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Ingraham's multi- stupid "shut up and dribble " comment.

maxparrish said:
Actually she has little patience for hollywood, sports, and other celebrities who use their "fame" and recognition to convey idiocy and ignorance. Heck, she wrote a book lambasting the so-called "elites", suggesting the Hollywood figures (like Barbara Streisand) should just shut up and sing.

She is right, but then, 90 percent of the public is so pathetically ignorant that they should just tend to their private business rather than drum beat their idiocies.

In any event, she has just as much right to ridicule La Bron James for his public stupidities, as he does in providing them.
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Except that James' comments were well meaning while hers were peevish.
 
Bucky said:
LeBron James was paid to play basketball. He needs to know his damn role and shut his mouth.

Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cavs paid LeBron James to play basketball. He got paid $100 million to play basketball, not to use his platform to make irresponsible political statements.

LeBron James is under contract thus, the property of the Cavs. The fans who pay for LeBron's check only care about LeBron putting the ball in the hoop.
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Lol, this is coming from the guy who defends Colin Kaepernick. :lamo
 
beefheart said:
You are speaking out on politics, yet...you demean others who also speak out on politics.

Irony is you calling out others for speaking out on things you don't agree with.
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Let's try reading it again........maybe you'll get it this time.

Ignorant ball dribblers have a huge influence on impressionable children.

Most of us have no such influence.

Thus the ball dribblers must be called out and exposed for what they are........stupid. Let them babble......yes, it's their right. Just identify them for what they are.

Well done to all those who call them out.

Try hard.
 
Vox said:
Let's try reading it again........maybe you'll get it this time.

Ignorant ball dribblers have a huge influence on impressionable children.

Most of us have no such influence.

Thus the ball dribblers must be called out and exposed for what they are........stupid. Let them babble......yes, it's their right. Just identify them for what they are.

Well done to all those who call them out.

Try hard.
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Doesn't matter, you think that because they play basketball they don't have the right to speak out.....like you do?
 
"Shut up and do your job" is quite literally an objection to freedom of speech.
 
Vetplus40 said:
Now, those are just a few of the thoughts that occurred to me. The problem that I have is that those that criticize Trump are as entitled to their comments as are those who praise Trump.
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Someone should tell Laura Ingraham to shut and make Lebron James a sandwich.
 
Vetplus40 said:
An exactly what was his "public stupidities"? Not bestowing "praise" on Trump?

Hopefully, you are as critical of Ingraham's "public stupidities" as your are Lebron's.
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Among his idiocies were fanning the "hands up" trope, random incoherencies on his opinion of Trump, etc.

I am not "critical" of La Bron for expressing his opinion any more or less than that of Ingraham; I am always critical of content when warranted.
 
JackA said:
Except that James' comments were well meaning while hers were peevish.
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Look, when you go public with your opinions your going to get pushback - both on the content and quality of your opinions. "Shut up and dribble" or her book title "Shut up and sing" is at bit tart and an attempt at mocking levity, but its not hysteria worthy.
 
Nickyjo said:
Last I heard, we abolished slavery. He is no one’s property. I suspect you have a problem with the messenger, not the message. Trump was paid to be a real estate investor. He decided it was his role to find out if Obama was a legit president. Would you apply the same standard to him that you do to NBA players?
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Correction: my screed above reversed message and messenger.
 
Vox said:
Right. I agreed that it was his right.
It's also the right of intelligent people to point out that Lebron is stupid and children should ignore the big dolt.
He has proven that you can dribble a ball with great skill and still be a half-wit.
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Lebron, "stupid"? Hardly. In fact, that's just DUMB on your part.

"Intelligent people"? And who makes that decision? I'm reading your remarks and you don't strike me as being particularly intelligent. In fact, "Half wit" seems about right. So, should you then also just "shut up" and stay in your lane?

Give it some thought, and be candid in your response. lol

Vox said:
LOL!!
Listen carefully so you get this.
If you call a smart black man stupid......that's racist.
If you call a stupid black man stupid.....that's a fact.
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Wrong. In the the case of Lebron, that would be called an OPINION. And your opinions really don't matter. What you think of Lebron is about as important as what I think of you. The difference is that you seem to be of the misguided notion that your OPINION, and the OPINIONS of right wing idiots (like Ingraham) are "facts" simply because they share your conservative snowflake mentality.

PhysicalRemoval said:
No one cares what this moron has to say, he job is to play a game, shut up and play and shut the **** up Lebron, maybe if you spent more time on the court you would not be slipping.
You will NEVER EVER be anyone thing close to Jordan, just give it up.
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I just have to say it again......LOL at people like you and Laura Ingraham.....who think your hate-filled, ignorant and often bigoted opinions matter.

Bucky said:
LeBron James was paid to play basketball. He needs to know his damn role and shut his mouth.
Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cavs paid LeBron James to play basketball. He got paid $100 million to play basketball, not to use his platform to make irresponsible political statements.
LeBron James is under contract thus, the property of the Cavs. The fans who pay for LeBron's check only care about LeBron putting the ball in the hoop.
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LOL, and you and I both know that you would swallow your own gonads if ever given the chance to say that to Lebron's face.

Lebron knows his role, very well. The problem here is that YOU don't seem to know yours. Shut up and stay in your own lane, "bucky". :lamo

Your problem isn't that Lebron (or any other athlete or celebrity) expresses his opinions about Trump (or politics in general). Your problem is that he expressed views that offend you and other low-information Trump acolytes out there.

Question for you, "Bucky":

1. What are the credentials of noted conservative pundits and FoxNews contributors like Hannity's.........Rush Limbaugh.......Glen Beck? Last I checked, they were all high school or college dropouts who make a living by spewing ignorance and bigotry.

And....HOW MANY impressionable, empty-headed conservative minds do they poison with their ignorance, every day?

And yet, I've never seen a republican on this board criticize a single word of the ignorance and bigotry they spew on a nightly basis.

It really takes a special kind of "stupid" for someone who gets paid of offer OPINIONS (like everyone on FauxNews) to tell ANYONE else that they don't have the right to express opinions of their own.
 
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And, after being challenged, we get..........silence, from all of the anonymous tough-talking message board social warriors and Trump acolytes.

:lamo

I think we're done here.

Too bad, though. I was actually looking forward to some direct answers/responses from "Bucky" and "Vox".
 
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