Is Harden a hypocrite for groveling to China for the $$?

This racist troll was eating today!

I wouldn't even engage with him guys, he's not very sharp and he'll ignore facts and data and history to push his racist agenda so you're basically going against a wall.

 

who specifically? and why the outrage on minority athletes / entertainers?

 

What are you referring to? What false statement has he made made about police? What violent action has he supported? We are agreed he has a responsibility not to do that.

I don’t know what you are talking about. He, or anyone else, has a responsibility to speak the truth as they understand it.

If a person is passionate about helping a particular community of people, that’s their prerogative. That they want to do something good for that community does not confer some extra moral responsibility to actively seek out justice for all people world wide. This is a ridiculous position. Harden (to take your example) would be no more responsible to help some oppressed group in China as any other person or entity that has dealings there.

All this over a single statement of affection for the Chinese people and expressing sorrow for the offense they took? Your conclusion is that he doesn’t actually care about people’s lives?

This is no better than the way the Chinese blew up over Morey’s tweet.

I can’t decipher what this is supposed to mean.

None of this makes any sense.

This is a commonly flawed thought process.

[1] Person expresses outrage over some injustice that has befallen a particular community. Demands change.

[2] Comparable injustice befalls another community somewhere else. Person is silent.

[3] Person must not really care at all about injustice itself.

It’s a flawed argument. It assumes people’s behaviors/decisions have singular motivations. Just a moment’s reflection should tell you that is not the case. We are motivated by a combination of things, because we value a combination of things.

Person might value the welfare of a particular community because his family belongs to that community.

Person might abstractly value “social justice”, “equality”, “liberty”, “fairness”, etc.

Person might value his wealth, his health, his time, his safety, his personal happiness, and on and on.

Now, for someone, such as yourself, where expressing an opinion means you don’t sacrifice other things you value, expressing that opinion is an easy choice. Just as it is for politicians and media pundits for whom it’s fashionable to take a strong anti-China stance.

What I hope should be getting clear to you, however, is that just because someone elects not to express that opinion, it doesn’t mean they value “justice” or “freedom” any less than you, and it certainly doesn’t mean that they don’t value it at all — as you are implying. It could mean there are other things they value more and are not willing to give up than whatever they think might be gained by expressing their condemnation. It’s not like them taking a strong and vocal stance against the Chinese government will cure the problems there.

 

“This has nothing to do with me, my morals or life” is precisely what a hypocrite would say to justify their criticism of others.

If you are unwilling to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and honestly consider how you’d handle things in their place, then you have no business passing judgment on them. If you actually care about “hypocrisy”.