Sunday, October 13, 2019

Which American sports league is wokest?

In the New York Post, Jon Schweppe writes an article entitled, "How the NBA censored me on American soil."
At this point, it’s fair to wonder: What values does the NBA really stand for? In recent years, the league has taken pains to exhibit a concern for “social justice,” with prominent players speaking out in favor of almost exclusively progressive political causes and executives encouraging such activism.

Most notably, in 2016 the NBA used its influence to push a gender ideology and lobby against a “bathroom bill” law in North Carolina that would have protected women in private spaces — going so far as to move the NBA All-Star game out of Charlotte to New Orleans. Far from avoiding political controversy, the league seemed to embrace it when the targets were American conservatives.

But the NBA’s courage to speak truth to power dissipates when faced with the power of China’s monstrous Communist regime. When Chairman Xi yanks the NBA’s corporate chain, the league tells its fans: “Shut up and watch us dribble.”

This should be very worrying for all Americans, not just sports fans. If the price of US companies doing business in China involves self-censorship, there should be no sale. Free speech is a bedrock American principle, not some cheap slogan that can be auctioned off to the highest bidder. When Beijing can force the country’s wokest sports league to practice Chinese-style censorship and authoritarianism on American soil, free trade has gone too far.

This should be very worrying for all Americans, not just sports fans. If the price of US companies doing business in China involves self-censorship, there should be no sale. Free speech is a bedrock American principle, not some cheap slogan that can be auctioned off to the highest bidder. When Beijing can force the country’s wokest sports league to practice Chinese-style censorship and authoritarianism on American soil, free trade has gone too far.
Read what happened to him here.

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