I believe Lebron was angry at the Rockets gm for exposing the players to intimidation from the Chinese because a bunch of them were IN CHINA when the tweet was made. I am sure they are aware of the "rules" that the CCP places on foreigners, especially ones with high levels of melanin. The worst thing that can happen to a group of exposed Americans is to have their affiliation strike against communism WHILE they are in country. He is also a businessman, and realized that that tweet cost people millions of dollars. I thought this board respected win at all costs businessmen?
Lebron vs Covington
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Im not sure in what myopic world it matters, but yes. If Brees were worried about a white person being shot by cops and questioned if that cop was racist I would not have an issue with it.
Now go ahead and demonstrate and twist whatever you think you are making for a point.
Drew Brees plays in a predominately black league, most of his team is black. That is why he can't say the things lebron can say. If Brees was an internet conservative who made money making hot takes and speak baiting then he could say it....position, job, and expectations matter. Many people are free to say things like Black people are inferior to whites...and these people make a million dollars a year on youtube. But certain positions require certain etiquette. If Brees wants to say want he thinks he will probably have to start an all-white football league in Idaho.
If a white person, any white person, wondered aloud what stress might lead a black police officer to, I don’t know, kill white people, that white person would be tarred and feathered and branded for life. Why is it ok for a black person to wonder aloud what stress might lead a white police officer to kill black people?
This is not a stupid statement. He is one of the few black leaders who points out that cops are people, he acknowledges that they bring baggage to work everyday, just like everyone else, except they have to make a snap decision whether to shoot or not, and this SNAP decision is certainly affected by bias and experience, which is how the brain works. Bias exists precisely to make a snap decision. Hundreds of unarmed people of all colors are killed by police every year, the reason the protests were so multicultural supports this fact. Cops are overburdened to deal with a crush of mental health issues, social problems, and the occasionally extremely violent traumatized individual who happens to be heavily armed. This reminds of the soldier quandary. Soldiers would be much better off if we used diplomacy, and created situations where soldiers were needed less often...cops would benefit from being demilitarized, and investing heavily in every arena that can deescalate a situation, with an elite trained force able to respond to true violent situations, forces so well trained that they aren't susceptible to shooting a guy with a fake or an invisible knife a half dozen times.
You are wondering it right now, openly on a message board, and nobody is lynching you. Your IP can be tracked and we know exactly where you are...and we could contact your employer, and nobody would care. You could go on youtube and make millions proposing the same questions.
The issue in this thread is someone thought he’d gain notoriety by trying to pull LeBron into an exchange, which happens to be one of a series of racially motivated event for him. But you think it’s something else, so keep on keeping on I guess.
the LA home where there were to have been racial attacks written on them but were repainted and damage fixed before the police could get there to take a report and then after a quick story no follow up and the story drops. If it happened, you allow evidence to be collected don’t you?
My issue is you are saying LeBron isn’t being prejudiced at all, and then when I reverse the situation with a superstar athlete, you refuse to respond. Why won’t you be honest? Do you think Drew Brees would be understood by the masses just like you are pretending LeBron should be?
I’m saying I haven’t seen evidence, I’ve seen you try to twist his words by not using direct quotes, and use hypothetical situations to try to prove a point. I don’t have an opinion on comments that haven’t happened.
Winning at proposed capitalism is much different flavor and succumbing to communism
For the record, I like to root against Covington most of the time. I was happy when Marty from Nebraska tuned him up. But I really dislike Woodley too, so their fight was a toss up.
Well, I’m assuming you did see what happened to Brees when he said he wouldn’t never take a knee before the flag. How did that go for him?
Hundreds???
. There were 13 unarmed blacks killed by police by gunshot in 2019. Out of tens of thousands of confrontations, that number is actually very small. Not minimizing anyone's death, but repeating bogus statistics is not helpful.
These posts will die down once our Huskers start. Mods have given us long leashes which is awesome, but our leashes will tighten in October.
Because he disagrees with the comment. The new definition of being a racist.
Nebraska needs to get some padded practices NOW, so we can complain about who is seeing too little time with the 1’s.
I respect your opinion but totally disagree that it's been awesome. Most of these posts aren't rational discussions but just more of the "in your face" extremism that once accepted as normal, never goes away.
Sounds like one dipshit calling-out another dipshit. Should do the world a favor and have a duel.
These guys are literally fighting in a cage for money. Are you new to the fight game?
dont think he was there but why not allow it to be recorded if true? Don’t see the downside of it being reported on if it actually happened.
Big baby LeBron has to surround himself with a bunch of all-stars to try to win another NBA title. He ain’t no Michael Jordan. He just took 4 steps again and no traveling call. Surprise.
Bump for @jmliehr... you do so much dodging in this thread... I just want to know why it’s ok for LeBron to speak his mind but not ok for a white superstar athlete to speak his mind.
What gives?
You must not know this somehow: Lebron James and Montrezl Harrell are not the same person.
