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Originally Posted by Bucco
Not trying to change topic, but here we have a host of a national syndicated show telling a black athlete (Lebron James) to shut up and dribble awhile back on his comments, then on Drew Bree's, a white athlete, saying " he has a right to his opinion". They were speaking on the same issue.
What might be the difference
LeBron James calls out Laura Ingraham for defending Drew Brees |
I will tell you the difference. Lebron James was being a complete (fill in the blank).
“The climate is hot,” James replied. He said that for the “No. 1 job in America,” the “appointed person” is “someone who doesn’t understand the people, and really don’t give a f— about the people.”
He was also being one when he defended the Chinese Communist Party . You know the ones with the concentration camps for Uyghurs? And who were shutting down Churches and arresting Christians never to be seen again? He was upset because Americans expressed support for the protesters in Hong Kong who simply want to retain basic freedoms they have enjoyed for over 100 years. It was costing him money.
Laura Ingraham wrote a book titled "Shut up and Sing" when she criticized the lunatic ravings of Hollywood elites and singers. The vast majority of them white. So she used a similar turn of phrase to criticize Lebron James. What else could she use? Shut up and shoot a free throw? If he was a golfer who said the same stupid comment it probably would have been Shut Up and putt.
This is what Drew Brees said:
“I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.”
Can you see the difference in tone and respect between their two stated opinions?
Probably not. It is so much easier to brand people with whom you disagree with as racists rather than engaging them in a Socratic fashion.