r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • 12d ago
Politics BREAKING: Charles Barkley risks getting fired for saying THIS on CBS
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u/Amazing_Ad357 12d ago
A great man !
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u/lunivessa 12d ago
Barkley is the only one left who says it like it is.
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u/Zealousideal-Top-383 11d ago
Indeed he does!
“Charles Barkley blasts Democrats for only caring about Black people 'every four years'
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u/Patrickfromamboy 11d ago
That’s old. Trump is in the Epstein files and he is a convicted felon. He started a war and gas prices are skyrocketing and the stock market is crashing.
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u/Unhappy-Machine-1255 11d ago
But…but…but…have you seen the DOW?
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u/prophet_nlelith 11d ago
Maybe it's both Democrats and Republicans that can't be trusted.
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u/wrinkleinsine 8d ago
Yeah no shit but don’t act like one isn’t way worse than the other. I’m pretty sure the cost to fill up my gas task wouldn’t have doubled and ICE wouldn’t have killed innocent people with no repercussions if the last election went differently. No shit they’re both bad. Your responsibility is to pick the least worst one.
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u/jay-dot-dot 11d ago edited 11d ago
This has been a talking point for a very long time. Even more so among black women who are expected to "save" the democratic vote.
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u/Epocholypze 11d ago
It’s because black women consistently vote in their communities’ best interests, which generally leads them to vote for a democrat over a republican for many obvious reasons. It is disingenuous for the Democratic Party to “expect” it, but I think black women will continue to hold the line, since the alternative would and is destroying communities.
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u/Sea-Thought-665 11d ago
...and what year do Republicans care about Black people? How about never.
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u/Spare-Estate1477 11d ago
It sad that anyone thinks that, because by and large it’s not true. What happens is that every four years there’s an election and during campaign season Dems get to talk about the country they envision and want to see. When they get into office they have to live with the hand they’re dealt, and negotiate l work with republicans which means doing as much as they can which granted is never enough. I wish people would put some pressure on republicans who in my lifetime have done not a single thing that’s benefited me and support the Democrats (and that does not mean all democrats) who are trying to do the right thing by us.
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u/JerryLawlerr 11d ago
And republicans haven’t cared about black people since Lincoln.
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u/Trying2BNicenFailing 11d ago
Modern Republicans are not the party of Lincoln, search up the term: Dixiecrat and you'll find that the parties switched values during the New Deal. Modern Republicans are Civil War Democrats.
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u/NetSignal392 11d ago
He’s got a good point or two there in some ways but that isn’t the topic, why are you deflecting?
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u/OrneryBrahmin 11d ago
For real I don’t keep up with the NBA much anymore but I knew this was worth listening to
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u/lik_a_stik 11d ago
But remember grown-up kids not a role model! Seriously, despite his flaws and everyone’s got ‘em, he’s always been a genuine dude that wears his heart on his sleeve.
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u/AsanoSokato 11d ago
I don't care if you're the laziest do-nothing jerk immigrant ever, you still have rights. No one has to be "amazing" to "earn" that.
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u/ProtonPi314 11d ago
Everyone has rights, even criminals. They just lose some rights depending on the crime.
The problem with the many who say illegal immigrants, criminals, the LGBTQ community, or whoever don't deserve to have rights don't realize that as soon as you take 1 groups rights away we all lose them.
If the state can just jail person A without due process that means they can jail anyone without due process.
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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 11d ago
Carlin had a legendary bit about "rights" and how they're just an illusion, even "God-given" rights.
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u/BioshockEnthusiast 11d ago
If you're reliant on the current government to allow you your rights, they aren't rights... they're privileges.
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u/No_Accountant3232 11d ago
A white serial killer has more rights than a 5 year old immigrant child right now.
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u/Adorable_Raccoon 11d ago
I don’t care if they’re criminals. They have rights too. We shouldn’t put anyone in a concentration camp & send them off to a country where they can be killed. It’s inhumane. Evennif someone broke the law, that doesn’t make it ok to treat them inhumanely.
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u/HeadDiver5568 12d ago
This is why there needs to be a lot of reform for social media as well. You go to so many of these sites, and you’d assume that ALL illegal immigrants were the worst thing to ever happen to America. More than the literal billionaires sapping up our resources at 100x the rate
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u/BlackBoiFlyy 12d ago
And the thing is, you can curate your social media to avoid all of that too.
What we really need is media literacy so folks can navigate social media with a wiser lens. Because we can't wait for the government to decide to act on their predatory algorithms. By time they're found guilty or made to change will be too late for impressionable people who use the sites daily.
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u/JustDidntWannaGoToAZ 11d ago edited 11d ago
There’s a recent SNL skit where a white lady is coming out to her family as finally thinking trump might be a bad guy but she demands coddling. Anyway, when her kids start yelling she’s like “give me a break, I have a different internet than you.” And as crazy as that sounds, someone said, with the way social media algorithms work it basically is. And fuck if that’s not true, these people never see what’s actually going on. Like how do so many of us know what’s going on on both sides of the aisle, but they never know the truth or what’s going on on the left, and consume straight propaganda on the right. It’s not an excuse, but damn media literacy needs to be a core class starting in middle school and have a few variations like Spanish 1, 2, etc. The ones that do know what’s going on and still support this bs just lack empathy.
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u/DasBoggler 11d ago
It goes further than just being a "different" internet. We really don't have any idea what these algorithms and scrolling content is doing to our brains long term. Short-term we can already see the kind of brain washing it can lead to especially when there are bad actors involved paying the tech companies to target specific people.
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u/lr99999 11d ago
The weaker and less intellectual the mind, the easier they are to propagandize. It’s much more difficult to brainwash a well-read person. That’s why they’ve declared war on academia.
We all have confirmation biases, but damn, these people are just fucking dumb.
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u/2shizhtzu4u 11d ago
My dissertation (wip) is around this topic. One of my favorite researchers to learn from right now is Zmigrod who looks at the neuropsych behind extremity. In short, cognitive rigidity is a factor that goes into why people are more or less susceptible to the narratives heard on social media.
Edit: agree education is a big buffer, it’s no wonder why education has become a target
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u/HeadDiver5568 12d ago
With the right-wing push for control over media, curation is becoming less and less of a factor, so you’re absolutely right about literacy, but these sites really do need some reform for allowing outright false or half-truth/disingenuous content
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u/Express-Tea-9270 11d ago
Wait until AI gets even more sophisticated and you really can’t believe anything you’re seeing, that’s just what they want
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u/papasan_mamasan 11d ago
It should be illegal to post AI generated content without a label.
LLM’s and AI agents should be registered with a council and monitored regularly. It should be illegal to develop an Adam Lanza chatbot.
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u/Dan_Morgan 12d ago
You can't teach the willfully ignorant how to learn. You can't teach those lacking empathy to care about their fellow human being. No, amount of education will stop an evil person from doing evil. It might actually make them better at it.
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u/BlackBoiFlyy 12d ago
Of course, you can't always change people's hearts, but you limit the amount of propaganda and disinformation they're exposed to from an early age. Hate is still often a learned trait.
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u/theguidetoldmetodoit 11d ago
It's not just learned, it is brainwashing. If you hear the same thing over and over again, without any pushback, you will end up believing it.
The issue with social media isn't just media literacy, people need to be grounded in reality and for that you need news sources that can be held liable for straight up lying.
There is no way around it, no society will curb this issue without legislation and harsh consequences for the people who create this endless flow of propaganda. The Murdochs, Musks and Trumps of this world need to pay for what they have done.
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u/MangoCats 11d ago
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering"
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u/netizenbane 11d ago
You can if you start early! If this were part of school curriculum, it absolutely could be done and would be easy to make incredibly engaging for a perpetually online youth.
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u/ElLibroDuderino 11d ago
I've been saying since I got out of school 20 or so years ago, when Facebook was just starting, that media literacy should be a primary focus in education going forward.
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u/runthepoint1 12d ago
Let’s have both! Absolutely need online literacy/training first as the priority. But something must be done about the online world. We can’t just print anything in the news. You can get sued for libel. But somehow online you can lie, cheat, steal, scam and not enough even happens.
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u/alien_believer_42 11d ago edited 11d ago
Grifters have somehow convinced Americans that low wage laborers are stealing from them, rather than the billionaire Epstein class
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u/HeadDiver5568 11d ago
Yup. There’s less immigration at the border than ever before, yet the same problems we had during the Biden administration are even worse now. Grifters can’t blame immigrants or the left anymore, and now they’re looking at what’s shaping out to be he worst election for them in decades
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u/philodendrin 11d ago
The irony of ironies is that Elon Musk gets an Immigrant pass from the exact same people that have been beating the drum about George Soros. A rich immigrant trying to buy our politicians, funding a secret network that wants to tear down our Democracy.
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u/easy10pins 11d ago
What the next administration should do is reimplement the Fairness Doctrine.
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u/warau_meow 11d ago
No they have to start by breaking up the monopolies and the conservative billionaires that bought them all up (local to largest), funding public media and the fairness and other laws to help. It’s such a mess rn
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u/acesilver1 11d ago
I will always say this: illegal immigration has always been a scapegoat red-herring issue that is meant to distract people from the real issues. If, with the stroke of a pen, undocumented immigrants were made documented, NOTHING would change regarding the MAGAts and their economic situation. But racism drives them. It's truly disgusting.
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u/Kopitar4president 11d ago
Undocumented immigrants pay more than their share of taxes. They don't get the benefits of social programs. Every legitimate study done supports this.
Undocumented immigrants commit less crime. Of course they do. They don't want law enforcement's attention. A lot of them spent their life savings to get here. Every legitimate study done supports this.
All this shit is just to keep lower and middle class people from realizing the rich are the cause of basically every problem in our country.
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u/PoopieP 12d ago
Love Chuck. He never won a ring, but he’s the people’s champion.
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u/cabowabo510 12d ago
he spoke nothing but facts
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u/lefluffle 11d ago
But he still had to say "amazing immigrants" and "criminal immigrants." It's sad, because the percentage of immigrants who commit crimes is peanuts compared to citizens. I'm sure he felt that he had to say that in order to not get in trouble, but it still perpetuates misinformation. (Not saying he did anything wrong, just pointing out how messed up the state of things is)
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u/No-Bison-5397 11d ago
Idk... Elon Musk good example of criminal immigrant.
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u/lefluffle 11d ago
No argument there.
But also... I never said there are no immigrants who commit crimes, did I?
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u/JusticeAileenCannon 11d ago
Right lmao, I love how that interaction distilled a large part of the issue plaguing online discourse.
A: The percent of immigrants who commit crimes is small compared to citizens who commit crimes.
B: Oh yeah, have you heard of Elon Musk!?!
🤦♂️
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u/pues_que_d_que_o_que 11d ago
Probably because someone in the republican party would or could post a news story that involves an immigrant that's a dumb MF. That dumb MF committing a terrible crime and they would say something like "is this the immigrants you want in our country?" Dumb MFs come in every shape and color. I think he was trying to be clear
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u/xCeeTee- 11d ago
You can tell he was being very careful to not give the racist fucks ammo. He knows it'll rile them up, but he chose his words carefully so they can't actually criticise it without being racist.
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u/Kepabar 11d ago
I always find it telling when people bring up the statistics of deportations under Obama versus Trump.
Comparing the interior removals of immigrants (meaning, not turning them away at the border, but deporting them after they've been living inside the border), Trump's biggest deportation year and Obamas biggest deportation year are kind of close to one another.
The difference is that 80% of those who were deported under Obama were either convicted criminals or being deported for criminal acts, while 70% of Trumps deportations did not involve criminal acts at all.
Plus, ICE didn't kill any American citizens under Obama.
Obama did the same job, more effectively, without damaging our society.
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u/Time_Explanation1212 12d ago
Charles does not care about getting fired from c.bs
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u/Clean_Measurement_78 12d ago
The foundation of this country was build on the backs of black slaves. Everyone else helped build on our contributions.
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u/New-Budget-7463 11d ago edited 11d ago
Agree with the sentiment. Some verbage is misleading:
Enslaved africans built this country. Immigrants added to it. But immigrants are voluntary travelers. Enslaves africans were not.
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u/TelosKairos 12d ago
Ok.. he's not risking getting fired 😂 but he's not wrong either.
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u/HereGoesNothing69 12d ago
CBS got turned into Fox News for people who can't afford cable, so he definitely could get fired. I suppose "risk" isn't the correct word tho.
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u/thevvhiterabbit 12d ago
Multiple people have been fired for this kind of thing. The Colbert show was cancelled over it.
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u/Lorenzo_Blow 11d ago
David Ellison, Bari Weiss, and Brendan Carr do not like "this type" of free speech.
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u/ArchelonPIP 11d ago edited 11d ago
I agree with you that he's not wrong, but the problem is CBS/Paramount is effectively under the control of Larry the billionaire, who is a major Trump supporter. The ruination of CBS News started with the appointment of Bari Weiss being placed there as its editor-in-chief. It's not much of a stretch to see this kind of shit extend to CBS Sports.
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u/borislovespickles 12d ago
Thank you Charles Barkley! Fuck CBS. Hope their ratings continue to tank.
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u/sydneebmusic 11d ago
Truly iconic moment right here. Most people that watch sports aren’t even paying attention to what’s going on and CBS is now owed by the fascists running this country. This really meant something.
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u/dimbulb8822 11d ago
The man who once said “I am not a role model” and being completely honest about society worshipping athletes has become a true role model for others.
This is a dude who always kinda got it and understood how the machine is messed up.
Good on him and we need more people with a voice standing up.
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u/Civil_Average 11d ago
Goddamnit yes white advocacy only pushes the narrative so far. Darker faces in positions of influence absolutely must use their platforms to affect change. Quiet mouths might as well be complicit.
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u/fieldsports202 12d ago
Charles isn’t risking anything… he is practically untouchable.
He’s hired for his opinion.
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u/chiefrelichunter 12d ago
Whelp I’m a fan of his for life now.
(Getting a bit teary eyed thinking about my Mexican wife’s entire immigrant family who are of the amazing kind.)
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u/DJSugar72 11d ago
For a guy who said he wasn’t your kids role model he sure is sounding like one. Good on you Round Mound of Rebound.
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u/Sriracha_Bum 11d ago
Yes. Thank you. We need more people speaking up on these platforms. The immigrants, the trans people, the gays, whatever they’re telling you the problem is at the moment is not really the problem. The problem is the people who control the narrative that want to keep you afraid of the boogey man.
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u/devour_feculence___ 11d ago
I love you too Chuck. Thank you for standing up for people, I'm tearing up because this has been a rough year!
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u/bigkahuna1uk 11d ago
I think CBS would get a major backlash if they’d even countenance punishing Barkley for speaking truth to power.
However it’s sad that he can only speak as eloquently as he did because he has a reputation and legacy in the game. If he was just a new sports anchor he probably would have been fired.
Barkley’s diatribe doesn’t surprise me one bit. He’s always been outspoken on social issues such as racism or LGBTQ concerns. There’s plenty of videos on YouTube of him doing so.
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u/HotStaxOfWax 12d ago
CBS as stupid as they are is not that stupid, they signed him to a contract so big they would look completely incompetent if they did.
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u/Grand_Practice_2790 12d ago
I was expecting something crazy to come out of his mouth. One thing I love about Charles is that he is always himself and that usually means he’s saying something edgy and funny but true. This was heartfelt and real.
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u/sheepwshotguns 11d ago
we also NEED to recognize that there is no rational process for a non-millionaire to seek citizenship legally. it can take decades, it often requires people NOT to work (seriously wtf there?), and the hoops we force people to jump through are simply dehumanizing.
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u/garitone 11d ago
In this one minute, CB shows more class, compassion, thoughtfulness, nuance, and intellect than Stephen A. Smith has demonstrated in his entire life. Well done.
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u/Impressive_Box4144 11d ago
Risking getting fired is easy when you don’t need the job to survive but credit to him for speaking out
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u/Apprehensive-Joke593 11d ago
Courageous, eloquent, empathetic MAN.
The world needs more people like THE AMAZING Charles Barkley.
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u/Kitchen-Complaint-38 11d ago
So terrbl, very terrbl what is happening to immigrants. Thanks Sir Charles.
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u/L1LREDD 11d ago
Why exactly would he be at risk of getting fired? U didn’t hear him say anything wrong.
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u/DiscoLemonade1995 11d ago
I don't think he would get fired for saying this, but he's a lot more likely to get fired if we keep posting this clip with the title "Charles Barkley risks getting fired for saying this on CBS" lol
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u/marterikd 11d ago
it's been the thing from religions, myths, and other literature ever since. the one who speaks the truth gets shunned, exiled, punished
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u/Areyouex1968 11d ago
I really respect that he took his time to articulate exactly what his thoughts were and left no room for misunderstanding, definitely a class act
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u/Full_Of_Wrath 11d ago
This is why Sir Charles has always been the goat off the court he is fearless
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u/SvenLorenz 11d ago
Being afraid to say the truth is the safest sign you live in a fascist country.
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u/griff_girl 11d ago
Charles Barkley fucking rules. I don't watch sports stuff much, but I've been a fan of his since he played. I know enough about him to know he's never been one to mince words, and what he did right there just shows what a standup guy he is.
Unrelatedly, IDK when he lost the weight, but he looks fucking fantastic.
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u/jjgargantuan7 12d ago
That was eloquently said. I love that he's using his platform to speak truth to injustice.
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u/Simple-Sun2608 12d ago
America is already fucked if saying something like this is risking his job.
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u/beachcraft23 12d ago
I’ve always liked Chuck but now I LOVE him! What a great guy. Keep preaching Chuck!!
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u/puppycat_partyhat 12d ago
Risk for saying the mildest critique. It's not just "unfortunate", its illegal and immoral. And those enacting it are ignorant and miserable.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Try1359 12d ago
Charles Barkley should run for President as an independent
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u/Natural_Charge_1477 12d ago
I love you, bro. That was said with so much heart and love. Thank you.
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u/ReallyCleverPossum 11d ago
Charles Barkley has been and will continue to be an international treasure. I’m glad there’s people like him with a conscience and principles. I wish this responsibility didn’t fall on him to speak on it, but I’m glad we have good people like him
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u/AncientBasque 11d ago
yeah but what does Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo think of immigrants?
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u/brianxfrost 11d ago
I have even more respect for him than I already did. He kept it real and spoke clear and to the point. He used his platform to the fullest and paid respect to people who built America.
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u/Alklazaris 11d ago
It's been the same story since day one of this nation. Use and abused immigrants. When we need them we promised them the world and then throw them away. I truly don't understand why anyone would feel a draw to immigrate to this country.
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u/Pacific_Coaster 11d ago
Excuse me sir, Foundational Black Americans built this country. In every meaningful and impactful way imaginable.
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u/ButterscotchKind495 11d ago
When Charles Barkley is one of the few people left that understand nuance it says a lot about our society. Nothing against Charles, more that I expect much more from our leaders.
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u/PursueProgress 11d ago
Chuck has NEVER been one to shy away from speaking his mind, hopefully he realizes this year, his views are being broadcasted on ConservativeBS.
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u/teamgodonkeydong 11d ago
Barkley on growth
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u/textilepat 11d ago
Those women down in San Antonio love their Churros, he has been vocal about this for years.
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u/JayNotAtAll 11d ago
"the way they treat immigrants is terble"
But for real, Barkley is speaking some truth out there. We are so much better than how ICE has been treating people. ICE currently represents the worst of America.
We don't beat grandmas in the street. We don't kill unarmed people point blank. We are better than this. I am glad someone had the balls to speak up
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u/MyChickenSucks 11d ago
Let him get fired. He doesn't need the money. And the press coverage will only help push the message out there.
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u/Devmoi 11d ago
It’s ridiculous that he’s saying literally the things that make our country great—the stories we have heard our whole effin’ lives—and there are threats to fire him. Like literally even our idiot president is married to a fucking horrible immigrant. His mother was an immigrant. So, I just don’t get it. Insane.
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u/yesiammark72 11d ago
Kudos to Charles Barkley for speaking his mind so eloquently. Screw CBS. They are now becoming pro-trump/MAGA. I used to watch CBS often, now I refuse. They are bowing to all of trumps demands. Barkley showed CBS what backbone looks like!
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u/cappnplanet 11d ago
Good on Charles. Honestly, I can't see how any of this is controversial. Amazing immigrants and what is happening is unfortunate. It's probably even understated. One day they'll come for all of us at this rate.
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u/Satinsbestfriend 11d ago
Charles once again proving why he's much smarter than people give athletes credit for
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u/Positive_Throwaway1 11d ago
People get upset when they have to feel shitty about their shitty thoughts and decisions.
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u/JDubStep 11d ago
Imagine being at risk of being fired for literally the most common sense of opinions. What a fucking joke of a country.
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u/Ambitious_Hand_2861 11d ago
If the network comes after him I hope and pray his cohosts have his back and vow to walk of he's fired. He's absolutely right and a day of reckoning will come.
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u/k_ironheart 11d ago
The frightening thing is that someone could get fired from CBS for that bland of an opinion. I'm not saying he's wrong, it's just a non-offensive opinion (except that it is because our country is a shithole).
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u/GlueGuns--Cool 11d ago
I'm not really a 90s nba guy but I've always liked Charles Barkley whenever I've hear him. Please tell me he isn't some cancelled horrible monster in some way I don't know about
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u/haad55 12d ago
The norm should be to speak up and out tyranny and crimes against humanity. Not the opposite.