Lebron says Morey's China tweet was dangerous and misinformed.
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YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy
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The Honorable Elijah MuhammBron told me that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
It's easy to shyt on trump when everyone in the country is and it's easy to retweet some mlk quotes about injustice. It's hard to stand up for shyt that may hit your pockets.
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Lebytch is a fukking clown for this.
He should stay the fukk outta business that doesn't pertain to him.
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Bron just needs to say I care about issues that pertain to black people, and black people only, but he won't because he values the admiration from liberal cacs who prioritize LGBT and Illegal immigrant rights over black american rights.
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nikkas on coli is quoting hotep jesus....
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This is who they want black athletes speaking up for.
Whether you agree with Lebron or not...just remember what these people think about us and our race.
Exactly the reason Lebron shouldnt have said anything to begin with. Hes an idiot.
Those asian cacs don't care about black people.
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First of all, athletes and entertainers are not supposed to be political leaders. At most, they can use their influence and resources to help bring change.
But because we live in a society of celebrity/wealth worship people like LeBron are considered pillars in community when that’s a burden that’s unfairly placed. I think if an athlete wants to be socially active that’s fine but there shouldn’t be too much stock put into it. For all the good things people bring up for LeBron, there are still moments of inconsistency. But those moments of inconsistency could have just as much to do with the fact that he’s placed on an unreasonable pedestal.
People like Robeson, Ali, Nip, and Pac are celebrated because they were glitches in the matrix. They were celebrities, athletes and entertainers, whom for all intents and purposes had made it far enough in life to have something to lose. But time and time again they placed their principles above material wealth.
For most, that’s too impossible a task even if their heart means well. People aren’t so rah rah when they have a family to take care of. Or if they have goals which require them to pick and choose their responses. I say all that to say that unless an entertainer truly proves themselves to be a person willing to risk it all for what they believe in we should just take their gestures for what they are, just gestures.
As for LeBron in this situation, wish he would’ve kept silent given the sensitivity of the HK protests in general. Plus putting himself in the mix helped take Morey off the hook. As a megastar, he’s a much bigger target to attack and him speaking up for HK or PRC wasn’t gonna be worth it for him. As if any Chinese on that side gave a fukk about what Black People go through here in America or in other parts of the world. But he’s right to say that Morey spoke without considering the possible ramifications. Of course, it also looks like he’s protecting his Chinese bag (like the rest of the NBA is trying to do) but again it goes back to what I was saying, if you aren’t a glitch in the matrix kinda celebrity then it’s no reason to take you all that seriously or get upset when certain inconsistencies show up. I’ll just appreciate whatever good he does do while accepting the fact that even some of the most well intentioned people can be compromised.
I dunno, I’m just ready for these PRC officials to stop crying in general...
But because we live in a society of celebrity/wealth worship people like LeBron are considered pillars in community when that’s a burden that’s unfairly placed. I think if an athlete wants to be socially active that’s fine but there shouldn’t be too much stock put into it. For all the good things people bring up for LeBron, there are still moments of inconsistency. But those moments of inconsistency could have just as much to do with the fact that he’s placed on an unreasonable pedestal.
People like Robeson, Ali, Nip, and Pac are celebrated because they were glitches in the matrix. They were celebrities, athletes and entertainers, whom for all intents and purposes had made it far enough in life to have something to lose. But time and time again they placed their principles above material wealth.
For most, that’s too impossible a task even if their heart means well. People aren’t so rah rah when they have a family to take care of. Or if they have goals which require them to pick and choose their responses. I say all that to say that unless an entertainer truly proves themselves to be a person willing to risk it all for what they believe in we should just take their gestures for what they are, just gestures.
As for LeBron in this situation, wish he would’ve kept silent given the sensitivity of the HK protests in general. Plus putting himself in the mix helped take Morey off the hook. As a megastar, he’s a much bigger target to attack and him speaking up for HK or PRC wasn’t gonna be worth it for him. As if any Chinese on that side gave a fukk about what Black People go through here in America or in other parts of the world. But he’s right to say that Morey spoke without considering the possible ramifications. Of course, it also looks like he’s protecting his Chinese bag (like the rest of the NBA is trying to do) but again it goes back to what I was saying, if you aren’t a glitch in the matrix kinda celebrity then it’s no reason to take you all that seriously or get upset when certain inconsistencies show up. I’ll just appreciate whatever good he does do while accepting the fact that even some of the most well intentioned people can be compromised.
I dunno, I’m just ready for these PRC officials to stop crying in general...
So, you are mad why because neither have anything do with you then?
So then why are you not worried about the injustices in America because you do not have to go to China for that?
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What?
A lot of people in this thread are reaching on some “why does LeBron have to fight for Asians?!!”
It doesn’t have to be one extreme or the other. I think most people with common sense just want consistency from LeBron.
LeBron didn’t have to do shyt for the Hong Kong people, but what he should NOT have done was shyt on Daryl Morey for having a phuking opinion. He basically told him “shut up and GM” - as if LeBron is the only person in the NBA that’s allowed to have an opinion.
The Hong Kong people are fighting against oppression, and LeBron doesn’t have to join that fight but he shouldn’t detract from those who do. What’s the worse that would happen to LeBron? He’d be worth 1.2 Billion instead of 2 Billion? Space Jam won’t play in China, so LeBron will be slightly less rich? FOH lol
LeBron NEVER jumped out the window on an issue, and calling Trump a bum wasn’t a risky move in the Liberal circles LeBron travels.
It doesn’t have to be one extreme or the other. I think most people with common sense just want consistency from LeBron.
LeBron didn’t have to do shyt for the Hong Kong people, but what he should NOT have done was shyt on Daryl Morey for having a phuking opinion. He basically told him “shut up and GM” - as if LeBron is the only person in the NBA that’s allowed to have an opinion.
The Hong Kong people are fighting against oppression, and LeBron doesn’t have to join that fight but he shouldn’t detract from those who do. What’s the worse that would happen to LeBron? He’d be worth 1.2 Billion instead of 2 Billion? Space Jam won’t play in China, so LeBron will be slightly less rich? FOH lol
LeBron NEVER jumped out the window on an issue, and calling Trump a bum wasn’t a risky move in the Liberal circles LeBron travels.
At this very moment, Nick Wright is up preparing to carry the biggest bucket of water for Lebron James that he has ever carried on tomorrow’s show 
we’re going to hear it all from
“h-h-he built a school!”
“W-w-what about the I Can’t Breathe T-shirts and the Trayvon hoodie?”
“Lebron is a family man. He made being a father acceptable in the NBA community.”
“Lebron is fighting on behalf of the players. He’s taking all of the backlash by himself”
“He has a black wife got dammit!
“
we’re going to hear it all from
“h-h-he built a school!”
“W-w-what about the I Can’t Breathe T-shirts and the Trayvon hoodie?”
“Lebron is a family man. He made being a father acceptable in the NBA community.”
“Lebron is fighting on behalf of the players. He’s taking all of the backlash by himself”
“He has a black wife got dammit!
“
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Everythingg
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Bruh Lebron, Kerr, Pop etc all pretend to be woke. But when an issue like China rears its ugly head in relation to their league all of a sudden they can’t speak.
It ain’t about going down a list of issues and asking them to speak on each one. But someone from THEIR league spoke out in support of people protesting China and they have been trying to shy away from that. When Charlotte did that transgender restroom ban the NBA pulled up on them threatening to take the All star game away. Now they’re not a political “league”
It’s straight up hypocritical. He doesn’t put the idea out that he’s pro black first before anything. He puts out that he’s pro everyone. Yet when his fellow NBAer says he stands with people “fighting for democracy” he says that Morey should have thought about the repercussions of his tweet. Now how would Lebron react if someone in the NBA told him to think about they repercussions of him wearing the “can’t breathe” shirts or talking about Trayvon? He’s ain’t no revolutionary or Mohammed Ali type figure like he tries to portray. He’s a corporate shill and that’s fine if that’s how he wants to rock. But own up to it. Don’t try to fake the funk because the real is gonna see thru all that.
Beyond all that it’s more about how China pulling the NBAs card with Moreys tweet. He’s silent on that but let that had been Trump and what do you think his tune would have been? But Nike is supposedly made in sweatshops so you can take a guess as to why Lebron reprimanded Morey..