Yeah, no.
What’s next from these moral equivalence-challenged Leftists?
Maybe comparing people who are against NFL kneelers to Auschwitz SS guards?
Stay tuned.
Weighing in on the simmering debate over football players kneeling during the national anthem, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slammed President Trump and those who have criticized high-paid players for their apparent lack of gratitude.
“That’s pretty much what the British said about the leaders of the American Revolution — the wealthy were making money by colluding with the British, so they should just be grateful. Fortunately, those leaders couldn’t be bought off,” Abdul-Jabbar said.
“The implication here is that black athletes should be grateful that they’ve been invited to dine with the white elites and if they want to keep their place at the table, they should keep dancing and smiling and keep their mouths shut. The myth of the Happy Negro needs to be dispelled once and for all.”
In two interviews with International Business Times, the NBA legend said that he is encouraged that athletes are unifying in protest against racism that is “getting worse under the current administration” and against “the attempt to curtail the First Amendment by a rich, entitled white man who thinks only he should be allowed to speak freely.”….
Race relations are “getting worse” under the Trump Administration?
CNN: Most say race relations worsened under Obama, poll finds
Kareem is a contributor to The Hollywood Reporter, starting this year. Leftist view. Here’s a link to a column earlier this month where he writes about watching Fox cable for 3 days. He includes a statistic from PunditFact that only 22% of Fox statements are true or mostly true. PunditFact is PolitiFacts section that ‘fact checks’ media.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kareem-abdul-jabbar-three-days-swamp-fox-news-trumpman-show-1034359