 AM PDT by rktman
Former professional basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said Thursday on “CBS Mornings” that promoting the need for people to get the COVID vaccination was an extension of Black Lives Matter.
Co-host Vladimir Duthiers said, “You’ve called for the NBA to insist that all players and staff be vaccinated. And if they refuse, you believe they should be removed from the team. Why do you feel so strongly about that?”
Abdul-Jabbar said, “I think that when we ignore a pandemic that is killing people just because some people don’t feel like doing some research, I can’t go along with that. This COVID thing is killing black people and brown people at a ridiculous rate. So you know, it’s really an extension of Black Lives Matter. We have to make this obvious and let people know how important it is.”
He added, “Anyone who has a public platform like a professional athlete, they should use their platform in a way that helps their community.”
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Kareem: Just shut up. Thanks.
You are expecting logic, right? Good luck with that. /s
They can't have that.
Gotta bring out the "Big Guns" to keep BLM on the plantation.
LOL
Lew took the payout to sellout and preach the govt line. BLM actually has a lot of problems with the jab.
We tried scaring you, then we bribed you, then we guilted you, then we shamed you, then we blamed you...Now we're going to FIRE you. Because we care. -Sincerely, The Biden Administration
This from a guy that bumped his head too many times in the team shower.
F off Lou
Then why are so many black people not getting vaccinated?
What an idiot.
Why yes, it is an extension of Marxism.
All the more reason not to get vaxxed.
Ever.
In a related story, Ivermectin at worst only causes minor side effects (but I have been craving alfalfa hay a lot lately), and DOESN’T promote Black LIES Matter.
Drugs?
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