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sutisuc t1_iusvq12 wrote

Kyrie Irving grew up in a wealthy NJ suburb and had access to better education resources than most people here and still chose the path of a smooth brain. Special thanks to Eric Adams for making an exception on the vaccine mandate for this waste of air

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koreamax t1_ius74ev wrote

As in any other job, your personal opinions if shared can put you at risk of losing you Jon. I don't know why the NBA is any different. Usually, I feel like they're pretty strict at how you behave off the court

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AnacharsisIV t1_iuta848 wrote

NBA players are more like contractors than employees. Let's say you're the best damn plumber in town, but you're also a virulent antisemite. There are some people who'd bare it and listen to him rant about "the globalists" because they really need their pipes unclogged, and there are people who'd rather go with a second-rate plumber who's not a whackjob. People can choose not to support the antisemitic plumber just like they can choose to boycot the nets.

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lilgreekscrfreek t1_iuvczc5 wrote

Except at this point your plumbers business has a losing record and your plumber has never shown the ability to make the team better without a much better plumber as their boss

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Chav t1_iutjlzr wrote

Maybe, maybe not. This is more Dany Ainge linking the book of Mormon than tweeting "my white players are delightsome"

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[deleted] t1_iutk94x wrote

I got flames for saying the same when Kappernick did it. Your job is not your personal platform. I got flamed a ton, but look whose not playing. Reality is truth.

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koreamax t1_iutq2yg wrote

Eh. There's a difference between standing up for your community and making wild accusations and being hateful towards other communities

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[deleted] t1_iutqdr8 wrote

From the perspective of the employer, or from that of a bystander activist?

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koreamax t1_iutqh88 wrote

Employer. One is marketable and inoffensive. The other isnt.

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movingtobay2019 t1_iutt16t wrote

That's debatable. Lot of people don't like BLM. And no, people don't have to be racist to not like BLM.

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rainzer t1_iuur4vb wrote

So hating Jews is more marketable than BLM by your calculations?

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[deleted] t1_iutqr7o wrote

Again, reality is truth. Who is he playing for?

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koreamax t1_iutrbay wrote

Do you just come here to argue or do you actually believe what you're saying?

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[deleted] t1_iutyg2e wrote

I believe what most people practice. Do not use your employer as a platform to express your political views; or you may face repercussions for your actions. I think this is what most employers expect and most employees do.

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PM_DEM_AREOLAS t1_iuu6c5n wrote

Good views are good views bad views are bad views, people are less likely to get fired for good things I hope this helps!

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JuliusPepperwood85 t1_iutw9jx wrote

You got “flamed” because it was an incredibly stupid and pearl-clutchy take. Hope that helps

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[deleted] t1_iutyi4a wrote

Go ahead, light it up at work tomorrow and make a stand for your cause. See how it goes.

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Chav t1_iutpzpi wrote

Did Kaepernick do something you think is fireable?

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[deleted] t1_iutqo1q wrote

Don’t ask me. Ask the teams who haven’t signed him why.

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Chav t1_iutxw5s wrote

Not wanting to hire someone is not the same as having a reason to fire them.

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co_matic t1_iusjiny wrote

Oh, this is a Black Hebrew Israelite thing? I used to see them posted up around town. They try to start arguments with random passers-by.

Seems to be the same stuff Kanye is on lately.

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sysyphusishappy t1_iuta2m4 wrote

Clown show. Yakub is frowning down on them from interstellar space.

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brook1yn t1_iv5aaqm wrote

i remember them in philly protesting near city hall in the 90s.. seemed like super sketchy dudes.

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relampagos_shawty t1_iutq036 wrote

Hebrew Israelites say black people are descendants of Abraham and the chosen people. Kanye is buddies with Candace Owens and says black ppl chose slavery. Very different perspectives lol

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Romas_chicken t1_iutqbjn wrote

You’re assuming any kind of logic or critical thinking is involved here

The Hebrew Israelite thing itself is so full of nonsense (like historical jibberish nonsense) and internal contradictions that anyone who actually subscribed to it is a serious idiot. To give you an idea, one of the 12 Tribes of Israel is “the Puerto Ricans”

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Suspicious_Error_722 t1_iuurmah wrote

Can you explain that, it’s very confusing. Do they mean the modern day people who are now Puerto Rican because they had native and Moor ancestors? Or are you saying like actual Puerto Ricans? Im so confused by this and have never heard this used as an argument.

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Romas_chicken t1_iuweh0m wrote

https://miro.medium.com/max/1100/1*TSsxaAJ6oEzceNIlRVKaTA.jpeg

> Im so confused by

Well ya…because it’s nonsense and in no way can be configured to make sense.

You’re putting more thought into it then they do.

For example, “The Negros” (African Americans) are the tribe of Judah and the Haitians are the tribe of Levi and the “West Indies” are the tribe of Benjamin…in the context of how the Transatlanic slave trade worked…What?

Places like Cuba and PR are super multiethnic. What does that even mean “the cubans”? Like, a European colonist, a trafficked slave, and a native Taino are all from the same tribe? Or is it just The Native population? But they were Taino so how are native Dominicans and Cubans and Puerto Ricans (who all would have been Taino) from different tribes for some reason? And that’s not even getting into them somehow being from Israel apparently. How did “The Native Americans” who are from the tribe of Gad get there? Who then were the natives who were there 12,000 years prior while the Tribe of Gad was…not yet existing? What kind of crazy bananas pants history makes this work?

Like I said, none of this makes any sense

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relampagos_shawty t1_iutr3fl wrote

Arguing that some religious beliefs make sense and others don’t is pretty laughable in itself lol

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Romas_chicken t1_iuubhme wrote

I mean, I’m an atheist…so, ya…Gods silly.

Either way, on the scale of dumb to batshit stupid this is more on the batshit stupid mark

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relampagos_shawty t1_iuuk4om wrote

You’re still saying the same thing so my response remains: Arguing that some religious beliefs make sense and others don’t is pretty laughable in itself

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TotallyNotGlenDavis t1_iuw6nfo wrote

The issue isn't really the religious beliefs, it's the spreading of conspiracy theories about Ashkenazi people.

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Romas_chicken t1_iuumxdq wrote

Ok. Kind of a tangent and all, and has nothing to do with my comment,and I never argued any religious briefs made sense, or even mentioned religion (in the context of supernatural claims)…so…

Like what point are you trying to make here? That someone going “I think Jesus existed” and someone going “I think Jesus was a Mexican Chupacabra who became the king of England before time traveling to 1914 to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand” are equally stupid, so the next time I mention anything about how you’d have to be an idiot to take chupacabra king of England Jesus guy seriously I should also add a caveat that so are Catholics?

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relampagos_shawty t1_iuunnsq wrote

The point I made was “Arguing that some religious beliefs make sense and others don’t is pretty laughable in itself”. HBU

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Romas_chicken t1_iuuoh2a wrote

Ya well, MahiMahi is much better than Tuna. So there.

Some religious beliefs make more sense than others though. Ya. That seems pretty obvious…and irrelevant to anything in this thread

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relampagos_shawty t1_iuupiag wrote

No it’s not obvious, and fish comparisons aren’t making it look less laughable. If you’re trying to bait me into some insipid argument comparing religions can you just accept what I already said three times and let me go lol

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Romas_chicken t1_iuweqp3 wrote

> fish comparisons aren’t making it look less laughable

But you get that the Empire Strikes Back is a great movie, right?

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profchaos2001 t1_iuupaoe wrote

Bro in all of his interviews justifying his tweet about going deathcon on all the jews hes saying that black people are jews and its not anti semetic for him to have said that.

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relampagos_shawty t1_iuuu7yx wrote

What’s your point? Rastafarians believe Africans are a lost tribe of Israel too. You could oversimplify and conflate different things if it suits you but I’m telling you it’s not the same

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profchaos2001 t1_iuv0fjd wrote

Because your comment is wrong. He is voicing Black Hebrew Israelite views. He is also voicing right wing extremist Candace Owens agit-prop.

So I stand corrected, your comment was half wrong.

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relampagos_shawty t1_iuvyui7 wrote

You don’t know what you’re talking about but think you do so this discussion is pointless lol, but a black person saying black people are Jews doesn’t make them a Black Hebrew Israelite. Another obvious thing besides the ones I’ve already said is that Black Hebrew Israelites absolutely don’t preach about following Jesus lmao, which Kanye does. I’m done here but say whatever else you want to say

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Romas_chicken t1_iuwusyh wrote

> that Black Hebrew Israelites absolutely don’t preach about following Jesus

This is not correct. Have you ever watched them? They had a public access show back in the day and are obsessed with the King James Bible, quoting revelations constantly

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relampagos_shawty t1_iux9zg8 wrote

Wrong. Them using quotes from the Bible that support their ideas doesn’t mean that they think Jesus is the messiah and they don’t lol. Ask any of them. They absolutely don’t.

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Romas_chicken t1_iuxyzi4 wrote

Uhm…while I’m sure if I ask any number of them I’d probably get many different answers…because it’s gibberish nonsense and changes from one day to the next…

Anyway, when I watched them on TV they were taking about Jesus coming back and their founder insisted he was coming back in 2000 (didn’t work out of course).

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I_WANT_IGOUDALA t1_iusk2hw wrote

The NBA itself nor any of their current players has barely addressed it other than the NBA posting 1 statement on their twitter account. The entire league came together when it came to BLM but when it came to another race being attacked, it's all crickets. Racism it racism regardless who the perpetrators and the victims are. Just because it doesn't directly affect them, they all want to be quiet about it.

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Pikdr t1_iutc85u wrote

Believe it or not, other NBA players actually agree with Kyrie's hot takes. Kyrie is just more vocal about it.

And if people think NBA social justice activism is anything more than superficial, they should look back at when everyone in the NBA was made to shut up about China not too long ago.

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I_WANT_IGOUDALA t1_iutf97v wrote

Yes! I believe many people in the NBA also agree with Kyrie but they don't want the PR backlash it brings so they're just shutting up about it.

They don't care if it doesn't directly effect them.

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Old-dirty-Crypto t1_iuvk4d9 wrote

Shut up an dribble unless its a subject that the nba allows you to speak on smh

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Caribbean_Ed718 t1_iuv59a8 wrote

All the other “races” do it to each other. It’s a gang mentality thing and they’re all looking out for each other.

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Old-dirty-Crypto t1_iuvk0ps wrote

So its cool for Amazon to promote it but a basketball player better not post. Sounds to me like you better not pout you better not cry im telling you why. Santa Claus 🎅 is coming to town

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Fitchtommy t1_iutw7or wrote

Side note: There are only three races and Jewish is not one. It’s an ethnicity (well, and also a nationality and religion, it’s unique in that way..)

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LunchSpecial t1_iusi5qq wrote

Shame that so many kids look up to NBA stars and actually might believe this clown.

The NBA is a joke

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ZA44 t1_iut0u7i wrote

Charles Barkley was right when he said “I Am Not a Role Model” in 93.

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FrenchToastForDinner t1_iusrkfl wrote

not surprising when nba recruits top tier college basketball players who have dogshit reading and writing skills

https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/index.html

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sutisuc t1_iuswdpj wrote

Eh Kyrie had access to much better schooling opportunities than the average NBA player. This idiocy is all on him

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FrenchToastForDinner t1_iusxugo wrote

just because he went to duke doesn't mean he even compared to his peers who had academic scholarships

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sutisuc t1_iusz7ss wrote

He went to high prestige schools before duke and grew up in a wealthy NJ suburb. Much better opportunities than the average kid.

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FrenchToastForDinner t1_iutf930 wrote

all those privileged opportunities to mentally excel and he still turned out to be an idiot

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Caribbean_Ed718 t1_iuv5ll3 wrote

The same way most fans look up to Brett Favre and this clown stole poor and underprivileged money to build some sporting facility.

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EatingAssCuresCancer t1_ius45iu wrote

Say stupid things-> get labeled as a stupid -> acquire pariah complex -> start saying even stupider things because if nobody wants to listen to you then obviously it’s a problem with the system and not just because you’re stupid

social media has made stupidity even worse, it’s no coincidence that all the “free speech advocates” actually have the exact same beliefs

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th3D4rkH0rs3 t1_iuvxl48 wrote

Says the guy who famously said athletes aren't role models.

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ThreepointerFTW t1_iuwm6dt wrote

Why can’t Kyrie just stay out of the news?

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Matt_da_Phat t1_iux95p0 wrote

Are you suggesting that Kyrie should "shut up and dribble"?

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ThreepointerFTW t1_iuxe8dw wrote

Not that, but at least think about what you say before you say it

You don’t see Giannis, Curry, or Harden getting the attention Kyrie is getting.

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Highplowp t1_iuvqub0 wrote

Shaq has become very wise as he matured.

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TwoCats_OneMan t1_iuu8p2o wrote

Wow, all Kyrie had to do was tweet something and he got all this attention. He got that group of Jewish people to buy court side seats and now he's being showered with attention by former NBA players.

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Old-dirty-Crypto t1_iuvkd9s wrote

Exactly this is a joke. No one can answer my question about why no one is mad at Amazon or Jeff bezos for promotion of the same material.

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