you dont know #$$.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/511468-trump-on-frayed-relationship-with-chinas-xi-i-havent-spoken-to-him-in

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/04/09/trumps-unprecedented-scolding-of-vladimir-putin/%3foutputType=amp

awinlonghorn said:

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you dont know #$$.

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Go back to bonghorns or wherever so you and your sip biddies can keep jerking each other off in fantasyland. We live on reality here.

Reading comprehension. Learn it.

Joe Cole said:

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I keep asking myself with all of these protests, what is the end game ? What is the point where they say , "yes, we are satisfied with the changes made"

answer - never

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This is how silly some of this is. John Lopez (Aggie long time sports radio personality in Houston) was saying essentially that the fact that "we" are al talking about this stuff is the end game. He said it multiple times like the players have accomplished their objective.

I just scratched my head, changed the station and moved on with my day

every arena in the nba is now a voting location. that is change.

so this is just a gotv deal

mission accomplished banner

so getting black people to vote is now dumb? that is a fundamental right as a citizen.

so they just got granted the right?

another polling place conveniently located where black people usually live? the Toyota center? the AAC?

this is a hilarious fig leaf and about the cheapest get out of jail card they could come up with. whoever thought it up is a genius. respect.

cone said:

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so this is just a gotv deal

mission accomplished banner

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Civil rights movement has been and always will be trying to influence or force action at the local, state, and/or federal government levels. The only thing new here is athletes (and thus the sports leagues and ownerships themselves) are now more and more getting actively involved in that process.

The NBA has the largest percentage of black players (about 75%) of any sports league, and there was a study done in the past year that showed the NBA's fan base skews to the left ('liberal') more than any other sport fanbase. So it was expected that you'd see the NBA being at the forefront in this particular issue.

I expect the NBA's fan base will continue to skew more and more to those who have politically left viewpoints, as conservative fans drop out who don't like the political activism, but are then replaced by new more liberal/moderate fans who are not bothered by it (are not hyper sensitive to such things), or are even drawn to watch the sport more because of it.

And if you think this is stopping at the NBA, i have ocean front property in dallas to sell you.


The vast majority of college football teams are black.

The vast majority of NFL teams are black.

They see what's happening with the NBA and will realize they hold the power.

Unless you want an all white aggie football team, things are going to change.

wait

what

why don't you spell out what you mean exactly

our forms of entertainment are going to hold themselves hostage until we do better?

or do you mean something else entirely?

but that's besides the point which is there's another geographic polling location, generally in the downtown high rent urban areas

I mean I'm all for more places to vote, but I didn't realize that was what the proposed boycott was about

I think the nuance we're looking for is that an arena polling location helps mitigate potential spread during a pandemic

although the queue to get in the place and through security is going to be problematic

but we can still lean into the H&S angle. it's current and plausible.

cone said:

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but that's besides the point which is there's another geographic polling location, generally in the downtown high rent urban areas

I mean I'm all for more places to vote, but I didn't realize that was what the proposed boycott was about

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If you read about how the boycott happened, it was something that organically, spontaneously happened. There wasn't really any thought out plan beforehand. The Bucks went into the locker room a few hours before their game vs. Orlando intending to play. Players were walking in and out of the locker room in uniform. Orlando Magic players were practicing on the courts. Then discussions between the players started taking place and that gradually led to a decision not to play shortly before the game.

After the boycott happened, and the NBA supported that and followed suit postponing all games, they entered a 'Now What?' phase. Which you are still seeing them try to work through and figure out on the fly.

what i mean is the NBA is laying out a blue print for how other athletes will become more active on issues they care about.

its also clear that given that vast majority of MAJOR professional athletes are black, they will start to voice their power more to drive change. You may disagree with the change.

What I am saying is we are not done with athlete activism. We are at the beginning.

ie

what's a solvable problem at low cost?

I hear you. that's the name of the game in business.

wouldn't the beginning be somewhere around Muhammad Ali?

Or Jackie Robinson?

Or my favorite Curt Flood?

individually yes.

as an entire team of both black and white athletes, no.

awinlonghorn said:

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what i mean is the NBA is laying out a blue print for how other athletes will become more active on issues they care about.

its also clear that given that vast majority of MAJOR professional athletes are black, they will start to voice their power more to drive change. You may disagree with the change.

What I am saying is we are not done with athlete activism. We are at the beginning.

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Man I sure hope not.

I don't talk politics at work because I know it offends, I wish they would do the same. Basketball is supposed to be fun.