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DemocratSinceBirth

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11. To his eternal credit the career leader in points scored in the NBA and towering intellect nailed it

Reply to grantcart (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:55 AM

Jul 2020

After all, if it’s OK to discriminate against one group of people by hauling out cultural stereotypes without much pushback, it must be OK to do the same to others. Illogic begets illogic

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2020 OP

Good on Kareem frazzled Jul 2020 #1

Kareem has long been one of the most decent human beings malaise Jul 2020 #2

Indeed, A Real Mensch Skraxx Jul 2020 #9

Cube has been antisemitic for a long time. BGBD Jul 2020 #3

He accused Abdul-Jabbar of "getting his 30 pieces of silver". Behind the Aegis Jul 2020 #10

Nick Cannon too. cwydro Jul 2020 #4

Didn't he just get fired over anti Semetic remarks? grantcart Jul 2020 #5

I don't know, but I did read that he had apologized for them. cwydro Jul 2020 #6

Fired by Viacom forgiven by Fox grantcart Jul 2020 #7

Ah. cwydro Jul 2020 #8

To his eternal credit the career leader in points scored in the NBA and towering intellect nailed it DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2020 #11

A giant who is very tall. grantcart Jul 2020 #12

Great to see this and not surprised from Kareen Abdul-Jabbar . While he is known as a sports figure JI7 Jul 2020 #13

He's a cool guy...he wrote a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, about Mycroft... First Speaker Jul 2020 #14