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."
“Gregg Popovich calls Trump a ‘deranged idiot,’ criticizes his lack of leadership”
Good point.
In my world, a whore is a prostitute. A slut does it for fun.
Hmmm. I’m trying to figure out what the problem is with the meme. I’m going to give Willie Brown a call and see what he has to say.
In the mean time a simple analysis of the lady’s name will give you a hint:
kaMALa is obviously a reference to the Latin word “mal” meaning “bad”. Her parents must have known something that we are just learning. Here is some backup support for my “theory”.
Words Based on the Mal Root Word
1. Mala fide: Doing something in bad faith, in an attempt to deceive someone
2. Malabsorption: Bad absorption of food
3. Maladjusted: A bad ability to adjust to a social environment
4. Malaise: A general state of feeling badly; sickness
5. Malign: Evil-natured
6. Malefactor: Evildoer
7. Malady: Bad disease
8. Malapropism: A bad use/misuse of words due to ignorance
9. Malaria: “bad air” or a disease carried by mosquitoes
10. Malcontent: One who is dissatisfied and wants to change a bad for him situation
11. Malediction: Curse words uttered to cause evil
12. Malefactor: One who committed a crime or did a bad thing
13. Maleficence: Evil
14. Malfeasance: Doing an evil thing/ commiting a crime (esp. officials)
15. Malformed: Badly formed (bodies)
16. Malice: Desire to inflict harm or evil on others
17. Maliferous: Doing a bad thing
18. Malignant: Evil-natured, bad for health
19. Malism: An ideology that the world is evil
20. Malodour: A bad smell
If she also shared it, she is just as guilty as he is!
Where are the called for her to be fired?
Slut and whore are synonyms...........
If you’re retired...post whatever you want!
Muy mal..................
I’m carrying a blue sharpie with me to alter stickers and signs to read just that.
Funny, I shared the URL source for your post on social media, and while the preview photo shows up, clicking on it produces an error, unless one copies and pastes the URL text string into the browser.
Our domestic enemies are TRYING to lock it down and hide it!
The corrupt media is falsely attributing this to RUSH because he told this story.
Interchangeable now, perhaps, but I also grew up with EE’s understanding.
Is this campaign slogan offensive?
Pee Pads
Knee Pads
2020
Slut originally meant a person with poor hygiene habits...............
'Sheryl Swoopes' today
She been Swoopin’ the buffet line a bit much, lately..................
Yep! Fattened right up!
Which is more moral? Which is more logical?
The prostitute. At least she gets $ out of it.
I’m not THAT old. ;-)
Oh yes, every negative word is sexist. And racist.
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