The right to openly express your mind about human rights abuses is not an American issue?

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*as long as it doesn't hurt us financially

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Posters can clearly see who is being dishonest and an asshole in this thread. The bolded part is where you said it.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

You make a good point and I will admit I can be as hypocritical as anyone. Nobody thinks about the plight of the people that assembled the iPhone they just bought.

But this is right out there for everyone to see. And the apology in Chinese is a very bad look, especially for a league that wants to be seen as being on the cutting edge of [social] justice.

And I haven't said anything about the players outside of mentioning LeBron and a couple of coaches who are always eager to voice an opinion on social issues. I don't think it's imperative for an NBA player to take an interest in what's happening in Hong Kong.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

As you and many others often and proudly proclaim: this, nor bathrooms in Carolina don't affect your life one bit, you will be fine. But it is peculiar that your moral indignation is in full display over this. Do you want points for pointing out hypocrisy in American business? The well runs deep there and I'd hazard a guess that every member of this board has experienced or engaged in it. Should we be sjw ranting about it all here too?

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Huh? This is blind rage posting without any logic. Don't discuss the NBA in an negative light because it's none of your business. Interesting philosophical knot to tie yourself into.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Catching people/companies/sports leagues in hypocrisy is great.

It was the backbone of one of the best bits on sports radio.

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See my post above.

And I will point out that reading between the lines here you seem desperate to somehow find a way to blame this on Donald Trump. You'll be fine too.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

When I clicked on the thread this morning the first thing I saw was your post criticizing LeBron and others for left wing talking points. That post made it fairly clear that you didn't really care about the issue outside of attacking people who are fighting against things that have an impact on their community or their players. If you can't see the difference between LeBron talking about Trayvon Martin and him speaking out about China I don't know what to tell you. The league has ALWAYS only cared about their bottom line. They caved to the pressure of their best player in his prime and they caved to their biggest market

I challenged your opinion and you didn't take it well. As usual you resorted to some of your usual attempts to distract.

You have a posting history. It's not hard to figure out what you think or what your tendencies are. Attack anyone who ever attacks the president.

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GO BEARS!!!

I'm merely pointing out that they tend to be rather provincial when it comes to that. If the NBA or its players were ever really all that concerned about international politics then they would not have gone out of their way to be "Global". There is no way that they would be able to become the international brand that they have become if they'd taken to sticking their collective noses into the affairs of other countries.

I just find it interesting (and quite hypocritical) that the same group that is so quick to throw around phrases and terms such as "Virtue signaling" "SJW" and victim are now the ones bashing them because they decided to abstain rather than engage by use of the various tactics which they often decry.

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Fine, but LTG is correct in calling this what it is, a silly attempt at a gotcha moment. And for the record, I didn't bring that joke into this, but your own between the lines' work is amusing.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I already have discussed the NBA in a negative light in this very thread. Its sort of difficult (due to your stereotypical nature) to ever grasp the complexities and nuances of any argument. Its why you always resort to generalizations and misrepresentations. Nothing that you post is ever relevant to the actual topic at hand. I actually think that you believe that it constitutes some sort of skill. Skill of the truly idiotic if anything.

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Full Statement:

"Like the NBA, we welcome the Chinese censors into our homes and into our hearts. We too love money more than freedom and democracy. Xi doesn't look like Winnie the Poo at all. Tune into our 300th episode the Wednesday at 10 p.m. Long live the great Communist Party of China. May the autumn's sorghum harvest be bountiful. We good now China?"

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Hey buddy!

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

By inference i take it that the other sports leagues are to be commended because they aren't interested in becoming "SJWs"

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This is a simple case. The NBA pushes itself as the league that cares about "social justice", which is fine when that means players wearing hoodies that are likely to earn them praise in the media.

The NBA banned the word owner, and later condemned an employee for speaking up to support democracy and rule of law. It shows the shallowness of their beliefs. That's all. Saying the NBA dropped the ball on this is not an attack on NBA fans.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I can't wait to be the first person to scream "SHUT UP AND DRIBBLE" the next time the NBA or an NBA rep decides to take a social justice stand on anything that doesn't affect their personal bank accounts.

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Today that’s called Monday.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

LeBron would speak out on behalf of freedom but he really wants to sell China a game show where people put on velcro suits and get pushed down hills or something.

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CCP has an itchy trigger finger. Shutting down the NBA after one already on his way out the door GM with fewer twitter followers than the average G-League player was hasty. Chairman Mao would've sat back a bit, let some players and other NBA execs tweet their allegiance and then pounced and cleaned house.

His pre-pubescent girlfriends would have enjoyed that.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

History has shown that they care about social justice. Its not that they "push" themselves as the social justice league and no one said anything about their fans.

The NBA has been a forerunner on a number of issues. They didn't have to put safeguards in regarding "minority candidate interviewing" nor did they have issues with blacks not being allowed to play certain positions.

It bothers some people for some reason that they take positions on certain issues

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jeopardizing your chances for a 2nd career in China.

On the subject of athletes speaking out against despots, Artemi Panarin will probably fall out of a window when he returns home next summer.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/art ... ecedented/

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

That takes some serious stones. #1 2020 Dead Pool draftee.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

The NBA has already done more to nudge China toward Western liberal democratic values than all the other American companies that do business with China combined. You're not gonna turn China from an authoritarian dictatorship to Massachusetts overnight. Well, maybe Massachusetts, buncha closet pinko commies in that state. "China is assho" but cutting off economic ties isn't going to make them less assholish (e.g., North Korea). Can't be a trojan horse for democracy/freedom/human rights if you roll up taking shots.

Enes Kanter is outspoken as well.

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It is not possible to have a mutually beneficial or even cooperative relationship with China. It needs to be broken up and contained. Nudging them towards western values is not a fix.

Also, how has China changed at all since tuning into the NBA? It's ridiculous to say the NBA has nudged anything.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?