Kobe Bryant Slammed For Refusing to Back Trayvon Martin

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Finally common sense.

As he says . How can we advance when we defend someone just because they are black.

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/03/27/kobe-bryant-slammed-refusing-back-trayvon-martin

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By: Daniel Flynn (Breitbart)

Kobe Bryant has his own opinion. Some people don’t like it—the opinion and the fact that it’s his own.

The injured Los Angeles Laker told the New Yorker’s Ben McGrath that the Miami Heat collectively taking Trayvon Martin’s side in the George Zimmerman case represented a reflexive racial reaction. The team posed for a provocative picture in hoodies in homage to the slain Florida teenager two years ago.

“I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American,” Bryant told the magazine. “That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well… then don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.”

Bryant, who grew up in Italy before playing high school basketball outside of Philadelphia, has endured a torrent of online abuse stemming from his refusal to take up the cause of seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin, a basketball fan killed on his way back to watch Kobe Bryant in the second half of the 2012 NBA all-star game.

Jim Brown tells the New Yorker, “[Kobe] is somewhat confused about culture, because he was brought up in another country.” Jamilah King at Colorlines lambasted Bryant for this “stingy insistence on clinging to a ‘post-racial’ identity, this very old, conservative notion that black people should not be treated differently in this country—despite all of the evidence, like Martin’s death, that they are.”

A piece at The Urban Daily (ellipses in original) declared, “Over the span of Kobe Bryant‘s career….we’ve seen him do and say some very smug, cavalier and even cornball things at times but the comments that he made regarding the Miami Heat’s support after Trayvon Martin was killed…by far takes the cake!”

[Karee 4,191]

I don't care for Kobe Bryant, because I personally think he raped that girl in Colorado. Also, he's a Laker. However, he hit the nail on the head in that interview.

[Robby999 1,024]

He best be careful with blasmephemeous statements like that, he will never be invited to the White House again with those racist views.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't a lot of white people react to this as well?

Can't say I'm surprised though. When it comes to stuff like this, no one listens to the thousands of voices that all have the same verdict. They find the one person of color who doesn't agree with it, and that's who they rally behind. It was the same thing when Charles Barkley said it. Now's there's two black people who find him at fault so it must be true.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Funny, I don't remember anyone saying he was automatically innocent because he was black. But, that's what the right-wing echo chamber will do: distort people's memories.

[Peikko 1,575]

Finally common sense.

As he says . How can we advance when we defend someone just because they are black.

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/03/27/kobe-bryant-slammed-refusing-back-trayvon-martin

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Kobe Bryant Slammed For Refusing to Back Trayvon Martin

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By: Daniel Flynn (Breitbart)

Kobe Bryant has his own opinion. Some people don’t like it—the opinion and the fact that it’s his own.

The injured Los Angeles Laker told the New Yorker’s Ben McGrath that the Miami Heat collectively taking Trayvon Martin’s side in the George Zimmerman case represented a reflexive racial reaction. The team posed for a provocative picture in hoodies in homage to the slain Florida teenager two years ago.

“I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American,” Bryant told the magazine. “That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well… then don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.”

Bryant, who grew up in Italy before playing high school basketball outside of Philadelphia, has endured a torrent of online abuse stemming from his refusal to take up the cause of seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin, a basketball fan killed on his way back to watch Kobe Bryant in the second half of the 2012 NBA all-star game.

Jim Brown tells the New Yorker, “[Kobe] is somewhat confused about culture, because he was brought up in another country.” Jamilah King at Colorlines lambasted Bryant for this “stingy insistence on clinging to a ‘post-racial’ identity, this very old, conservative notion that black people should not be treated differently in this country—despite all of the evidence, like Martin’s death, that they are.”

A piece at The Urban Daily (ellipses in original) declared, “Over the span of Kobe Bryant‘s career….we’ve seen him do and say some very smug, cavalier and even cornball things at times but the comments that he made regarding the Miami Heat’s support after Trayvon Martin was killed…by far takes the cake!”

Society can't advance under those conditions, but who, apart from you and the author are saying that this is in fact why people did support Trayvon Martin? That point is not proved, not even a small iota of proof is provided it's just an assumption based on some basic statements made. If all you got to make your point is drivel, you do not have much of a point. Oh, that's right, you don't

[Danno 1,228]

Funny, I don't remember anyone saying he was automatically innocent because he was black. But, that's what the right-wing echo chamber will do: distort people's memories.

"He was HUNTED down and murdered"

sounds like they thought he was innocent.

Society can't advance under those conditions, but who, apart from you and the author are saying that this is in fact why people did support Trayvon Martin? That point is not proved, not even a small iota of proof is provided it's just an assumption based on some basic statements made. If all you got to make your point is drivel, you do not have much of a point. Oh, that's right, you don't

There was only one reason so many were invested in the death of that kid....... this time the gun was shot by a "white hispanic."

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

"He was HUNTED down and murdered"

sounds like they thought he was innocent.

And who would you be quoting? And why does what this person says matter?

And what does being hunted have to do with race?

So many questions, so little answers.

Edited March 28, 2014 by Harpa Timsah

[Danno 1,228]

And who would you be quoting? And why does what this person says matter?

That was from respected voices on networks and in print.

Not some hothead on the street.

[Peikko 1,575]

"He was HUNTED down and murdered"

sounds like they thought he was innocent.

There was only one reason so many were invested in the death of that kid....... this time the gun was shot by a "white hispanic."

You make no sense. Who was 'invested' in the death of Trayvon? A vested interest, perhaps but that's again making a huge number of unsubstantiated assumptions. If you thrive on this kinda pulp journalism it presumably speaks to you. For most people this is just more twaddle.

[Danno 1,228]

You make no sense. Who was 'invested' in the death of Trayvon? A vested interest, perhaps but that's again making a huge number of unsubstantiated assumptions. If you thrive on this kinda pulp journalism it presumably speaks to you. For most people this is just more twaddle.

Are you insulting African American leaders?

They were most often hear speaking these comments.

were you not paying attention?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Are you insulting African American leaders?

They were most often hear speaking these comments.

were you not paying attention?

English only outside the regional forums.

Reported!

[Peikko 1,575]

Are you insulting African American leaders?

They were most often hear speaking these comments.

were you not paying attention?

More idiotic African American leaders? Who are they please? There are people who believe an unarmed 17 year old shouldn't have been stalked and shot to death, lots of people. Whatever way you look at this case, the shooter made some incredibly poor decisions that resulted in a death that should never have occurred. This worries lots of people in the US, did then, does now. That there wasn't enough evidence to convict is one thing, that he was justified in doing what he did quite another. Morally, it was and is unjustified. I think even the shooter knows this which is why he is acting out so badly now. He's unstable and getting more likely to suffer a breakdown every day. The point was and is, the assertion that those who supported Trayvon did so because he is black is utterly and entirely unproven and substantially wrong.

Edited March 29, 2014 by The Truth™

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

More idiotic African American leaders? Who are they please? There are people who believe an unarmed 17 year old shouldn't have been stalked and shot to death, lots of people. Whatever way you look at this case, the shooter made some incredibly poor decisions that resulted in a death that should never have occurred. This worries lots of people in the US, did then, does now. That there wasn't enough evidence to convict is one thing, that he was justified in doing what he did quite another. Morally, it was and is unjustified. I think even the shooter knows this which is why he is acting out so badly now. He's unstable and getting more likely to suffer a breakdown every day. The point was and is, the assertion that those who supported Trayvon did so because he is black is utterly and entirely unproven and substantially wrong.

The worst thing is, here we never blame the shooter. It's always the victim's fault. He shouldn't have played his music so loud, shouldn't have attacked the man who was stalking him, shouldn't have rolled his window down to say he's sorry. They're always at fault.

[Peikko 1,575]

The worst thing is, here we never blame the shooter. It's always the victim's fault. He shouldn't have played his music so loud, shouldn't have attacked the man who was stalking him, shouldn't have rolled his window down to say he's sorry. They're always at fault.

You are not wrong. We are expected to approve these liberal gun rights yet no one is interested in the ethical considerations of shooting another human being no matter what the circumstances. This is a huge mistake. The very last thing that should be considered is killing someone and yet the gun aficiandos are all over shoot first so you don't lose your armed advantage as if the US is a war zone. It's pathetic and a sad indictment of the modern US. My understanding was always that even a hunter considering taking the life of an animal valued the life of that animal and didn't take it lightly. Now, no one bothers about such things, it's not important. Life is indeed cheap.