How is it sarcasm? TNT says we're discussing the Kyrie situation tonight and we need "you to step up to the plate for us on this". You own some movie theaters and you vaguely know that a few of them show indy films and more than just big budget Hollywood films. So you're not going to make a call or two as to whether this supposedly "extremely highly offensive movie" that Jewish folks are screaming bloody murder about was shown at one of your theaters before hopping on TNT and going off on the guy that tweeted about it? Are you guys serious?
Say if kid buys some weed from a gas station attendant and they die because the weed was laced with fentanyl and a city councilmen has to make a statement denouncing drugs and what happened but on the flipside his older brother owns five gas stations in the city. He no doubt has to find out and make sure this didn't happen at one of his brother's gas stations before he can hop in front of the news cameras and talk his sh*t . And I know Shaq is on a bigger scale has a ton of ventures and business but ya'll know how this sh*t works. This is real life not a movie or cartoon. Dot your "I's" and cross your "T's" before talking that sh*t. That's all.
This is a reach. Even if this a Hollywood blockbuster film, Shaq wouldn't have known that his theaters were showing it on their screens, much less an obscure documentary.
Until Jewish watchdog groups raised their objections, nobody knew or cared that there was anything controversial in the film.
Once the controversy is publicized, the person tasked with managing that theatre has a decision to make, either alone or with ownership/ franchise board.
They(decision maker) cannot know if another community sees something offensive, until they are made aware of it.
Much less would Shaq know that an obscure doc. is running there.
AND When he was made aware, his decision would be consistent with his public stance. He would pull it from the theatre.
Lot of the back and forth arguing over this general issue with other Black people is misdirected anger. Similar to other back and forth a that have occurred here over the years,,over region, political stances, social class, and origin.
The enemies of Black people are out there, but we feel powerless to fight them. So instead we direct that anger and tension towards each other.
No risk involved in calling Shaq names or grasping for ways to undermine him for stating his opinion.