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FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

I’ve already started calling out liberal friends on Facebook when they post miserably racist things such as “blacks can’t get ID”

Calling them out on social media is a slippery slope. You are 100% correct on your view, but most of us with this same view don't have the time to counter the almost certain counter attacks that you're racist, a bigot, etc. So fighting back on social media is super time intensive unless you're cool with people calling you that stuff and not responding. It makes them look like they scared you away and they were right. I never engage and never will no matter how wrong someone is.

I just ignore/block those people. If you don't give them a podium to lecture everyone else they stop bitching. It helped me stay sane in 2016 as a lot of people that I've liked and known for a long time went batshit crazy over an individual human being, so boom, blocked. Scary that people are that emotionally attached to an individual that has little influence on their life. Over half the country isn't even going to pay federal income taxes after all this for the 2020 tax year. Yet they're so up in arms about the federal government. Grow up.

I will say it is definitely nice to see someone go after LeBron for his out of touch points of view. He actually seems like a somewhat reasonable guy, but the problem is he still promotes ghetto culture with what he wears, the way he talks, etc. I dislike him and his view on police is totally misguided, but as a dude that actually stayed with his lady, he should be promoting the fuck out of that and family. It's not the cops dude.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

“If you’re sitting here and telling me that there was no way to ‘saydue’ (subdue) that gentleman or detain him or just before firing guns, then you’re sitting here lying to not only me, but you’re lying to every African American, every black person in the community,” James said.

How 'bout him joining police and being on call for situation like that? If somebody is uncooperative - call LeBron to come in and 'saydue' him w/o using raycist batons, tasers, sprays, guns and chokeholds.
Show them how it's done, baby!

WookieMan says

I just ignore/block those people. If you don't give them a podium to lecture everyone else they stop bitching.

This is very important.

To quote a bad idea is to keep that idea alive and spreading.

We should talk about good ideas instead, and not give the bad ideas any free publicity.

Some good ideas:

- judge people by the content of their character, ignore their skin color
- we all want the same things and most people are much closer together politically than the media wants us to think
- when US workers benefit by bringing back factories and blocking illegal immigration, the real economy grows rapidly

He’s a sack of shit that’s totally out of touch with reality.

https://notthebee.com/article/survey-says-lebron-is-the-most-despised-athlete-in-the-twittersphere

The people least afraid of the cops are blacks.
I know quite a few black females who have been in the back seat of a cop car.
I saw one I know arguing and yelling at the cop who was not getting excited, I said “cool it, if you get arrested I won’t bail you out.” Cop “She seems to think so.”
She sometimes complains about the cops not doing enough to solve the (black) crime in her neighborhood.
The blacks are not afraid of the government that takes our money to distribute to them.

clambo says

The blacks are not afraid of the government that takes our money to distribute to them.

Pretty good description.

Also, athletes need to just stay in their lane. Play your sport. Fine if you want to endorse a candidate for office, but beyond that, shut your mouth and play. Right or left leaning athletes.

Reality is these major sports leagues are eventually going to be a dying breed. They're grabbing the last trick in the bag which was legal sports gambling nationwide, which taints everything in my opinion. They got nothing else at this point. And when the players go full SJW retard it doesn't help with most sports fans. I usually like the NFL. Didn't watch a single game during the 2020 season. Haven't watched a full NBA game in almost 5-6 years.

There are also way too many other things that people can be entertained by digitally now instead of watching TV. I'm about to watch a youtube (sorry) video of a guy wrapping his plane wings. That's more fascinating than watching a MLB game today. And I'm going golfing in a little bit weather permitting. Basically I haven't set aside time in 3-4 years to watch any sporting event all the way through. As former collegiate athlete you'd think I'd still be into it. Nope.

https://notthebee.com/article/boston-celtics-player-wears-shoes-depicting-lebron-james-bowing-to-chairman-xi-and-im-sure-king-james-has-perfectly-good-reasons-to-shut-up-and-dribble-when-china-tells-him-to

Boston Celtics Player Enes Kanter Wears Shoes Depicting LeBron James Bowing To China's President Xi Dressed Like Winnie The Pooh

Who?

https://patriotpost.us/articles/84550?mailing_id=6305&utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_source=patrick.net&utm_campaign=patrick.net&utm_content=body

Enes and LeBron: A Tale of Two Citizens
One is a mega-millionaire and a woke primadonna; the other is a freshly minted and deeply grateful American citizen. ...

But then there are those who come to our country the right way, the legal way; those who invest themselves in the detailed and time-consuming process of American citizenship. These folks must sometimes feel like suckers. And, again, who can blame them if they feel disillusioned, even bitter, upon considering that so many millions of others didn’t play by the same rules?

Turkish-born Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter might naturally have belonged in this “bitter” category, but he chose not to be. And, as of yesterday, Kanter is a grateful and naturalized American citizen. Not only that: He officially changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom. He even posted a brief video of himself taking the Oath of Allegiance, after which he picked up a small American flag and waved it back and forth to a round of applause from those in attendance.

Freedom is a multimillionaire. As such, he could live a life of peace and quiet and luxury. But, again, he’s chosen not to. Four years ago, he began receiving death threats for having spoken out against Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He had his Turkish passport canceled because of it.

More recently, he’s spoken out against one of the world’s most famous athletes — an athlete whose geopolitical ignorance and surpassing sense of entitlement stand in stark contrast to Freedom’s thoughtfulness and gratefulness.

We’re speaking of His Royal Wokeness, LeBron James, about whom National Review’s Rich Lowry writes, “The grotesque hypocrisy of the Nike-NBA industrial complex and its biggest star, LeBron James, has been underlined in recent weeks by Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter, who has been on a one-man crusade against the Chinese Communist Party and those too cowardly or greedy to call it out.”

Freedom, then, is the anti-James. And if that were ever in doubt, he made it clear with one of the most devastating social media posts ever undertaken. “Money over Morals for the ‘King,’” he said. “Sad & disgusting how these athletes pretend they care about social justice. They really do ‘shut up & dribble’ when Big Boss [China] says so. Did you educate yourself about the slave labor that made your shoes or is that not part of your research?”

Freedom also wears his beliefs on his sneakers, and even there he doesn’t spare King James. On the side of one such shoe is printed, “Hey [King] still researching and getting educated?” which is a direct swipe at James and his mealy-mouthed excuse-making for his brutal benefactors in communist China.

Is this a great country or what?

Patrick says

And, as of yesterday, Kanter is a grateful and naturalized American citizen.

Funny story and weird timing. Not sure if there are any baseball fans anymore, but the wife and I had a random chance to hang out with Ozzie Guillen. Played for the Chicago White Sox and managed them to the '05 WS victory. Technically the day after his birthday and becoming a citizen, but hung out in a Greektown in the back room of a bar at 2am. It was surreal. Was the winter after they won the WS too.

My wife was chucking popcorn at him. I was hammered but still remember it well. Such a humble and honest guy. He's was pissed about Venezuela back then and he briefly chatted on that. He was so honored to be a US citizen and couldn't stop talking about it.

https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/52c65709084d80b067b45d893a8cbd1c/MLB-OZZIE-GUILLEN-SWORN-IN-AS-US-CITIZEN/

Lebron is a fucking puppet and marketer. He just cares about printing money. He's been a master of projecting himself as this wholesome athlete and family man, but can't win in the finals most the time. I honestly have a feeling he's gambling on himself during games. He knows when he's going to sit a game out or a teammate. Easy enough to have a proxy make the bet for you. Basketball is bad in that way. I think players gambling is rampant in the NBA.

Now that sports betting is basically legal nationwide, there's a zero % chance the players aren't somehow gambling on their games. And that's why I don't gamble.

Cool story Wookie. Im a huge baseball fan and collect cards and have done so since I was 8. Ozzie Guillems rookie was in the 1985 Topps traded set. He was an ok player and an absolute hoot as a manager(notorious for yelling tirades). That 2005 White Sox World Series team was something else.

I knew about Guillen’s love of the United States. It’s nice to hear that he is down to earth and genuine.

Sportsball = modern day bread & circus

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

I knew about Guillen’s love of the United States. It’s nice to hear that he is down to earth and genuine.

Oh he was hammered too. Birthday and citizenship on the same day.

https://babylonbee.com/news/lebron-james-immediately-falls-to-ground-after-rittenhouse-says-f----you?source=patrick.net

https://notthebee.com/article/lebron-james-becomes-latest-black-billionaire-in-most-racist-nation-ever

I live in Cleveland, close to Akron where LeBron is from. I think sometimes he is demonized in the press because he has unpopular opinion

gabbar says

I live in Cleveland, close to Akron where LeBron is from. I think sometimes he is demonized in the press because he has unpopular opinion

It’s not his fault. The dude is only a high school graduate (probably with grade adjustment), he’s been thrust into the national discourse, and given his opinions by idiot Leftards. Of course he’s going to flop harder on Twitter than he ever flopped on the court!

I don't disagree with y'alls comments, there's some truth to it.

On the other hand, one friend from HS joined the military to become an MP, figuring that when he got out, he could transition into a Law Enforcement job. I asked him why we wanted to be a cop. I will never forget him looking me straight in the face and saying, "So I can beat up n*ggers legally."

A college classmate joined the police after graduation. He told me that roughing up black folks was one of the perks of his job.

Then there's the deputies in the jail I knew. (One of them Mexican-American). They both shared with me how they enjoyed being able to handle prisoners roughly, and how beating the sh*t of them if the prisoner didn't comply, was a perk of the job. They both told me they enjoyed that aspect of the job, especially if the prisoner was black.

Just ask Derek Chauvin.

B.A.C.A.H. says

I don't disagree with y'alls comments, there's some truth to it.

On the other hand, one friend from HS joined the military to become an MP, figuring that when he got out, he could transition into a Law Enforcement job. I asked him why we wanted to be a cop. I will never forget him looking me straight in the face and saying, "So I can beat up n*ggers legally."

A college classmate joined the police after graduation. He told me that roughing up black folks was one of the perks of his job.

Then there's the deputies in the jail I knew. (One of them Mexican-American). They both shared with me how they enjoyed being able to handle prisoners roughly, and how beating the sh*t of them if the prisoner didn't comply, was a perk of the job. They both told me they enjoyed that aspect of the job, especially if the prisoner was black.

Just ask Derek Chauvin.

I’m gonna take a guess that your friends are no longer in law enforcement. That’s how long ago those comments were made to you.

Nearly every large city police force currently reflects the population they serve with minor exceptions in some cities with very large black populations.

For instance, LAPD and LA County Sheriffs are both over 50% Latino.

As an aside, I am baffled by those that rely on experience from 30 years ago while failing to acknowledge the massive changes in society, technology, law, etc that occur in such a long term span of time. There was a comment a few months back about what if someone had held onto their house they could have sold in the late 80’s and my response whats that was 35 years ago and if they were in a position to sell back then they are probably now dead.

In local law enforcement in LA, there have been numerous changes to tactics, the federal government managed LAPD for about ten years, The Sheriff and undersheriff of LASD were convicted and sentenced to prison for corruption, Gen x’ers now lead both departments, and white males are a small minority of both LAPD and LA Sheriffs.

Also reminds me a lot of people whose music interest and learning ended in their senior year of high school. Listening to the same music for decades sounds absolutely dreadful.

I am near positive the guys you spoke to way back when couldn’t perform patrol functions even if physically capable. I don’t think they could unlearn how they performed the job. So either retired or riding a desk.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

I’m gonna take a guess that your friends are no longer in law enforcement. That’s how long ago those comments were made to you.

You may be right. The MP guy didn't even make it to being a cop. He was run over and killed while directing traffic at night at Fort Derussy in Wakiki. Was the driver a black soldier? There would be irony in that.

On the other hand, Derek Chauvin looks like a relatively young person.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

I’m gonna take a guess that your friends are no longer in law enforcement. That’s how long ago those comments were made to you.

This whole post is great.

It's also part of the "How can the FBI / Army be so bad? America's heroes!" issue.

There's a Malbec swilling old fart who insists to this day, no matter how wrong he was about the Steal and Jan 6th, that the FBI is 99% based Americans.

Not realizing that not only did the FBI always suck, but it is jam packed with accounting and law studies majors who think everyday Americans "Smell Like Wallmart" and are all to happy to bend the knee to a drug addict while putting Harvard Economists or Political Strategists in Leg Irons to appease the Political Class.

"Well I watched 'G-Man' growing up... and muh General Schwartzkopf from 30 years ago."

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

For instance, LAPD and LA County Sheriffs are both over 50% Latino.

out here “latino” people hate blacks. the tolerance people are white liberals getting their face punched by blacks lol

https://slaynews.com/news/ex-espn-host-rips-lebron-james-for-caving-to-china-slams-media-over-liv-golf-if-you-wanna-get-in-a-froth-about-liv-golf-and-you-have-every-right-to-take-a-pause-take-a-deep-breath-and-lo/

Ex-ESPN Host Rips LeBron James for Caving to Communist China: ‘Make a Stand’

B.A.C.A.H. says

I don't disagree with y'alls comments, there's some truth to it.

On the other hand, one friend from HS joined the military to become an MP, figuring that when he got out, he could transition into a Law Enforcement job. I asked him why we wanted to be a cop. I will never forget him looking me straight in the face and saying, "So I can beat up n*ggers legally."

A college classmate joined the police after graduation. He told me that roughing up black folks was one of the perks of his job.

Then there's the deputies in the jail I knew. (One of them Mexican-American). They both shared with me how they enjoyed being able to handle prisoners roughly, and how beating the sh*t of them if the prisoner didn't comply, was a perk of the job. They both told me they enjoyed that aspect of the job, especially if the prisoner was black.

Just ask Derek Chauvin.

Were these men black or white? Nevermind, I call bullshit regardless.

Patrick says

https://slaynews.com/news/ex-espn-host-rips-lebron-james-for-caving-to-china-slams-media-over-liv-golf-if-you-wanna-get-in-a-froth-about-liv-golf-and-you-have-every-right-to-take-a-pause-take-a-deep-breath-and-lo/

Ex-ESPN Host Rips LeBron James for Caving to Communist China: ‘Make a Stand’

Haha, I'll bet he wouldn't say that as a current ESPN Host.