I'm not calling every right wing populist a nazi... I'm saying that China has camps where they keep people because of their ethnicity and they abuse these people in these camps...I think the comparison is more than fair and we don't even know everything about these camps but what we do know does not sound good.
I know what you meant, I was saying you are calling other ethnicities nazi while real Neo Nazis are on the street. You could have said they resemble the Nazis of the past......prolly. Maybe just dictatorship or authoritarian regime suffice?! https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...test-who-stephan-balliet-deaths-a9151776.html
Kaep actually stood up for what he believed in and got punished severely for it. LeBron turned his wokeness into multiple money making avenues: An HBO Show, a line of clothing, a website dedicated to being woke and more. LeBron tries to act like he is important because he uses his platform for good. It's nice that LeBron talks about certain issues but do not get it twisted, he's made so much money off it and still is the face of the NBA. Kaep was a top 10 QB who was black listed for taking a knee.
It's called selling out. It's very easy to take a stand when there's low to no cost. Then you can take a stand. When the cost is high, when there's a real price to pay, who will stand up? Muhammad Ali. In this case, not LeBron James. - Max K
Political beliefs and financial interests aside, the real irony is that for somebody saying that somebody else is uneducated, what he said doesn't even make sense.
I think most would agree that Kaep actually cares enough about an issue to sacrifice Money compared to LeBron, I mean the proof is right here and now. Kaep got blackballed because it hurt the NFL owner's pockets through ratings dips or fear of it further as well as sponsors potentially pulling out. If the owner's really cared enough about the subject they wouldn't be blackballing him to this day. On the flip side for LeBron, he's basically like an NFL owner in this regard. The Chinese/HK situation means nothing to him really, he doesn't really know about it but he does know it affects his wallet. He wants Morey to suffer consequences for the ramifications of his tweet but yet he backed Colin Kaepernick and wonders why he doesn't get a job in the NFL. His own wallet is on the line, he's showing his true hypocritical colors.
The matter of facts that he signed his last contract with the Lakers and not any other teams which have better chance of winning another ring, this proved he is interested in making more money and build up his brand in the Hollywood than anything else.
Kaep, also is taking money from Nike who supports the Chinese govt. Kaep can't stand for the rights of one group and keep quite about another group who are facing the same type of brutality. "Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. Except if my nike sponsors are supporting China."
I agree with most of what you are saying here, but slow down partner on the "Kaep was a top 10 QB." That's DEFINITELY not true. He was blacklisted, but if he was a top 10 QB he would not have been.
Kaep took a stand (knee) with no expectation of it being profitable. It ended up profitable for him, but cost him a lot along the way. It's a totally different situation. And for what it's worth, I don't think anybody has any obligation to speak out on any issue. You have the right to choose what's important to you.
I've been a Lebron fan for the better part of two decades, but I lost a little respect for him after this. He definitely comes off hypocritical, and to call out Morey's knowledge of an issue he personally admits he knows nothing about just makes him seem foolish. If you really want to support just, moral social issues, Lebron, you don't just do it when they're easy targets that don't impact your paycheck. I will say that he's right, though, about Morey's tweet impacting the league and creating a tense situation for players heading to China in the last week. I get why Lebron and some of the players are a little peeved, but maybe they ought to take a step back and consider a few inconveniences in the last week with what the people of Hong Kong and those impacted by China's rule have dealt with for decades.
