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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 2, 2019 16:01:01 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 2, 2019 20:07:59 GMT -6
Talk about wanting to gouge out your eyes and eardrums before hanging yourself. Hillary was on Maddow. I couldn't watch.
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Post by redstripe on Oct 4, 2019 15:18:13 GMT -6
Talk about wanting to gouge out your eyes and eardrums before hanging yourself. Hillary was on Maddow. I couldn't watch. Icky got out the Jergens
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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 5, 2019 2:10:21 GMT -6
Talk about wanting to gouge out your eyes and eardrums before hanging yourself. Hillary was on Maddow. I couldn't watch. Icky got out the Jergens After tonight he better have had a 55 gal drum. Madcow had on susan Rice who told one lie after another. Apparently honest Joe was rooting out corruption as opposed to, of course, Trump. The lies just roll off their tongues.
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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 7, 2019 6:22:38 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 7, 2019 6:24:21 GMT -6
Pot meet kettle.
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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 7, 2019 6:24:49 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 7, 2019 12:28:44 GMT -6
The new Joker movie is about President Trump & white male resentment. www.cnn.com/2019/10/06/opinions/joker-political-parable-donald-trump-presidency-yang/index.htmlExcerpt: While many reviewers have focused on Fleck as an “incel” hero — his status as a sexless loner who turns to violence — the true nature of the movie’s appeal is actually broader: It’s an insidious validation of the white-male resentment that helped bring President Donald Trump to power. “Joker,” at its core, is the story of the “forgotten man,” the metaphoric displaced and disenfranchised white man whose goodwill has been abused and whose status has been reduced. A man who has been crushed underfoot by the elite, dragged down by equality-demanding feminists and climbed over by upstart nonwhite and immigrant masses.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 9, 2019 11:33:53 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 10, 2019 12:01:12 GMT -6
A CNN reporter was shut down by asking NBA stars about the China controversy: www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/10/10/watch-cnn-reporter-shut-down-for-asking-nba-stars-about-china-scandal/A CNN reporter was cut off by an NBA spokesperson while asking Houston Rockets stars James Harden and Russell Westbrook about the ongoing free speech furor surrounding China. During a press conference in Japan, CNN’s Christina Macfarlane asked Harden and Westbrook if China responding in anger to a now-deleted tweet by Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong had changed the way they thought about weighing in on social issues. “The NBA has always been a league that prides itself on its players and coaches being able to speak out openly about political and social affairs. I just wonder after the events of this week, and the fallout we’ve seen, whether you would both feel differently about speaking out in that way in the future?” asked Macfarlane. An NBA staffer is heard off-camera interjecting that the players are taking “basketball questions only.” A man is then seen reaching to remove the microphone from the reporter’s hands. “It’s a legitimate question,” Macfarlane replied. “This is an event that has happened this week.” “I understand that. It’s a question that’s already been answered,” the league spokesperson shot back, before reiterating that only basketball questions were allowed. Macfarlane then prompted Harden to respond before passing back the microphone, though both he and Westbrook refused to acknowledge the question. On Monday, Harden, flanked by Westbrook, weighed in on the matter by offering an apology for Morey’s remarks. “We apologize. You know, we love China. We love playing there,” he said. “For both of us individually, we go there once or twice a year. They show us the most important love.” ............ Translation: NBA stars & leadership are fine with labeling innocent cops as killers, calling half of America racist because they don't buy the Democrats/Liberal bs, but do not touch their communist money that is dripping with the blood of the innocent. That's crossing the line.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 10, 2019 12:11:14 GMT -6
freebeacon.com/politics/espn-uses-chinese-propaganda-in-tv-graphic/ESPN on Wednesday evening showed a graphic recognizing China's erroneous claim to own the South China Sea, despite the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling against that claim in 2016. While transitioning to a segment about the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team arriving in Shanghai for their Thursday game, ESPN showed a graphic of China with the so-called Nine-Dash Line. The dashed lines encircle the South China Sea, marking the large area of it the PRC claims to control. The Heritage Foundation's John Cooper posted the clip on Twitter. China has repeatedly claimed it owns 90 percent of the South China Sea under a so-called Nine-Dash Line. but the Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international court located in the Hague, Netherlands, ruled in 2016 that China's claim was illegal. The court said there was no evidence or historical context that showed China having exclusive control over the South China Sea or its resources. "The Tribunal concluded that there was no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to resources within the sea areas falling within the ‘nine-dash line,'" the court said. However, China has rejected this ruling. Earlier this summer, China conducted a series of missile tests in the South China Sea in an attempt to send a message to the United States, according to Adm. Philip Davidson, commander of the Indo-Pacific Command. The Chinese fired six anti-ship ballistic missiles in the South China Sea in the first sea launch of the new DF-21D missile. The unique missile is designed to sink U.S. aircraft carriers at sea with a maneuvering warhead. The Pentagon also said the missile tests were a violation of a 2015 pledge made by Chinese president Xi Jinping not to militarize disputed islands in the South China Sea. The U.S. statement came amid growing tensions between Vietnam and China over access to undersea resources. The NBA stirred controversy earlier in the week when it sided with China over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, who got into trouble with the Chinese government for a tweet supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Morey later deleted his tweet and posted a thread clarifying he was not speaking on behalf of the team, but did not apologize. Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta quickly distanced himself from Morey, as did Rockets players James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Harden said he was "sorry" and Westbrook said, "We apologize. We love China." The NBA would later release a statement reading: We recognize that the views expressed by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which is regrettable. While Daryl has made it clear that his tweet does not represent the Rockets or the NBA, the values of the league support individuals’ educating themselves and sharing their views on matters important to them. We have great respect for the history and culture of China and hope that sports and the NBA can be used as a unifying force to bridge cultural divides and bring people together.
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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 11, 2019 2:11:19 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 11, 2019 7:19:08 GMT -6
Now ESPN aired the story but used a map of China that comes from Mainland China. The map reportedly used by ESPN must come from Mainland China because it includes Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese man made islands in the South China Sea.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 11, 2019 7:23:47 GMT -6
This:
Vs this:
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 11, 2019 7:27:41 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2019/10/11/steve-kerr-nba-chinese-dictatorship-gun-violence-ar-15s/Steve Kerr Compares Genocidal Chinese Dictatorship To Americans Being Killed By Rifles ......... Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr made some absurd comments Thursday night about the Chinese dictatorship and gun violence in America. The NBA and China have been in the news nonstop ever since the Houston Rockets GM tweeted support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. You’d think expressing support for democracy instead of communism would be a winning idea. However, the NBA has been dealing with the fallout ever since, and not everybody seems to be on the same page. Kerr isn’t just not on the same page, but he seems to be under the impression that gun violence in America is comparable to a government that has killed tens of millions of people. Kerr said the following when asked if he’d been asked about China’s horrific record on human rights: No. Nor has our record of human rights abuses come up either. You know, things that our country needs to look at and resolve. That hasn’t come up either. None of us are perfect, and we all have different issues that we have to get to. And, saying that is my right as an American. It doesn’t mean I hate my country. It means I want to address things, right? But, people in China didn’t ask me about, you know, people owning AR-15s and mowing each other down in a mall. I wasn’t asked that question. So, we can play this game all we want and go all over the map. There’s this issue and that issue. The world is a complex place and there’s more gray than black and white. I want to be crystal clear here because I don’t want there to be any gray area at all. Kerr might be okay with the gray areas on this topic but I’m not. (SOURCE: ESPN Not Interested In Getting Involved In NBA/China Feud, Deadspin Memo Was ‘Misreported’) Steve Kerr is a coward. Let me repeat that so there’s no confusion at all. Steve Kerr is a coward, and he’s the worst kind of coward. Instead of just keeping his mouth shut, he chose to open it and prove to the world he’s a fool. The communist dictatorship is responsible for millions of deaths. Millions of people have been killed over the decades thanks to the policies and actions of the Chinese leadership. As we speak, they’re rounding up Muslims in camps and cracking down on protests in Hong Kong. In 2017, a total of 403 people were killed in America by rifles, according to the FBI. Steve Kerr is trying to compare the deaths of millions at the hands of a brutal dictatorship to a few hundred deaths by rifles, as of the latest FBI data for 2017. In what fantasyland are those two things even close to being the same? How much money is Steve Kerr making from the Chinese that he’ll throw his own country under the bus instead of shining a light on the atrocities of the dictatorship in China? While I’ve always disagreed with Steve Kerr politically, I always thought he was a very smart guy. I no longer feel that way. Anybody dumb enough to compare the deaths of a few hundred people, which is still incredibly tragic, to the massacre of millions is not a smart man. It’s that simple. When given the opportunity to shine a light on the millions killed in China, Kerr dropped the ball and instead embarrassed himself. Shame on Kerr and shame on everybody who has enabled this shameful situation. He’s a coward and the world should know it.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 11, 2019 11:49:50 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/sports/2019/10/11/silenced-nba-cancels-media-availability-for-remainder-of-china-trip/The National Basketball Association has canceled all press conferences and media availability for the duration of their China trip, to avoid putting their players in “complicated” and “unfair” situations. The Chinese government canceled all media availability prior to Thursday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets. While the Nets and Lakers are still scheduled to play each other in Shenzen again on Saturday, the league has decided to self-enforce the Chinese Communist Party’s policy and continue the silence. We have decided not to hold media availability for our teams for the remainder of our trip in China,” the NBA announced in a statement Friday. “They have been placed into a complicated and unprecedented situation while abroad and we believe it would be unfair to ask them to address these matters in real time.” “The league is making this decision independent of Chinese authorities, sources told ESPN.” www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27819053/nba-cancels-media-availability-rest-china-tripAccording to ESPN: Nets and Lakers players are free to comment on the circumstances without NBA retribution, according to a league spokesman. However, this media policy was already discussed with players and representatives from the players’ association, according to a league source, so the motivation to operate outside of the league’s guidelines is negligible. The NBA’s forced silence should not come as a surprise. Saturday’s game between the Nets and Lakers will take place only 20 miles from Hong Kong. The close proximity, would likely have lead to an increase in media questions relating to the political situation between Hong Kong and China. On Thursday, the NBA landed in hot water after a Rockets media relations representative shut down a CNN reporter’s question to a pair of Rockets players about the political situation in China. That episode, in addition to their strong desire to avoid further angering their communist hosts, likely factored into the league’s decision.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 11, 2019 15:02:19 GMT -6
More than 1.5 million Californians on Thursday were without power after Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) cut off electricity to even more residents in order to ‘prevent dangerous wildfires.’ On Wednesday, 800,000 people in 3 dozen counties in Northern California were cut off from electricity for their ‘own safety’ and these residents are living in chaos because they have no idea when the electricity will be restored. Rotting fish, spotty internet and closed businesses mark day 3 of the deliberate power outages in Gavin Newsom’s Socialist utopia of California. finance.yahoo.com/news/dark-shops-spotty-phones-rotting-224608892.htmlOn Thursday morning, I managed to squeeze a few emails out of Verizon’s hobbled network from home before signing off to tend to our 1-year-old daughter and make the trek into San Francisco. I walked into the nursery to find Sophie’s hands and feet were freezing. So much for our natural gas-fueled heating system. A frantic Google search tells me that, while these systems indeed depend on gas, they’re designed to automatically shut off during power outages. I passed pharmacies, banks, a coffee shop and several office buildings on my way to the bus stop in Oakland. All dark. A Lucky supermarket was among the few with lights on. A trailer-sized, backup generator parked in its lot. At a clearly powerless sushi restaurant, a man was unloading a box of fresh tuna to deliver. “What are they going to do with that?” I asked him. “They don’t even have power.” He shrugged, “They ordered it.” A worker at the local doughnut shop greeted patrons with: “No coffee, just donuts.” With the credit card machines down, I paid for my glazed twist with a $5 bill. It’s a cash economy in the Bay Area now. At the bus stop, a woman held hands with her elementary school-aged son. His school was among the dozens shut because of the blackouts. “What are you going to do?” I asked. “What can I do?” she said. “I’m bringing him to work.” Her son then turned to me and said he gets to play video games all day. Lucky kid.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 11, 2019 15:08:43 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 14, 2019 5:20:24 GMT -6
I feel for the family, but karma is a b!+<£ pluralist.com/sean-buchanan-killed-by-illegal-immigrant-miguel-ramirez-valiente/49999/A man who criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in the name of progressive Christianity was killed last week by an undocumented immigrant who avoided deportation by hiding in a local “sanctuary church.” Sean Buchanan, a father of five from Colorado Springs, was driving his motorcycle on Highway 83 when Miguel Ramirez Valiente swerved into his lane and killed him. The immigrant was charged with reckless driving with a revoked license. Ramirez Valiente received national media coverage in January when he sought sanctuary in All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Buchanan’s hometown. Speaking from the pulpit, he told assembled reporters that he had fled gang violence in El Salvador in 2005. He said he wanted to stay in the United States to care for his wife and three children even though his asylum application was denied… …When he killed Buchanan, Ramirez Valiente was driving with a suspended license thanks to a 2018 DUI. He was also arrested for reckless endangerment in 2011 and domestic violence in 2016. A district attorney dismissed both charges. After the crash, a close female acquaintance anonymously told ABC 7 Denver that Ramirez Valiente is “an alcoholic and an abuser.” Sean Buchanan was a liberal immigration activist In the years leading up to his death, Buchanan publicly advocated on behalf of asylum seekers like Ramirez Valiente. On Facebook and Twitter, he shared political commentary rooted in a liberal vision of Christianity in between marketing and business tips.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 14, 2019 7:27:41 GMT -6
This:
Led to this:
Which resulted in this:
Wasn’t done:
Parting shot:
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 15, 2019 10:32:23 GMT -6
Called out:
And again by a fellow NBA player:
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 15, 2019 15:51:56 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 15, 2019 16:09:46 GMT -6
His explanation:
Reactions:
The Hill’s Chief Washington Correspondent Saagar Enjeti
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 15, 2019 18:38:40 GMT -6
Hong Kong protestors on Lebron James:
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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 15, 2019 23:37:09 GMT -6
Professor LeBron.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 16, 2019 7:27:43 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2019/10/15/lebron-james-nba-adam-silver-daryl-morey/NBA star LeBron James reportedly pressured the NBA to punish the Rockets’ General Manager Daryl Morey after he tweeted support for Hong Kong. James argued that if something an NBA player tweeted had cost the league money they would have been punished, and questioned why the same wasn’t happening to Morey, according to Dave McMenamin on ESPN. “Nearly a week ago today, in a Shanghai hotel room, or Shanghai hotel ballroom, Adam Silver got up and addressed the players, and LeBron James is one of the players who got up and spoke and said, ‘Hey, what are we doing here? Daryl Morey made these statements,’” McMenamin recalled on air Tuesday. “You know damn well if a player made the same statements and caused such poor ramifications for the league, there would be some sort of league recourse.” “There would be repercussions the player has to pay. You know, potentially this tweet could cost the NBA hundreds of millions of dollars. That could come out of the players’ pockets, and so that’s the double standard that was being addressed in that meeting,” he continued.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 16, 2019 7:39:40 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 16, 2019 8:44:01 GMT -6
This shines some light onto why James is so pro-China: www.breitbart.com/sports/2019/10/15/exposed-lebron-james-finacial-interests-in-communist-china-run-deep/LeBron James spoke out stridently against Rockets GM Daryl Morey on Monday night, calling his tweet in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrations, potentially financially harmful. However, James may not have been just been concerned about the NBA losing money, he may have been thinking about himself. Fox Business examined LeBron’s financial dealings and interests with China, and found that the NBA superstar has both merchandising and entertainment ventures that could suffer serious consequences from a prolonged rift with the communist nation. According to Fox Business: www.foxbusiness.com/sports/lebron-james-china-business-nike-nba[LeBron] holds a lifetime deal valued at $1 billion with sports retail giant Nike, which saw its sales in China surge 27 percent to nearly $1.7 billion in its most recent fiscal quarter alone. James’ signature sneaker line is one of Nike’s most prominent offerings. James’ standing in China could also impact the future efforts of his media production company, SpringHill Entertainment. The firm is producing “Space Jam 2,” the highly anticipated sequel to NBA legend Michael Jordan’s original film, which will seek a massive return from Chinese audiences. While it may seem incredible that an athlete would have such a strong financial interest in a country, the reality of the situation becomes more clear when viewing it through the prism of Nike itself. According to Fox Business, “Nike earned more than $6 billion in revenue from China during its 2019 fiscal year.” Such a figure might not only explain James’ harsh criticism of Daryl Morey, it may also explain the deafening silence of fellow social justice warrior and supposed human rights advocate Colin Kaepernick. The former 49er and noted anthem protester has an extremely lucrative deal with Nike as the face of the company’s “Just Do It” campaign, and has maintained complete silence on the NBA-China rift. Nike has business partnerships with hundreds of athletes around the world. The company’s monster sales in China have essentially resulted in a gag order on scores of high-profile athletes, many of whom are normally outspoken on political and human rights issues. Nike itself is in a strange and contradictory position. While branding itself as one of, if not the face of the social justice movement in American sports, Nike has closed several businesses in America and moved their operations overseas to China, and other places with throngs low paid workers. All the while knowing that those jobs won’t bring any added freedoms or free any political prisoners, they’ll only helping to buttress a ruthlessly oppressive regime. So, not only is Nike making $6 billion a year in actual sales in China, they’re actually making far more when factoring in the money they’re saving by using slave labor in there. When Nike inaugurated Colin Kaepernick’s ad campaign, the slogan read: “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything.” After looking at the company’s financial dealings with China and their silence on the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses, it’s easy to see what they really stand for.
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Post by kcrufnek on Oct 16, 2019 8:44:04 GMT -6
They'd get tossed. Fans have already gotten that for wearing shirts and having signs supporting Hong Kong.
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Post by soonernvolved on Oct 16, 2019 8:47:37 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/sports/2019/10/16/lebron-james-refuses-to-address-china-backlash-were-not-politicians/Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James said Tuesday that he will no longer comment on the ongoing China-NBA scandal following the backlash he received for criticizing a general manager’s support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. “I’d be cheating my teammates by continuing to harp on something that won’t benefit us trying to win a championship because that’s what we’re here for,” James told reporters. “We’re not politicians. It’s a huge political thing. But we are leaders, and we can step up at a times, but you don’t feel like you should upon things you shouldn’t have to.” “There’s things that happen in my own community, trying to help my kids graduate high school and go off to college,” he added. “Trying to make sure the inner-city kids that grew up in my hometown can have a brighter future and look at me as inspiration to get out of the hellhole of the inner city. And we don’t talk about those stories enough.” On Monday, James said he believes Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey “was either misinformed or not really educated on the situation” regarding the potential consequences of his actions when he tweeted in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests. “Yes, we do have freedom of speech,” James said. “But at times, there are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you’re not thinking about others, when you only think about yourself. I don’t want to get into a word or sentence feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand, and he spoke. So many people could have been harmed, not only financially but physically, emotionally, spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and what we say and what we do. Even though yes, we do have freedom of speech, it can be a lot of negative that comes with it.” When asked to clarify his thoughts, James went further. “I believe (Morey) was either misinformed or not really educated on the situation, and if he was, then so be it,” James said. “But I have no idea. That’s just my belief. When you say things or do things, you’re doing it and you know the people that can be affected by it, and the families and the individuals and everyone that can be affected by it. Sometimes things can be challenging as well. Also sometimes, social media is not always the proper way to go about things as well. But that’s just my belief.” In Hong Kong, protesters burned and stomped on James jerseys during a rally Tuesday at the Southorn Playground. They threw basketballs at a photo of James and chanted support for Morey and criticism about James’ comments. The comments also set off swift reaction on social media, with many listeners perceiving James’ remarks as criticism of the democracy movement in Hong Kong. James addressed the issue again in two tweets before the Lakers’ preseason game against Golden State at Staples Center. “Let me clear up the confusion,” James tweeted. “I do not believe there was any consideration for the consequences and ramifications of the tweet. I’m not discussing the substance. Others can talk about that… My team and this league just went through a difficult week. I think people need to understand what a tweet or statement can do to others. And I believe nobody stopped and considered what would happen. Could have waited a week to send it.”
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