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It would do more good if they cancelled games every time black people were killed by gun violence. But they won’t do that because they wouldn’t have games, and hence wouldn’t get paid. The fact you participate in the delusion is ironic because everyone can see the numbers; if you can’t understand the numbers then yes you are a retard.
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Do me a favor and be logical.
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Do me a favor and be logical.
I don't think anything is going to change if they stop playing. I know they want to create awareness, but using the media as a platform while continuing to allow fans to enjoy a sport that many love is probably the best course of action, allowing them the necessary exposure and creating a united front.
The issues are real and palpable, and they will remain relevant and prevalent. They won't disappear overnight, so boycotting a few games isn't going to change a problem that's been plaguing the nation for hundreds of years. You can't eradicate that kind of mentality or that way of thinking overnight. The players need to have a plan moving forward. Boycotting the season is not proactive, but rather a reactionary emotional response which isn't guaranteed to yield results.
The issues are real and palpable, and they will remain relevant and prevalent. They won't disappear overnight, so boycotting a few games isn't going to change a problem that's been plaguing the nation for hundreds of years. You can't eradicate that kind of mentality or that way of thinking overnight. The players need to have a plan moving forward. Boycotting the season is not proactive, but rather a reactionary emotional response which isn't guaranteed to yield results.
These billionaire owners didn't become billionaires because they own an NBA franchise. In fact the only team where the source of income for the owners is in fact the basketball team is the Lakers, and Jeanie Buss was the first owner to show her support last night.
If they are going to go the route of Ali, and be willing to sacrifice their livelihoods, then absolutely more power to them. But if this is just a temporary protest, I don't see how it would make that much of an impact.
What they're doing is working, Andy, because you noticed. You reacted. You sat up out of your chair. Because the truth is that if something is unacceptable, sitting on your hands and pretending like business as usual is going to cut it is not going to cut it.
As for your whatboutism, where do you set your exchange rate, Andy? Is it 50 black people who murder each other has the equivalent value of an unarmed person who gets gunned in the back by the cops while getting in his car? Is it 100?
If it's 100, you're saying that if the murder count is at 102 then three fewer black people who murder each other would be required so that we can begin to pay attention to why there's a measure of state-sanctioned murder that's considered just the cost of doing business?
Do police get a "get out of jail free card" when they look the other way at a potential black-on-black murder to let the number hit 100?
I don't understand your math of equivalence here, Andy. Please explain. How does a black man murdering another black man somehow justify some random unarmed guy getting shot up full of bullets by cops for a traffic stop?
Who said any numbers? Chris Webber certainly didn't mention any numbers. Who is throwing out percentages?
As for your whatboutism, where do you set your exchange rate, Andy? Is it 50 black people who murder each other has the equivalent value of an unarmed person who gets gunned in the back by the cops while getting in his car? Is it 100?
If it's 100, you're saying that if the murder count is at 102 then three fewer black people who murder each other would be required so that we can begin to pay attention to why there's a measure of state-sanctioned murder that's considered just the cost of doing business?
Do police get a "get out of jail free card" when they look the other way at a potential black-on-black murder to let the number hit 100?
I don't understand your math of equivalence here, Andy. Please explain. How does a black man murdering another black man somehow justify some random unarmed guy getting shot up full of bullets by cops for a traffic stop?
Who said any numbers? Chris Webber certainly didn't mention any numbers. Who is throwing out percentages?
