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NBA vs China Rd. II - Kanter calls out Xi

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Raz, Oct 21, 2021.

  1. Reeko

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    I’m sure all the people who pretend like they really care about China online have thrown away their Nikes, iPhones, and other products made in China and plan to never purchase again…What are all these politicians really doing aside from cheap tweets for clout?
     
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    It’s almost impossible to boycott products because it’s very complicated

    however not showing up at the Olympics or embarrassing the Chinese communist party is the easiest thing to do

    You remember all it took was a tweet from Daryl Morey

    Or someone who says Taiwan to get them mad
     
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    That’s some Ron Artest in him
     
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    Just call him Mr Freedom from now on. Much respect to this dude. America needs more people like him.
     
  6. juicystream

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    In fairness, there is 0 reason to throw them out.

    It is hard to quit buying Chinese products all together, but I won't buy Chinese products at a premium price. If you want to get $100+ for shoes or $1K+ for electronics, you damn sure shouldn't be building them in China.
     
  7. tinman

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    You mean Chinese brands
    Nobody here except Les Alexander is buying those Li Ning shoes
     
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    As a child of a refugee family, this brought tears to my eyes. I was born in a refugee camp in Ft Chaffee Arkansas. My mom and dad became citizens 5 years later. They still saved all of the pictures at the swearing in back in 1980. Go Mr Freedom go.

    I think this is the largest human that the judge had sworn in during his legal career. Lol
     
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    when did you enter the military to eventually become a General?
     
  11. real_egal

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    A Turkish-American basketball player's opinion must be the representative voice of NBA and the general mass, because it fits the narrative of some. Otherwise, you are bowing to Chinese money or bought by CCP. End of discussion. Be it a great basketball player or a coach, or a random fan, you MUST have a strong anti-China stance and belief that you are required to openly oppose anything Chinese government is for.

    Never mind that some Turkey-based terrorist groups (US used to officially labeled them as terrorists and after finding out how they were against China and officially "cleared their names") were behind many violent attacks in Xinjiang; never mind Tibet was recognized as part of China by US 70 some years ago; never mind the real Kurdish genocide were carried out by the likes of Turkey, but a Turkish basketball decides what part of land belongs to what country thousands miles away.

    Brave LOL. Hello, we are in America. You need to be brave to voice anything objective about China defying trendy mainstream "China all bad" rhetoric. For anything anti-China, all you need is your desire for attention, so Kanter or congressman/woman with no coverage can "callout" Xi to get on air waves.

    If Kanter demands more rights for Kurds in Turkey, he will need some actual gut, instead of this pseudo "freedom fighter" fake image. But then again, he might be in the opinion that all Kurds should be driven out of Turkey or wiped out (genocide or ethnic cleaning, feel free to label it based on facts instead of fake stories). Does that have to become the official public and politic opinion of the NBA as well? Are you sure that all NBA players, coaches, and fans want him to be your representative for NBA vs Kurds?

    Turkey was quite liberal in the 90's, and there were even strip clubs in Istanbul. Then it all changed slowly but surely. I still remember that about 2 or 3 weeks after I had vacation in the beautiful Istanbul there was a bomb in the hotel I stayed and several Germans and Turks were killed in 1995.

    Kanter's certainly entitled to his own opinion regarding geopolitics, but his shouldn't be weighted more than LeBron's or Harden's. You are entitled to dislike or hate LeBron, but he was right referring to HongKong, try to get yourself educated before you offer your "opinion".

    I see real trouble when the only so-called publicly recognized "China expert" on FOX was still Gordon Chang, according to whom, China must have already collapsed 20 times in the past 20 years.

    "You are either with us or against us", that's the real American style of Freedom of Speech.
     
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  13. Gioan Baotixita

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    Maybe you should replace Gordon Chang as the new China expert.
    Confirmed CCP bootlicker.
    Your WinnieTheFlu sucks the big donkey doo and he still has a small little wee wee. The whole damn world is suffering because of your damn CCP virus and we are not even allowed to ask when, where, why and how.
    It is only a matter of time when Chinese people will rise up and with the help of God to overthrow your sick murderous regime.
     
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    Mistaken insults and rudeness with "fighting for freedom" again. How typical.
    FYI, my only legal regime is the lawfully elected current US government. If you want to overthrow that, you might find company with Bannon (who's also financially supported by one of the so-called HK pro-democracy leaders) or Ms. Powell (who claimed only insane people would have believed her lies).
    BTW, stop calling God's name in vain. Instead of claiming God will do this and that simply because you want it, listening is more important. God works mysterious ways. If both Obama and Trump were God's willing, maybe Xi is too. Stop saying God is on your side, but try to be on God's side.
    In Christ.
     
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    Hasn't Kanter been critical of the regime in Turkey?

    The CCP is the largest threat to human rights in the world (some regimes might be more brutal, but not at China's scale). And the NBA has a cozy relationship with them. So there is nothing wrong with Kanter singling out China for criticism.
     
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    GTFO with the US being your only legal regime. Lol. If you have any legal ties with us , it’s only because you can still shiet from us and bring it back to your motherland. If you are truly with us then denounce the evil CCP? You cannot and that’s why you’re a CCP bootlicker, doing dirty work for WinnieTheFlu.

    Because of God you now have a quarter of a billion Chinese who believe in the gospel. You also have about 400 millions Chinese disassociated themselves with the CCP. I’d say that is a huge problem for you and WinnieTheFlu. You can’t imprison or harvest their organs either, there are just simply too many and more will be converted.

    WinnieTheFlu and his murderous regime needs to be insulted continually as a daily reminder for the freedom loving people everywhere in this planet.
     
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    **** China.

    Their government sucks.....ours is not much better as we are bought and sold and corrupt but China's is way worse.

    DD
     
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    Don't be a stupid person.

    DD
     

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