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You fricking right i want them to shut the frick up and dribble, WHEN THEY ARE PLAYING A BASKETBALL GAME. They can speak out about whatever the frick they want off the court, and they do, and i support their right to, whether i agree with it or not. It doesn't matter if i think it's a joke or not. I'm not hear to talk about it, but you can't shut the frick up about it for some reason. If i wanted to talk about it, i'd do it on the proper board.
WHen i go to Whataburger you know what i want? A fricking hamburger. You know what i don't want? To hear the persons opinions on social justice, or politics, or religion, or basically anything at all instead of making my hamburger. Just make my fricking hamburger and give it to me. If i go to a concert, i want to hear music, not what the musician thinks about politics. If i cared about anyone elses opinion on all these things, i'd get a twatter account and follow them. I don't care about Lebron's opinions on non-basketball related things. I don't care about Drew Bree's opinions on non-football related things. I don't care about Tom Hanks opinions about non-movies. My employer doesn't care about my opinions about non-work related things either, just that i do my job the right way. When you're at work, do work. When you're on your own time, do whatever the frick you want. This isn't 1960 anymore. If i wanted to follow Lebron or Brees on what they do away from the court/field, i can very easily do that. Their job is to entertain patrons of their sport. Do your job. Do whatever the frick you want when you're not at work. It's a free country.

It’s a free country.....says employees should be dominated by corporate overlords and have no rights in their workplace, even if their boss agrees/encourages it, even if they have the ability to leverage themselves.

Quite the corporatist bootlicking philosophy you got there. The Bezos class would be proud!

Listen, like I said, plenty of other threads to frequent, you all started this political shite, literally laughing at their cause, so quit crying when people push back. And lets not rewrite history, you quoted us, those pushing back to go off on your rant. You were radio silent for days as people pumped Trump and piled onto the sentiments you had.

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what in the frick are you talking about? I support every american's right to speak out and protest if they feel that's what needs to be done. As i said before there's a right way to protest and a wrong way. There's also consequences for the things you do and say, regardless if you think you're right or not.

....Except if they speak out in a way you don’t approve of.

Always the wrong way to protest though isn’t i? So what is the right way? Seems a knee was too triggering, words on a jersey too in-your-face, riots uncouth, a peaceful gathering unjustified and disrupting.

Seems to me the consequence right now is the player’s got every team to open up their stadiums as voting hubs to combat voter suppression efforts on the part of the federal government, leveraging the NBA’s infrastructure to help people vote.

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Posted by TeddyPadillac

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Posted on 8/28/20 at 1:18 pm to Bronc

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It’s a free country.....says employees should be dominated by corporate overlords and have no rights in their workplace, even if their boss agrees/encourages it, even if they have the ability to leverage themselves.

Yep that's what i said. Be dominated by corporate overlords.
You got some issues man.
I do'nt want the NBA to silence them. I want them to play basketball. If my employer told me to not talk about politics on the job, then i wouldn't. If i didn't like it, i'd get a new job. Who am i to tell a private business what to do? There are so many options for everything in this country. It's what makes this country great. We don't all have to be exactly alike. It's a huge country that's set up perfectly to allow different regions, states, and cities to be their own. People that want to change things b/c they don't agree with what these people are doing are annoying and stupid. Keep Austin weird. keep Talladega redneck. If you like it, go there, if you don't, shut the frick up and let them be them.

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Listen, like I said, plenty of other threads to frequent, you all started this political shite, literally laughing at their cause, so quit crying when people push back.

I didn't literally laugh at their cause. I laughed at how stupid their decision to make the specific stand of boycotting their game to somehow support their cause was, and how they were blind to how this affected not only their employer, but themselves financially.

If i was such a bigot racist like you think i am, i wouldn't have watched all 8 games in the bubble, and i wouldn't have watched Luka's awesome game 4, or Mitchell and Murray put up 50+ each in a great dual. I have had multiple people tell me to turn that shite off b/c they see Black Lives Matter on the court. I don't even see it, b/c i'm watching the basketball game.

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....Except if they speak out in a way you don’t approve of.

At no point have i ever said that. You have made a ton of assumptions in just about every post towards me.

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Always the wrong way to protest with you all, so what is the right way?

Walking out on your employer, who has been wonderful for you and stood behind you, is the wrong way.
Saying you want to be able to put social justice crap on your jersey, is the right way.
Peacefully protesting on streets you've been permitted to protest on, is the right way.
Blocking federal highways and destroying property is the wrong way.

You didn't watch the video of the speech i linked did you?

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