July 12, 201016 yr I think I will hold back my comments at first and see where this discussion goes. What are your thoughts? Jesse Jackson criticized Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert on Sunday, saying Gilbert sees LeBron James as a "runaway slave" and that the owner's comments after the free-agent forward decided to join the Miami Heat put the player in danger. http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/11/jesse-jackson-cavs-owner-has-slave-master-mentality-about-leb/?ncid=edlinkusspor00000004 http://www.freep.com/article/20100712/SPORTS03/100712043/1320/Jackson-stands-by-remarks-about-Gilbert
July 12, 201016 yr I think I will hold back my comments at first and see where this discussion goes. What are your thoughts? Jesse Jackson criticized Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert on Sunday, saying Gilbert sees LeBron James as a "runaway slave" and that the owner's comments after the free-agent forward decided to join the Miami Heat put the player in danger. http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/11/jesse-jackson-cavs-owner-has-slave-master-mentality-about-leb/?ncid=edlinkusspor00000004 http://www.freep.com/article/20100712/SPORTS03/100712043/1320/Jackson-stands-by-remarks-about-Gilbert Jesse is trying to get his name in the paper, because no one cares what he has to say.
July 13, 201016 yr What a joke. Michael Wilbon was freaking agreeing with him! Where was the Rev. when Packers fans were saying the same things about Favre? I mean come on, have we really turned the clock back that far?
July 13, 201016 yr Didn't LeBron get paid millions of dollars to play basketball? Jesse Jackson is disrespecting what African Americans went through with Slavery if he is calling Lebron a slave.
July 13, 201016 yr Pretty much the only thing that this has in common with Slaves is that Lebron is an African American.
July 13, 201016 yr Jesse Jackson thinks he is calling out hate-mongers, but all his words ever do is stir up controversy. He thinks he is bridging the gap between cultures but all things like this could do is tear us apart. Dan Gilbert's words were alot of things but they were not racist or reminiscent of a slave master IMO.
July 13, 201016 yr Pretty much the only thing that this has in common with Slaves is that Lebron is an African American. If anything the league and sportsnation as a whole are the slaves. We were held captive for two years while LeBron danced around and promoted his own free agency.
July 13, 201016 yr Leave it to JJ to come up with a crazy analogy like this one. He reminds me of Charlie Brown's teacher, every time he opens his mouth you just hear the same thing. JJ is like a vuvuzela, just tune him out.
July 13, 201016 yr What a joke. Michael Wilbon was freaking agreeing with him! Where was the Rev. when Packers fans were saying the same things about Favre? I mean come on, have we really turned the clock back that far? Not that I agree with Jesse, but he's talking about the comments that Dan Gilbert had, and not the Cavs fans.
July 13, 201016 yr Jesse Jackson is one of the most racist people in America and no one calls him out on it. Its absurd.
July 13, 201016 yr Jesse Jackson is one of the most racist people in America and no one calls him out on it. Its absurd. Why should anyone bother? Jesse Jackson has been irrelevant for a long, long time.
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