Kyrie... Nets Condemn Antisemitic Film & Book?
- Thread starter D'Evils
- Start date
QUESTION: YOU OWN A BASKETBALL TEAM....YOU HAVE SPACE AND MONEY....WOULD YOU TAKE KYRIE IRVING ON YOUR TEAM?
WOULD THIS LATEST CONTROVERSY DETER YOU FROM TAKING HIM IN???
okay owners....but the NBA and ADL want you to issue a statement about denouncing anti-Semitism and hate and you have to say the words ANTI SEMITISM in the denoucement statement. If you dont there may be issues with sponsors and blah blah blah...
please post what statement you'd make.....
WOULD THIS LATEST CONTROVERSY DETER YOU FROM TAKING HIM IN???
okay owners....but the NBA and ADL want you to issue a statement about denouncing anti-Semitism and hate and you have to say the words ANTI SEMITISM in the denoucement statement. If you dont there may be issues with sponsors and blah blah blah...
please post what statement you'd make.....
That's easy:
"I am not antisemitic and I apologize for sharing a documentary that included statements that could be taken that way.
Furthermore, I apologize to anyone that was hurt by my post as that was not my intention".
Really? Why is he playing with the yarmulke on? This ain't grade school.
If he fits within the scheme of my team and he could add value to us; yes, I'm taking him in.
Hello, I'm Kyrie and this PsiBorg... we both abhor racism, antisemitism, and white supremacy. We abhor "lies," no matter who they are coming from.
We are pro "TRUTH!"
thats what KYRIE should have said....what statement do YOU as the owner now taking on a player declared toxic make to the public at the request (but not really a request) of the League and the ADL.
remember youre a businessman...
Slightly off topic, but since you mentioned ViacomCBS:NOW I remember what this reminded me of....
Last July, Cannon had a controversial discussion on his "Cannon’s Class" podcast with Richard "Professor Griff" Griffin. During the discussion, Cannon promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
ViacomCBS immediately fired Cannon and condemned his remarks, saying it "denounces all forms of anti-Semitism." Cannon initially refused to apologize and demanded ownership of his ViacomCBS-owned show "Wild 'N Out." Two days later, Cannon apologized on Twitter.
It's pretty clear he hasn't.
He's dependent upon his bought and paid for negroes to tell him how to feel.
I reviewed it on page 30 of this thread.
The hill he's dying on is literally 0.001% of the film (rext that appears for like 15secs. The film is 3+ hours) and they are quoting other people, not presenting it as personal statements.
Dudes like lil Tex pretends to miss the bigger picture here.
Word to @shaddyvillethug for staying on that dudes neck.
There is no severe punishment for anti blackness.. So there you have it...now what
Fuck that CAC and his religion
Ben Wallace was fined and banned from wearing a headband..
Once again the documentary was not anti-semitic.
Apologize because you aren't helping spread their propaganda?
Do you walk around apologizing for being a scary black man ?
Do you say thank you because slavery was an opportunity ?
Some of you mofokrs sound like those saying their is a war on xmas because mofokrs say Happy Holidays to respect anybodies choice.
Michael Jordan was fined for wearing black and red shoes...
Everything else you said is beneath me and not worthy of a response.
He gone disappoint the fuck outta yall when he complies
I get it now, the majority of people don’t look at or understand situations as a whole.
They focus in on the one point that matters to them an run with it and never hear or understand anything else.
I time stamped the video below for Kyrie’s IG reply and the woman afterwards who spoke on what‘s considered offensive in the documentary.
Below is the vid from the start where Nick compares Kyrie to getting buck broken, like simply posting the documentary is the reason why he has to go through the steps to be reinstated.
Unfortunately like many on here seem to believe, and based off of the comments in the vid many feel the same way.
We need bigger voices in our community because this lack of comprehension is saddening.
They focus in on the one point that matters to them an run with it and never hear or understand anything else.
I time stamped the video below for Kyrie’s IG reply and the woman afterwards who spoke on what‘s considered offensive in the documentary.
Below is the vid from the start where Nick compares Kyrie to getting buck broken, like simply posting the documentary is the reason why he has to go through the steps to be reinstated.
Unfortunately like many on here seem to believe, and based off of the comments in the vid many feel the same way.
We need bigger voices in our community because this lack of comprehension is saddening.
I get it now, the majority of people don’t look at or understand situations as a whole.
They focus in on the one point that matters to them an run with it and never hear or understand anything else.
I time stamped the video below for Kyrie’s IG reply and the woman afterwards who spoke on what‘s considered offensive in the documentary.
Below is the vid from the start where Nick compares Kyrie to getting buck broken, like simply posting the documentary is the reason why he has to go through the steps to be reinstated.
Unfortunately like many on here seem to believe, and based off of the comments in the vid many feel the same way.
We need bigger voices in our community because this lack of comprehension is saddening.
What's unfortunate exactly?
All that can be done in less than a day.
Sensitivity\Antisemetic Training\Meeting with ADL\Jewish leaders is all the same thing.
He’s already apologized and met with Adam Silver, I’m unsure if he met with the Nets owner or donated the money.
I have an issue with them forcing him to donate. Meeting with those involved will give Kyrie an opportunity to explain his stance and vice versa so that everyone can come to a better understanding.
Communication man. When Jeezy was doing his album promotion and talking about his issues with Gucci, he said it himself communication could have resolved a lot of BS he dealt with early in his career.
I agree wholeheartedly.
I don't believe Kyrie's in a buck breaking situation as I stated for the reasons that I'm not going to type again that I expressed previously in this thread.
Also every racial event or insult isn't the same, some are deeper thank others.
With that said, I do agree with many of the points that Jay made in his post.
After rewatching the video below:
I kinda feel like the Nets overreacted. No Kyrie didn't answer the questions in the way that the Nets or reporters wanted them answered them.
But he answered them.
He was being stubborn and didn't want to give them exactly what they wanted which was an "I'm sorry". But he admitted that some things were wrong and that he didn't intend to hurt anyone.
It would've been better to answer "No" when asked was he antisemitic but he answered it his own nuanced way.
Which the media or the Nets didn't like.
He apologized a day or two later on his Instagram and that maaaaaaaybe should've been enough.
I kinda feel like the Nets overreacted. No Kyrie didn't answer the questions in the way that the Nets or reporters wanted them answered them.
But he answered them.
He was being stubborn and didn't want to give them exactly what they wanted which was an "I'm sorry". But he admitted that some things were wrong and that he didn't intend to hurt anyone.
It would've been better to answer "No" when asked was he antisemitic but he answered it his own nuanced way.
Which the media or the Nets didn't like.
He apologized a day or two later on his Instagram and that maaaaaaaybe should've been enough.
Yeah 100% agree. Just like SAS has been saying on ESPN, dude may do and say some wild shit, he ain't a bad person.
I think the owner was pissed Kyrie was ignoring his calls and texts.
The term Antisemite is a misnomer. It's a misnomer b/c the term "semi" denotes, large groups of Asiatic peoples. In the bible from whence the term Sem or Shem derives, Noah biblical Noah has three sons. Those sons are Shem, Ham, & Japheth. Japheth is considered or seen as the progenitor of the European races, Ham is considered or seen as the progenitor of the African races, & Shem (or Sem) is considered the progenitor of the Asiatic races and by the Bibles description, we mean the original Asiatic man. We mean the "Black Man". And so, this term "Anti-Semite" as used today is a term that has been weaponized by the media and major parts of European Jewry to avoid critique, alternate views and different opinions, from that of the established Eurocentric or European Jewish views. So if a black man stands and says, something that disagrees w/ Eurpoean, Eurocentric & Jewish views, his is automatically termed.... An "Anti-Semite". That is a PROBLEM!
Because if we check the lineage of many ppl of African descent, ppl who were brought to America, the West Indies and through all of the places that the West African diaspora caused the slave trade to go through, you would see that many black ppl in America, in the Caribbean in the UK are actual descendants of the bloodline Jews or Israelites. So we can't be Anti-Semitic when we hold a different opinion from European Jews. What we can be are ppl who have different opinions but we can't be anti-ourselves. We are Semites! We represent the original bloodline descendants of the biblical Israelite's. As many scholars attest to today, there have been several books written by European Jews and Black Jews who attest to the presence of Jewry in West Africa, during and prior to the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. So what Kanye & Kyrie is saying is not only "Academic" but it's cited in heavy Academic sources. Now, to offer a view that differs or is different from someone who was Jewish that doesn't automatically make a term a person Anti-Semite, or Anti-Semitic. Again, the term anti-semite is mostly used in the media as a weaponizing term. That term has been weaponized in the media to dissuade ppl from having different views, different opinions and worse yet, DARE to critique a European Jew. And so we say "Enough", we say "It Stops Here!", and we say "We are back!"
Because if we check the lineage of many ppl of African descent, ppl who were brought to America, the West Indies and through all of the places that the West African diaspora caused the slave trade to go through, you would see that many black ppl in America, in the Caribbean in the UK are actual descendants of the bloodline Jews or Israelites. So we can't be Anti-Semitic when we hold a different opinion from European Jews. What we can be are ppl who have different opinions but we can't be anti-ourselves. We are Semites! We represent the original bloodline descendants of the biblical Israelite's. As many scholars attest to today, there have been several books written by European Jews and Black Jews who attest to the presence of Jewry in West Africa, during and prior to the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. So what Kanye & Kyrie is saying is not only "Academic" but it's cited in heavy Academic sources. Now, to offer a view that differs or is different from someone who was Jewish that doesn't automatically make a term a person Anti-Semite, or Anti-Semitic. Again, the term anti-semite is mostly used in the media as a weaponizing term. That term has been weaponized in the media to dissuade ppl from having different views, different opinions and worse yet, DARE to critique a European Jew. And so we say "Enough", we say "It Stops Here!", and we say "We are back!"
Last edited:
I agree
aren't religious signs disallowed on the court?
as much as Kyrie upsets me (flat earth, anti vax, free thinking, Alex Jones, etc...) this is some bullshit... what's next for him to do? flog himself in public for cacs to enjoy?
You're sounding real antisemitic Bruh, you see a religious sign and I see a flattened headband.
A simple, sincere apology is not enough for these people.
They always want to punish the Black man with indefinite suspensions, exorbitant fines, conditional prerequisites for reinstatement such as mandatory meetings with religious leaders and organizations and meetings with the team owner and the league's commissioner to be lectured and scolded as if he was a school kid sent to the principle's office for bad behavior. (sorry about the run on sentence)
They want him to condemn the movie and beg and grovel for his job back to the public like a captured runaway slave brought back to the plantation who begs for mercy to massa in front of the others slaves so that they'll get the message that this could happen to you as well if you get out of line.
Last edited: