Posted on 12/10/2022 6:31:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian penal colony Thursday as part of a prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was met with widespread celebration. Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison after vape canisters and cannabis oil were discovered in her luggage at the airport. President Joe Biden’s announcement that Griner was safely on a plane bound for the U.S. means the gay WNBA star will miraculously make it home to her wife and family in time for the holidays.
But perhaps not surprisingly, the basketball star’s release was also met with (another) round of backlash. Many of these criticisms, which gained traction online, have once again centered on Griner’s perceived lack of patriotism. But this kind of litmus test has long been rigged against Black Americans. As with the culture war over critical race theory, conservatives are quick to weaponize criticisms of American history or misbehavior in an attempt to police Americanness and keep Black advocacy against racism and white supremacy at bay.
In 2020, amid widespread Black Lives Matter protests decrying police brutality and racism, Griner stated that the national anthem shouldn’t be played during games and refused to be on the floor while it played. Griner is an articulate athlete, and her intention was always clear. “I don’t mean that in any disrespect to our country. My dad was in Vietnam and a law officer for 30 years,” she told The Arizona Republic at the time. “I wanted to be a cop before basketball. I do have pride for my country.”
And yet, we have tweets proliferating across social media accusing Griner of disrespecting the American flag (she didn’t) or kneeling during the national anthem (also not true).
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Okay, let’s skip the “lack of patriotism” “litmus test” and use length of time detained. Who has been away from their family at Christmas the longest??? Why shouldn’t that come into it? In that case, she’s at the bottom of the list.
Saint Brittney will no doubt be making the rounds of the talk shows soon, with her ‘wife’ in tow, thanking Biden profusely and telling us he’s a great president, unlike that bad guy Trump.
By the way, her net worth is estimated at only $5 million. America has really done her wrong.
/sarc
No tickertape parades, so far as I can see.
And yet, we have tweets proliferating across social media accusing Griner of disrespecting the American flag (she didn’t) or kneeling during the national anthem (also not true).
She stayed in the locker room while the anthem was being played (other players did, too), and said she didn't want it to be played at Phoenix WNBA games. So apparently no kneeling, but that's not the whole story.
No wonder the Russians were pissed when we put him in a prison.
There was some shady sh*t going down during the Obama administration that Hillary Clinton had her dirty hands in. Imagine that.
I hate these people with every fiber of my being.
Talk about gaslighting!
This woman [Drayton] is a member of the leftist woke police.
Hey, nbc! Biden’s take: “Let’s release a dangerous, gun-running criminal to get a perverted criminal released instead of getting patriotic, innocent, unjustly-accused Americans released.”
A vile hate-America druggie skank who vilifies America every chance she gets. Good Americans are color blind on this.
And what color were the people who fought and prevailed in freeing the slaves?
I’m tired of being lectured to by self-entitled melanin-enhanced people. Particularly if they immigrated here.
Tiffany is cordially invited to emigrate back to her home country. Post haste.
I’m glad she’s home for Christmas. I’d be much happier if our J6 Patriots were home or even given due process, the same goes for Americans held in captivity in Russia. Lets do a prisoner swap, Joe and Hunter for American patriots held in Russia.
“I think Obama’s trade deal for bergdahl was worse.”
:nodding in agreement:
That’s the spirit! 🍻
Why would anyone celebrate the release of a criminal caught with drugs in her luggage?
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Anti-American skank should be in prison.
"Muh white oppressors made me color muh hair Barbie Blonde. Buy my book of jokes!"
Nearly as bad as 5 terrorists and 25 million for the traitorous bergdawl…
In America, cannot shoot Bout in prison. In Soviet Russia, Bout wear bullseye.
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