Posted on 07/11/2010 10:33:01 PM PDT by TheThinker
Jackson rips Gilbert's LeBron comments Associated Press CHICAGO -- Jesse Jackson criticized Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert on Sunday, saying Gilbert sees LeBron James as a "runaway slave" and that the owner's comments after the free-agent forward decided to join the Miami Heat put the player in danger. “ Jackson His feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave. This is an owner employee relationship -- between business partners -- and LeBron honored his contract. ” -- Rev. Jesse Jackson on Cavs owner Dan Gilbert's comments about LeBron James Shortly after James announced his decision last week, Gilbert fired off an incendiary letter to Cleveland's fans, ripping the 25-year-old and promising to deliver a title before James wins one. He called James' decision "cowardly" and later told The Associated Press he believes James quit during a handful of Cavaliers playoff games. "He has gotten a free pass," Gilbert told the AP in a phone interview late Thursday night. "People have covered up for [James] for way too long. Tonight we saw who he really is." Jackson said Gilbert's comments were "mean, arrogant and presumptuous." "He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers," the reverend said in a release from his Chicago-based civil rights group, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. "His feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave. This is an owner employee relationship -- between business partners -- and LeBron honored his contract." Messages were left Sunday night seeking comment from Gilbert, the Cavaliers and James. Jackson also called Gilbert's comments an attack on all NBA players and said the owner should face a "challenge" from the league and the players' association. NBA spokesman Tim Frank declined comment.
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I’m not so sure Jackson is not onto something here—hell, I’d go even further and say nearly the entire fan base of the Cavalier’s probably thinks something close to that. Did you see the idiot goombahs burning James’ jerseys in Akron—with cigarettes dangling from their mouths the whole while? Seriously, they’d have burned him in effigy if they were intelligent or resourceful enough to make papier mache.
It’s a game, dimwits, and the men who play are, once in a while, able to decide where they want to play. There’s no reason to go Islamic Rage Boy on the dude. Let it go.
I think he can afford using them as props, particularly since there are so few of them in the NBA.
Good one!
FUJJ
Oh, and your new name is JJ/
You are irredeamably stupid and nothing more than an impish adolescent in an adult body.
You are so stupid, vapid and given to fits of uncontrolled moronic statements, given with such rapidity, you must surely have someone on your staff calling cadence, to remind you to breathe.
Blowhard.
His racism has become such a commodity the very essence and meaning of the act, that is now a cheap ass perjorative and really no longer has any value.
In fact, we are no longer fazed or cowed by hearing it.
In short.... It’s old
Jesse Jackson is a race hustler who is out for number 1. He is no longer, if he ever was, of any benefit to other black people or society at large. Hey Jesse, why don’t you figure out some way to extort money from Lebron?
Dear Jesse,
I’m white, but if being an NBA Superstar is equated to slavery, sign me up!
Jesse is just sorry he doesn’t own that multimillionaire “slave”/ sarc
Jesse is so yesterday. We now have the New Black Panthers running the race hustling gig!
Jesse Jackson is a has been race racketeer..
You're so right. So much for the progress in race relations that the election of Obama was touted to signify. Ironically, the Obama administration has torn the scab off of race relations, and people like Jesse Jackson are eagerly pouring salt on the open wound.
Nuff said....
I’m a tax slave for the left. When will I get Lebron’s salary?
I didn’t think anyone could come off as a bigger asshole than Gilbert, but Jesse rides again.
Jesse’s true discussion of Race is very courageous
Who cares...
Jesse thinks of all of us as slaves of the state.
It’s getting hard out there for tha PIMP!
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