The Anthem/Flag/Troops Police, they'll be all over the man now. Also the Shut Up And Dribble contingent. Also the Ungrateful Spoiled Athlete crowd. Also the Society of All He Does Is Throw A Ball Through A Hoop, What Does He Know About Anything?
LeBron James knew all that as soon as he answered the question. He answered it anyway -- and in a way guaranteed to infuriate all of the aforementioned like nothing else.
After all, no one likes to be shrugged at. It's kind of the ultimate insult.
And LeBron did it to Our Only Available Impeached President.
Someone asked him what he thought of OOAIP saying he'd turn off the NBA if the players, coaches and officials kept up with the anthem kneeling, and LeBron ... shrugged. Said he was fine with it. Said the NBA had plenty of fans without the guy who used to be the Leader of the Free World before Donald J. "Cognitive Ace" Trump landed in the White House.
Now he's just the dotty old uncle at whom LeBron James and pretty much everyone else in the free world shrugs. Or is appalled or embarrassed by. Only the Kool-Aid drinkers take him seriously anymore.
They're out in force now on social media, bashing LeBron with the usual slanders. It seems you can be a filthy rich B-list reality show star whose stunning ignorance about virtually everything is on display every day, and some people will still take you seriously because you happened to fall into the presidency. But if you're a filthy rich athlete who actually worked for what he or she got, it somehow disqualifies you from being a serious individual with serious thoughts on the state of the nation.
What a world.
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