Posted on 08/17/2020 6:54:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
He had worked with the Houston Rockets for more than 30 years.
The NBA has cut ties with a freelance photographer who worked with the Houston Rockets for more than three decades, after the league discovered he posted a meme on Facebook that referred to Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) by a derogatory term.
What are the details?
Shortly after presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced that Harris would be joining his ticket, Houston-based freelance photographer Bill Baptist shared a meme to his Facebook page that made fun of Biden's campaign logo that read, "Joe and the Hoe."
When former WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes saw Baptist's post, she shared it on her own timeline and called for the NBA to fire the photographer, writing, "So this guy works for the NBA but covers the Houston Rockets. Has been around for a while. Even worked for the Houston Comets. It's amazing how people will smile in your face but eventually their true colors will show. @NBA and Houston Rockets he needs to GO!!! So disrespectful. Bill Baptiste (sic) shame on you!!!"
The NBA listened. USA Today reported that Baptist was "removed from the NBA bubble in Orlando" following the post, and the NBA issued a statement to KPRC-TV, confirming, "The photographer is an independent contractor and his services are no longer being used in Orlando."
Baptist also issued a statement to the outlet, apologizing for his post and calling it "a horrible mistake."
"I deeply regret posting on my Facebook page a phrase that I saw and copied from others as a sample of some people's reactions to Biden's selection of Senator Harris as his choice for VP," he wrote. "The phrase I posted does not reflect my personal views at all. I should not have been so insensitive to post the statements by others. I sincerely apologize to all of those who have rightfully been offended and I have taken the post down from my FB page. It was a horrible mistake on my part."
But posting offensive Trump memes get you not only promoted but are required.
They both Slept their way to the top, Joe literally slept and Kamala slept with everyone she could find.
That’s offensive but not supporting a terror group hellbent on destroy the country, a racist Marxist terror group that only a few days ago was demanding white people give up their houses and property solely for being white. How about demanding millionaire NBA stars give up their mansions?
https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/seattle-blm-protesters-demand-white-people-give-up-their-homes/
I agree. Ho’s have higher standards.
NEVER, ever, apologize to these evil creeps no matter what.
It just fuels their insanity.... They cannot and will not tolerate any view opposed to theirs...they’re communists.
Do they realize by firing him they are giving more publicity to that post?
The photog is a pathetic coward. This is exactly like the denunciations in the Soviet Union.
Harris behaved like a whore. She committed adultery for monetary gain.
“Joe/Hoe” “Are you voting on the JoHo ticket?”
Baptist also issued a statement to the outlet, apologizing for his post and calling it “a horrible mistake.”
“I deeply regret posting on my Facebook page a phrase that I saw and copied from others as a sample of some people’s reactions to Biden’s selection of Senator Harris as his choice for VP,” he wrote. “The phrase I posted does not reflect my personal views at all. I should not have been so insensitive to post the statements by others. I sincerely apologize to all of those who have rightfully been offended and I have taken the post down from my FB page. It was a horrible mistake on my part.”
A gardening implement..............
Why? Why do their testicles always shrivel like raisins and retract back up into their body cavities? Say what you believe and stick to your guns! Be a man.
Well, at least the photographer has a solid defense against a charge of libel.
MSNBC: “‘Phony’ is a very gendered term that we use to present women in power in an unfavorable light, there’s something fake about them,” Jennifer Palmieri says about a Trump campaign attack on Sen. Harris. “It’s a very old trope.”
A whore is someone who ***** for bucks.
That describes Kameltoe perfectly. But she wasn’t paid directly, the payment started with her first paycheck.
Someone had a talk with Bill the Baptist and told him the punishment would be worse if he didn’t apologize.
I don’t recall the rodeo clown who dared to make fun of the Fraud apologizing, he was lucky to live.
I was thinking more along this line:
RIDEN
HARRIS
I don’t know what to say about this kind of thing anymore.
For one, it’s the right of anyone to associate or disassociate with anyone, for ANY reason. I’m against “non-discrimination” laws and it’s gotten ridiculous as it is.
OTOH, I’m sick of snitches going off on every little thing like this. People joke like this all the time. It’s not a big shock. And frankly, while indeed the idea of “ho” is “offensive”, here it is tongue in cheek and a play on words. It’s political and people tend to accuse politicos of all kinds of horrors even if hyperbole.
No, A whore is someone who ***** for FUN.........A PROSTITUTE is someone who ***** for bucks..........
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