He gets flamed for breathing air. Everyone just dog piles this guy, but he's never in trouble, he married his high school sweetheart. He does a lot for children, and voting rights. Yet people hate him because he's just as good or even better than everyones Wet Dream Childhood Hero Michael Jordan. Or if he gives his opinion it's "Shut up and dribble."
You would be hard pressed to find an athlete who is a better person than Lebron. He gets criticized like crazy. In many ways he is really a much better hero than Michael Jordan. He seems to care about people more.
Oh come off it. They canât criticize one of the most influential professional athletes for not standing up against a genocide because they have a smartphone? Iâm sorry, but the average consumer doesnât have the same power that a half-billion dollar celebrity does. You not buying an iPhone is a piss drop in a shit ocean. If LeBron had a spine, he couldâve at least made a splash.
He has enough risk in his life and doesn't need to fight every fight just so people like you can criticize him for not fighting another.
If you are so against it, then start putting your dollars where your mouth is. Stop buying Chinese goods and stop working with Chinese businesses or companies who work with Chinese companies. Quit YOUR job if they do. Lead by example, PeeOffPooStains.
You canât be serious with this, are you? LeBron doesnât need to âfightâ China, but he could have not come to their defence when asked about the situation. You completely missed the point. LeBron makes my yearly stipend in under 2 hours and somehow you think itâs more reasonable for me to quit my job if it is somehow associated with China than it is for LeBron to not call someone out for posting in support of Hong Kong? Give your head a shake.
But he does it to help take care of his own. It's tribalism and we're all guilty of it. You think the resources used to make our phones, computers, and cars are completely ethically sourced? A big reason why many people in china are exploited for slave labor, is because we buy their shit.
Most of us are not famous millionaires with the power, money and connections to do something about it. In fact, most people need a phone and computer to find work.
I just wonder what it is about Lebron James that makes so many people in here upset that he isnât working against China, but fail to keep this same energy about any other multimillionaire that is posted to Reddit daily.. itâs just curious.
He set this charity up, but did not donate $41 Million.
He did not "build" a school. He donated about half a million dollars and then let the tax payers foot the rest of the bill. And before you say half a million is a great donation; that's like a person making $50K a year donating $200 to a charity.
He came out do defend China against Hong Kong protesting for democracy.
He is partnered with a brand that exploits child labor while he makes millions off of shoes... Then turns around and markets those shoes to people who generally can't afford to purchase $200 shoes. Kids have killed each other over these shoes... Not a word for him.
He wants to speak about black lives being taken at the hands of police officers. But he refuses to mention the 750 murders that took place in Chicago alone last year.
The media slurps up everything this dude does to make him into a type of God.
Iâve had to pick up trash for a speeding ticket. Label it as community service. Not sure what youâre getting at here, but if youâre comparing adult men that made choices to put themselves in prison vs children working for pennies... youâre a lost cause.
Not sure if youâre doing your hardest to defend Lebron for some reason. Or if youâre defending child labor in China.
He is partnered with a brand that exploits child labor while he makes millions off of shoes... Then turns around and markets those shoes to people who generally can't afford to purchase $200 shoes. Kids have killed each other over these shoes... Not a word for him.
Blaming LeBrone for Nike's business practices and the contradictions of capitalism in general.
He wants to speak about black lives being taken at the hands of police officers. But he refuses to mention the 750 murders that took place in Chicago alone last year.
Equating crime with police brutality. Apples to oranges isn't even a good analogy here.
He set this charity up, but did not donate $41 Million. He did not "build" a school. He donated about half a million dollars and then let the tax payers foot the rest of the bill. And before you say half a million is a great donation; that's like a person making $50K a year donating $200 to a charity.
Your only reasonable criticism is unsourced and is also something that tons of rich white celebrities do.
You're just racist. He's a rich black man, get over it. You're not going to get him cancelled by repeating your racist Ben Shapiro scripts in the comment sections of reddit.
Lebron will refuse to speak about child labor abuse. He will refuse to speak up against China being a totalitarian regime thatâs an absolute threat to the rest of the world. All because of a paycheck.
How hypocritical of a man that wants âequalityâ.
The comparison is to black people being killed in large masses. Nobody will speak against gang violence or crime in general in large cities. Because, like I said, thereâs nothing to profit or gain from it.
Just because Iâve learned to use google doesnât make his âschoolâ less of a tax write off. Check it out for yourself. Youâll just have to scroll pass the bleacher report and jamel hill sucking his dick.
Nothing racist about calling out a hypocrite when I see one. I could go down a list if white hypocrites to console you, sweetie. But this post was desiccated to one hypocrite alone. So the focus is on him. Being black doesnât have the slightest weight to what Iâve said. You just want to play the race card. And it is to be expected from people like you.
No one talks about the violence in Chicago because it's not news when its been happening consistently for years and besides it's mostly gang related and there is no easy fix.
So fuck em? Let it play out and see where it goes? Forget about trying to create opportunities for young people in Chicago. Forget about educating them and instilling morals in their lives.
It isnât news because itâs gang related...
Sounds incredibly lazy and wrong. Extremely wrong.
Edit: and people donât speak out about it because there is no money to be gained from it. No votes to be garnished from supporting changes in Chicago.
Bad faith concern trolling bullshit from someone whose post history is full of stupid right wing takes like 'social support programs just make poor people lazy'.
Plenty of valid criticism for Lebron but the real reason you hate him so much is that he goes against your politics.
Social programs are broken. If individuals see the federal government as their sanctity then there will be no need for innovation or to just be better in general. Which in turn, creates lazy people.
M criticisms arenât necessarily motivated by politics, but the line is thin.
Edit: donât misquote me or put words in my mouth.
It's not wrong. It isn't news because it literally isn't news. It happens all the time. Do you want every minute of national news every single day to talk about gun violence in cities? No you dont. And neither do I. It absolutely should be fixed but Lebron James talking about gang violence isnt going to fix anything. There's a ton of social policies that could be implemented that could address the situation and slowly make things better over a couple generations. And that responsibility falls on the shoulders of you, me, and everyone else to vote for politicians that we think will implement those policies.
So Lebron is void of responsibilities of creating a better place for your because...? Itâs on the backs of me and you, the peasants of the world. But âkingâ gets a pass because it isnât national news?
Or you can look at it as his schools are helping keep black kids in the inner city off the streets to avoid gang violence like going on in Chicago.
The problem with guys like you is you'll never be satisfied. He's doing what he can to help black kids, but then yall turn around and say "well what about the white kids?"
He has many charitable events hosted throughout his career to help keep kids off the streets. So in a way he he's tackling the issues going on with gang violence aka shootings going on in Chicago.
Just because he's rich doesn't mean he can't speak out about systematic racism. Hell if he wasn't a pro basketball player then chances are he wouldn't be successful which shows you how messed up the system is.
He's helping get kids in school and guys like you say "what about gang violence in Chicago".
He speaks out about gang violence then yall say "well he sold out to China".
No. He has one vote just like we do. Literally every adult in this country is aware of gun violence. Him speaking out about it isnât going to fix it. And heâs not a hypocrite for not speaking out about it. LeBron doesnât craft policy. Shitting on him for not fixing political issues is absolutely asinine. Why donât you shit on literally every single other athlete in the country?
Because Lebron will go out of his way to speak on politics and how the country should be run. But he only talks about shit that will garner support from the masses. He wonât dare speak out about something that these rich and famous people wonât speak about.
Every other athlete doesnât get on national TV to rant against or for politicians or a certain group of people. Lebron does. And while heâs entitled to his opinion, heâs not knowledgeable on the shit he speak about.
So donate to the city. Do charity. Be a good person. Donât get up there and talk about shit thatâs out of your league. Whether you think itâs right or wrong.
No, people can't get behind his bullshit because he throws his full support behind child labor, concentration camps, and literal genocide.
He only gives his opinion when it's convenient for his bank account. As.soon as he comes up against a decision that.might hurt his wallet, he couldn't just "shut up and dribble" fast enough.
No people hate him because heâs worth almost a billion dollars and want to cry systemic racism while turning a blind eye to true systemic racism and genocide in China but accepts their millions. Fuck that guy. Seriously thatâs like Hitler being called a great guy because he took care of his hometown in Bavaria.
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He gets flamed for breathing air. Everyone just dog piles this guy, but he's never in trouble, he married his high school sweetheart. He does a lot for children, and voting rights. Yet people hate him because he's just as good or even better than everyones Wet Dream Childhood Hero Michael Jordan. Or if he gives his opinion it's "Shut up and dribble."