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[Jwilliamsiii]

Guess because I am hungry for football news....Greeted with the top headline...Lebron: Black community living in fear of police.

You would think, after all sports were stopped for 3+ months, they would be excited to report on sports....just can't help themselves...

Trying to avoid the "news", as life is too short to be miserable over this crap, dang.....

Hey, at least the braves are playing ball and are concerned with baseball.

 

[GoodWord28]

Guess because I am hungry for football news....Greeted with the top headline...Lebron: Black community living in fear of police.

You would think, after all sports were stopped for 3+ months, they would be excited to report on sports....just can't help themselves...

Trying to avoid the "news", as life is too short to be miserable over this crap, dang.....

Hey, at least the braves are playing ball and are concerned with baseball.

He has a platform and he’s using it to express an opinion.



if you don’t like it, don’t watch it.

 

[tigfan92]

He has a platform and he’s using it to express an opinion.



if you don’t like it, don’t watch it.

Good advice. Done.

 

[jimbob1019]

He has a platform and he’s using it to express an opinion.



if you don’t like it, don’t watch it.

Well this is my platform then & I say LeBron's opinion is fake news bullshit.

 

[GoodWord28]

Well this is my platform then & I say LeBron's opinion is fake news bullshit.

And?

 

[harristeeter]

He has a platform and he’s using it to express an opinion.



if you don’t like it, don’t watch it.

And @Jwilliamsiii has a platform (Ti) and he’s using it to express an opinion.

If you don’t like it, yadda yadda yadda




See how this can go round and round.

 

[clemsonkelly]

Guess because I am hungry for football news....Greeted with the top headline...Lebron: Black community living in fear of police.

You would think, after all sports were stopped for 3+ months, they would be excited to report on sports....just can't help themselves...

Trying to avoid the "news", as life is too short to be miserable over this crap, dang.....

Hey, at least the braves are playing ball and are concerned with baseball.

Maybe he should move to China

 

[deshaunwatson4]

I wish all athletes would just shut up and play ball for my entertainment, enough of this "trying to be human beings with real emotions and interests" BS

 

[Jwilliamsiii]

I wish ESPN would focus on sports. That's all. Don't care if Lebren wants to protest, use his stage to express his opinion on communism, blm, lgbt, politics, religion, etc...have at it and good for him for trying to make a difference. Just wish they would put that on their Politics in sports section, not the headline news on a "sports network". .

Honestly, I should have known better....

 

[harristeeter]

I wish all athletes would just shut up and play ball for my entertainment, enough of this "trying to be human beings with real emotions and interests" BS

And I wish all the paying patrons of sports would just shut up and go to games or watch it on TV(consumers pay for the ads).

These athletes are giving these paying customers a bonus, not only do you get entertainment, but you’re getting political input from them as well. Score!

 

[deshaunwatson4]

And I wish all the paying patrons of sports would just shut up and go to games or watch it on TV(consumers pay for the ads).

These athletes are giving these paying customers a bonus, not only do you get entertainment, but you’re getting political input from them as well. Score!

wut

 

[MaxCalifornia]

He has a platform and he’s using it to express an opinion.



if you don’t like it, don’t watch it.

I think his point was it’s not sports related whatsoever, but I’m sure you just wanted to be a douche and post this anyway.

 

[deshaunwatson4]

I wish ESPN would focus on sports. That's all. Don't care if Lebren wants to protest, use his stage to express his opinion on communism, blm, lgbt, politics, religion, etc...have at it and good for him for trying to make a difference. Just wish they would put that on their Politics in sports section, not the headline news on a "sports network". .

Honestly, I should have known better....

this is fair

 

[Esso Porch]

 

[BionicTiger]

I wish all athletes would just shut up and play ball for my entertainment, enough of this "trying to be human beings with real emotions and interests" BS

This take is such bullshit. I’m fine with anyone having an opinion. I don’t have to respect said opinion, though. That shit cuts both ways. I certainly don’t have to respect the opinion of a pandering, candy-assed dipshit with an iq of 12. Dude is charmin soft. There is no substance to him whatsoever. Everything he does is an over the top demonstration of abject ******ry. How much does he make? How many fans does he have? Doesn’t seem very oppressed to me.

The other side of that disingenuous bullshit is it seems like he’s potentially well placed to tell young black men not to resist arrest, or sexually assault and beat young women. Don’t break the law. It’s not hard. Additionally, take away every single death of a black man at the hands of law enforcement this year. It doesn’t change the total number of black men killed by even 1%. Does that mean they’re all justified. Of course not. And, police who kill unjustly should be punished harshly and swiftly. But, let’s not act like there is some bullshit conspiracy afoot to kill black men while we project socio-cultural issues onto law enforcement.

 

[GoodWord28]

I think his point was it’s not sports related whatsoever, but I’m sure you just wanted to be a douche and post this anyway.

If your mom only sleeps with one man, stop posting.

 

[MaxCalifornia]

If your mom only sleeps with one man, stop posting.

If your mom only sleeps with one man, stop breathing.

 

[GoodWord28]

If your mom only sleeps with one man, stop breathing.

Oooooooo! Yo momma gets around!*

*posted while holding my breath

 

[Tiger Guru]

They know who's watching.

It's like baking a cake for someone or mandating mask in their stores, they have the right as a business to do what they want. ESPN can do what they want, no offense personally to you, but I cant imagine that people don't understand this by now. You're just the crazy one for watching it, if you don't like it. But you already know this by admitting you should have known better.

ESPN is the new MTV. There's so many other ways to get your sports info. With cell phones and all of the info we have at our fingertips, I'm to sure why we need ESPN? I certainly don't.

 

[toasted8CU]

He has a platform and he’s using it to express an opinion.



if you don’t like it, don’t watch it.

See i disagree with this

i enjoy sports.... i don’t enjoy the news and what this country is doing to itself

sports is like my get away to get along with my Clemson people and to argue with my Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina buddies not argue over COVID and opinions of athletes

they can be interviewed by a news source but leave sports out of it to me

 

[TheValley91]

This take is such bullshit. I’m fine with anyone having an opinion. I don’t have to respect said opinion, though. That shit cuts both ways. I certainly don’t have to respect the opinion of a pandering, candy-assed dipshit with an iq of 12. Dude is charmin soft. There is no substance to him whatsoever. Everything he does is an over the top demonstration of abject ******ry. How much does he make? How many fans does he have? Doesn’t seem very oppressed to me.

The other side of that disingenuous bullshit is it seems like he’s potentially well placed to tell young black men not to resist arrest, or sexually assault and beat young women. Don’t break the law. It’s not hard. Additionally, take away every single death of a black man at the hands of law enforcement this year. It doesn’t change the total number of black men killed by even 1%. Does that mean they’re all justified. Of course not. And, police who kill unjustly should be punished harshly and swiftly. But, let’s not act like there is some bullshit conspiracy afoot to kill black men while we project socio-cultural issues onto law enforcement.

You think only black men do this? Also, who should use their platform to tell young white men the same thing?

 

[BionicTiger]

You think only black men do this? Also, who should use their platform to tell young white men the same thing?

No. But we’re talking about Lebron James specifically here. Keep up.

 

[deshaunwatson4]

This take is such bullshit. I’m fine with anyone having an opinion. I don’t have to respect said opinion, though. That shit cuts both ways. I certainly don’t have to respect the opinion of a pandering, candy-assed dipshit with an iq of 12. Dude is charmin soft. There is no substance to him whatsoever. Everything he does is an over the top demonstration of abject ******ry. How much does he make? How many fans does he have? Doesn’t seem very oppressed to me.

The other side of that disingenuous bullshit is it seems like he’s potentially well placed to tell young black men not to resist arrest, or sexually assault and beat young women. Don’t break the law. It’s not hard. Additionally, take away every single death of a black man at the hands of law enforcement this year. It doesn’t change the total number of black men killed by even 1%. Does that mean they’re all justified. Of course not. And, police who kill unjustly should be punished harshly and swiftly. But, let’s not act like there is some bullshit conspiracy afoot to kill black men while we project socio-cultural issues onto law enforcement.

You should look up how much money he donates, the work his foundation does

He walks the walk and talks the talk. He does way more to better society than you do

 

[Jwilliamsiii]

They know who's watching.

It's like baking a cake for someone or mandating mask in their stores, they have the right as a business to do what they want. ESPN can do what they want, no offense personally to you, but I cant imagine that people don't understand this by now. You're just the crazy one for watching it, if you don't like it. But you already know this by admitting you should have known better.

ESPN is the new MTV. There's so many other ways to get your sports info. With cell phones and all of the info we have at our fingertips, I'm to sure why we need ESPN? I certainly don't.

Yep. Guess because I grew up watching that network, once I got out of college (we only had 4 channels in my house growing up), is why I ventured over there. I used to enjoy it. Hate I gave them a click.

 

[yoshi121374]

This take is such bullshit. I’m fine with anyone having an opinion. I don’t have to respect said opinion, though. That shit cuts both ways. I certainly don’t have to respect the opinion of a pandering, candy-assed dipshit with an iq of 12. Dude is charmin soft. There is no substance to him whatsoever. Everything he does is an over the top demonstration of abject ******ry. How much does he make? How many fans does he have? Doesn’t seem very oppressed to me.

The other side of that disingenuous bullshit is it seems like he’s potentially well placed to tell young black men not to resist arrest, or sexually assault and beat young women. Don’t break the law. It’s not hard. Additionally, take away every single death of a black man at the hands of law enforcement this year. It doesn’t change the total number of black men killed by even 1%. Does that mean they’re all justified. Of course not. And, police who kill unjustly should be punished harshly and swiftly. But, let’s not act like there is some bullshit conspiracy afoot to kill black men while we project socio-cultural issues onto law enforcement.

Part of the issue is the much higher percentage of Black men who are stopped,questioned,pulled over etc. You say don't resist arrest, how about argue and ask why you are being detained? And how is the comment about sexually assault and beating women related to this issue? It's a really bad look to say he should tell them to just suck it up and deal with this bullshit.

 

[TheValley91]

No. But we’re talking about Lebron James specifically here. Keep up.

And Lebron James is talking about society and his community. Not only himself.

You're falling behind again.

 

[TheValley91]

Part of the issue is the much higher percentage of Black men who are stopped,questioned,pulled over etc. You say don't resist arrest, how about argue and ask why you are being detained? And how is the comment about sexually assault and beating women related to this issue?

Its not. He's telling on himself.

 

[AvenueOfChampions]

It’s all ironic because the NBA is the modern day Slave Owners. Because the young Chinese kids that are slaved out to do their work are seen as worthless, the NBA is able to make billions off their backs. Isn’t this the same thing that happened in the 1600 - 1800s.

For some reason this is justified today. But does it really matter if the slaves are in Georgia vs across the water. Still slavery, right?

Why do defenseless Chinese lives not matter?

 

[Connecticut Tiger]

LeBron living on the Nike plantation selling shoes.

 

[GoodWord28]

If your mom only sleeps with one man, stop breathing.

I just had to fit that comment into my vocabulary for today:

 

[BionicTiger]

Part of the issue is the much higher percentage of Black men who are stopped,questioned,pulled over etc. You say don't resist arrest, how about argue and ask why you are being detained? And how is the comment about sexually assault and beating women related to this issue? It's a really bad look to say he should tell them to just suck it up and deal with this bullshit.

Its not. He's telling on himself.

Because the guy who was shot while resisting arrest and reaching into his car had charges for felony sexual assault of a minor and multiple accounts of domestic abuse on his record. Pretty sure the stop was related to a warrant for one of those charges.

 

[Jwilliamsiii]

Dang... Roundtable? Bueller?

 

[MaxCalifornia]

I just had to fit that comment into my vocabulary for today:

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You’re mentally ill.

 

[tiger1995]

Every single thread on this board has turned to sh!t. Please for the love of God, spot the damn ball.

 

[TICrack]

Why do headlines rustle people so much? Just ignore them.

Plus, it's a pretty big story and comments coming from one of the biggest sports stars across all leagues. Surprised you are surprised.

 

[GoodWord28]

You’re mentally ill.

If your mum sleeps with more than one man at a time, keep posting.

 

[doodog]

No one wanted his opinion on the Luka situation though.....

 

[ChicagoTiger85]

It's also just a ridiculous narrative. In a poll recently, 81% of black people said they don't want less police in their community, and a majority said they want police presence to stay the same or increase: https://www.newsweek.com/81-black-a...pite-protestssome-want-more-cops-poll-1523093. Police officers are much more likely to be killed by a black man than they are to kill an unarmed black man.

 

[yoshi121374]

Because the guy who was shot while resisting arrest and reaching into his car had charges for felony sexual assault of a minor and multiple accounts of domestic abuse on his record. Pretty sure the stop was related to a warrant for one of those charges.

Gotcha. So, you don't see the issue that this guy was shot in the back. I have no issue with an officer defending himself or even using lethal force if attacked. Where my issue comes is when the perpetrator is fleeing and is shot. Our police have got to be better trained to deescalate situations.

 

[ChicagoTiger85]

Part of the issue is the much higher percentage of Black men who are stopped,questioned,pulled over etc. You say don't resist arrest, how about argue and ask why you are being detained? And how is the comment about sexually assault and beating women related to this issue? It's a really bad look to say he should tell them to just suck it up and deal with this bullshit.

Let's say what you're saying is true. How many of these police shootings have anything to do with that?

Yes, one of the biggest reasons this shooting was a problem is because this guy was shot in the back. Whether that means he was "fleeing" or not, I don't know. It's hard to say somebody is fleeing when they're a few feet away from the police and reaching into their car when there's a gun nearby. Should the police wait until the person "fleeing" flees to a weapon and uses it against the police? Because we've even seen protests and riots in Atlanta over the police shooting a guy for "fleeing" while using a weapon against the police.