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re: Miami Heat take photo honoring Trayvon Martin
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:41 pm to Nonetheless
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:41 pm to Nonetheless
I want my celebrity's to do what they got famous for doing, i don't want to hear about your political views or make "statements" that are completely pointless. You want to help? Go visit a sick kid in the hospital who is a huge fan. Give some money to a family in need in your city.
You took a picture 2 weeks after the issue because geraldo turned this into an even bigger race issue.
You took a picture 2 weeks after the issue because geraldo turned this into an even bigger race issue.
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Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:41 pm to shel311
I just wanted you to quote me. Check.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:42 pm to shel311
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It raised awareness
Awareness of what? Its blasted over every fricking news station, hence WHY they took the picture. We are already aware of whats going on.
This post was edited on 3/23/12 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:42 pm to barry
Nobody without a cable tv show should be able to comment on anything going on in the world... because they're so much smarter than us!!!
Everybody should just shut the frick up and not express any opinions or take any stands!!!
I can't believe these guys even watch the news. They should be practicing jump shots. I bet thats what Jordan would be doing!!!
Everybody should just shut the frick up and not express any opinions or take any stands!!!
I can't believe these guys even watch the news. They should be practicing jump shots. I bet thats what Jordan would be doing!!!
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:43 pm to barry
quote:Again, it wasn't pointless.
i don't want to hear about your political views or make "statements" that are completely pointless.
quote:
You want to help? Go visit a sick kid in the hospital who is a huge fan
You don't think they do this kind of stuff?
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:44 pm to barry
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Awareness of what? Its blasted over every fricking news station, hence WHY they took the picture. We are already aware of whats going on.
Yea, i'm sure absolutely no one will be made aware of it from this.
Not one person. I mean, really?
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:45 pm to barry
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Awareness of what? Its blasted over every fricking news station, hence WHY they took the picture. We are already aware of whats going on.
I'm glad someone else other than me pointed this out. I'd just get blasted if I did so.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:45 pm to shel311
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Again, it wasn't pointless.
What did it do? and don't say awareness, that like saying cancer awareness, everyone already knows about it.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:45 pm to KillerNut9
quote:Just fulfilling your duty, is all.
I just wanted you to quote me. Check.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:47 pm to barry
quote:Everyone?
What did it do? and don't say awareness, that like saying cancer awareness, everyone already knows about it.
Again, you're going to honestly try and tell me that everyone knows about it and not one single person or group of people will be made aware of it from this???
Or maybe they're vaguely aware and a big NBA fan or Heat fan or Lebron fan or Wade fan, so this makes that group of people become more educated on this issue.
Come on man.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:50 pm to shel311
This sort of thing just bugs me because people get all bent out of shape and do stuff like take pictures like this, then two weeks later no one cares. Its just the latest news story blown up by the news media and will get bickered about for a couple weeks cause its race related.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:52 pm to barry
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This sort of thing just bugs me because people get all bent out of shape and do stuff like take pictures like this, then two weeks later no one cares
My take is that doing something is better than doing nothing.
And if i'm not doing a damn thing in this or any other instance, which I'm not, then who the hell am I to tell someone that they shouldn't be supporting a cause and trying to do something good?
Posted on 3/23/12 at 7:57 pm to barry
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What did it do? and don't say awareness, that like saying cancer awareness, everyone already knows about it.
This is a ridiculously stupid comment. Yes, everyone knows about cancer, but you can still raise awareness of it because the majority of people rarely think about it until it actually affects their lives in some direct way. The raising of cancer awareness is to get these people thinking about and hopefully doing something about it in some small way, instead of just waiting until it actually affects their lives.
As for the Martin case, not everyone knows about it. There are millions of people that never watch the news. There are millions of people in the US who have no idea that this occurred, especially in the young community (since they're more likely to not watch the news). Young people are also more likely to be on twitter. If only one person found out about it by following LeBron or the Heat, then yes it raised awareness.
Now maybe no one learned about it through this channel then fine. It happens, but why are we sitting here being upset over an athlete/organization that felt the need to show support for the family and the real issue at hand "shooting a black kid for wearing a hoodie."
Is this some kind of monumental gesture by the Heat? No, but why does it affect your life in such a negative way that you feel the need to come onto a message board to say how pointless it is? I'll never understand people like you.
This post was edited on 3/23/12 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 3/23/12 at 8:35 pm to jturn17
This proves to me that the NBA cares.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 10:29 pm to jturn17
This may make me look stupid but I learned alot more about the situation after this picture fwiw
Posted on 3/23/12 at 10:34 pm to barry
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I want my celebrity's to do what they got famous for doing, i don't want to hear about your political views or make "statements" that are completely pointless
I've never understood this pov. It's almost like people are jealous of rich and famous people for being rich and famous, so they demand celebrities not exercise their rights, or have viewpoints.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 10:41 pm to Tigerfan56
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but I learned alot more about the situation after this picture fwiw
Bam. I'm claiming victory here lol.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 10:54 pm to BayouBengals03
What's so funny
Posted on 3/23/12 at 11:41 pm to shel311
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We don't know the whole story with OJ, but it didn't stop everyone from saying he's guilty.
Surprisingly, quite a few also felt OJ was innocent....
If OJ didn't do it, you would think there would have been at least one other suspect over the years!!
Posted on 3/24/12 at 12:01 am to LSUIEGRAD13
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We don't know the whole story. Every time a black young man dies it's the same story. He was such a good kid.
And every time a young black man dies, someone always assumes he was a thug who had it coming.
Don't make blind assumptions.
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