IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT YOU DONT LIKE (UPDATE: he fired himself)

Saying "All lives matter" is a big no-no. It assumes everyone is being treated equally to begin with. He's also white and doesn't understand that he has privileges that black people don't get. You're pretty much asking to get destroyed by the internet if you say it.

TheDiesel36 · Post #12 » by **TheDiesel36** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 6:55 pm

He is a terrible commentator that I mute when I can.. But what wrong with what he said? I guess you have to be an American leftist to see the racism there..

Post #13 » by **Duke4life831** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 6:57 pm

Haha this thread aint going to last long.

King4Day · Post #14 » by **King4Day** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 7:03 pm

Can someone provide context instead of some tweets? I've heard many people say 'All lives matter' but it doesn't mean they're racist.
I get that, at this moment, it's about black lives but what happened that Cousins called this guy out during a sensitive time?

fianchetto · Post #15 » by **fianchetto** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 7:06 pm

Of course all all lives matter, but by saying it that way he’s diminishing the entire context of inequality, racism towards African Americans, Targeted violence toward black people, etc.

It’s like when people don’t understand the pride parade or LGBTQ movement. Why do they need to be in your face about it? Well, it’s because unlike you, They’ve been targeted, killed, imprisoned, attacked. For centuries.

This is totally basketball related. Basketball isn’t just a sport. It’s a community. It’s a society. It’s a brotherhood.

Stick together. Black lives matter.

Post #16 » by **niQ** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 7:07 pm

UcanUwill wrote:I dont get it, whats wrong what he said?

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From a Reddit user’s explanation

Imagine that you're sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don't get any. So you say "I should get my fair share." And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, "everyone should get their fair share." Now, that's a wonderful sentiment -- indeed, everyone should, and that was kinda your point in the first place: that you should be a part of everyone, and you should get your fair share also. However, dad's smart-ass comment just dismissed you and didn't solve the problem that you still haven't gotten any!

The problem is that the statement "I should get my fair share" had an implicit "too" at the end: "I should get my fair share, too, just like everyone else." But your dad's response treated your statement as though you meant "only I should get my fair share", which clearly was not your intention. As a result, his statement that "everyone should get their fair share," while true, only served to ignore the problem you were trying to point out.

That's the situation of the "black lives matter" movement. Culture, laws, the arts, religion, and everyone else repeatedly suggest that all lives should matter. Clearly, that message already abounds in our society.

The problem is that, in practice, the world doesn't work the way. You see the film Nightcrawler? You know the part where Renee Russo tells Jake Gyllenhal that she doesn't want footage of a black or latino person dying, she wants news stories about affluent white people being killed? That's not made up out of whole cloth -- there is a news bias toward stories that the majority of the audience (who are white) can identify with. So when a young black man gets killed (prior to the recent police shootings), it's generally not considered "news", while a middle-aged white woman being killed is treated as news. And to a large degree, that is accurate -- young black men are killed in significantly disproportionate numbers, which is why we don't treat it as anything new. But the result is that, societally, we don't pay as much attention to certain people's deaths as we do to others. So, currently, we don't treat all lives as though they matter equally.

Just like asking dad for your fair share, the phrase "black lives matter" also has an implicit "too" at the end: it's saying that black lives should also matter. But responding to this by saying "all lives matter" is willfully going back to ignoring the problem. It's a way of dismissing the statement by falsely suggesting that it means "only black lives matter," when that is obviously not the case. And so saying "all lives matter" as a direct response to "black lives matter" is essentially saying that we should just go back to ignoring the problem.

TL;DR: The phrase "Black lives matter" carries an implicit "too" at the end; it's saying that black lives should also matter. Saying "all lives matter" is dismissing the very problems that the phrase is trying to draw attention to.

Dominator83 · Post #17 » by **Dominator83** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 7:08 pm

Cousins was a total prick in Sacramento so I get why that guy hates him. But odd timing. It's over, it's been over, and turns out they actually got a good return for him. Let it go

Post #18 » by **Cactus Jack** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 7:08 pm

Spice Melange wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:I dont get it, whats wrong what he said?

Saying "All lives matter" is a big no-no. It assumes everyone is being treated equally to begin with. He's also white and doesn't understand that he has privileges that black people don't get. You're pretty much asking to get destroyed by the internet if you say it.

RoLo wrote:Discussion on Grant Napear and the scumbag he is. those who know, know. terrible commentator, worse human being

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It's a sensitive topic at the moment. But there's absolutely nothing wrong with what was said. He's actually showing solidarity.

My take is that some of the players (in response) don't seem to like the guy all that much. For what reason? I don't know. But, it's never really a good idea to start a war on twitter & to label the guy a racist. That's childish behavior.

DarkXaero · Post #19 » by **DarkXaero** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 7:22 pm

"All Lives Matters" is the go-to retort to BLM, and downplaying BLM. It completely misses the point of BLM, racial inequality, and injustice in this country (and around the world). It's speaking from a privileged position where you're unable to grasp or understand the viewpoints of others. It ain't that hard to understand what's wrong there.

CIN-C-STAR · Post #20 » by **CIN-C-STAR** » Mon Jun 1, 2020 7:23 pm

We need NBA back, sheesh.
Maybe the guy isn't as "woke" as he could be. Maybe he was just trolling Cousins. Who cares?