IggyPride00
Posts: 6,482
Jul 11, 2010 7:28pm
http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/11/jesse-jackson-lebron-james-dan-gilbert-cleveland-cavaliers/Jesse Jackson has come to the defense of LeBron James -- even though no one asked him to -- and compared Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to a "slave master."
In a harshly-worded statement, Jackson took Gilbert to task for his open letter to Cavaliers fans which slammed LeBron's decision to sign with the Miami Heat. Jackson says, "He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. His feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave."
He goes on, "LeBron is not a child, nor is he bound to play on Gilbert’s plantation and be demeaned. He has been a model citizen and has inspired the children of Akron, Cleveland, the State of Ohio and the United States."
Not sure if Cleveland fans would rush to LeBron's defense right now.
derek bomar
Posts: 3,722
Jul 11, 2010 7:30pm
let me be the first to say "get the fuck out of here Jesse"
IggyPride00
Posts: 6,482
Jul 11, 2010 7:31pm
I read the headline and I am laughing right now about just how absurd it truly is.
Jesse Jackson may have officially jumped the shark with this one.
Jesse Jackson may have officially jumped the shark with this one.
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Al Bundy
Posts: 4,180
Jul 11, 2010 7:31pm
Slavery was a terrible thing in our country's history. How can he possibly compare someone who is making tens of millions of dollars to someone who went through that awful institution?
KR1245
Posts: 4,317
Jul 11, 2010 7:32pm
This guy needs to die. I'm and tired of im throwing out the race card. Get the fuck out you piece of shit
Tigerfan00
Posts: 3,427
Jul 11, 2010 7:34pm
Get a job, Jesse
Trueblue23
Posts: 7,463
Jul 11, 2010 7:34pm
Jesse Jackson is a piece of dog shit.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Jul 11, 2010 7:34pm
I just posted over on RCF about this. Guys like jackson and sharpton do nothing but damage when they get involved...they are laughing stocks and complete jokes.
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Jul 11, 2010 7:36pm
He's grasping at straws on this one, to say the least
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sjmvsfscs08
Posts: 2,963
Jul 11, 2010 7:37pm
He needs to die already. What a piece of shit. If MLK were around today he'd be disgusted.
IggyPride00
Posts: 6,482
Jul 11, 2010 7:45pm
If offering a guy a 6 year deal worth $120+ million to stay is the going rate for slave labor today where can I get an application.
He has gone to some ludicrous links to draw race into a conversation in the past, but this one really takes the cake.
It is an insult to those whose ancestors were real slaves and truly suffered to compare the owner of a basketball team paying every minority on the team at least $1 million a year to a slavemaster. Not to mention comparing Lebron James to a slave, when he makes $40+ million a year for his services.
The reverend is just doing what he does, but it is particularly heinous given the circumstances and the images he is trying to invoke.
He has gone to some ludicrous links to draw race into a conversation in the past, but this one really takes the cake.
It is an insult to those whose ancestors were real slaves and truly suffered to compare the owner of a basketball team paying every minority on the team at least $1 million a year to a slavemaster. Not to mention comparing Lebron James to a slave, when he makes $40+ million a year for his services.
The reverend is just doing what he does, but it is particularly heinous given the circumstances and the images he is trying to invoke.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Jul 11, 2010 7:47pm
My best friend just said "We don't even like Jesse Jackson"...
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jul 11, 2010 7:51pm
Jesse is a racist...and a really bad one at that. This type of crap is why Triv and Rushbo race bait the way they do. Yeah, Gilbert is pissed because a black guy jumped ship. Yeah that's it.
newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Jul 11, 2010 7:52pm
Jesse Jackson is nothing but a racist who gets only one kind of human being to follow him and that is the weak who can not think on their on.
just_a_swimmer
Posts: 674
Jul 11, 2010 8:17pm
I just want to tell him to shut up. He is so far off base.
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mallymal614
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Jul 11, 2010 8:56pm
BCBulldog
Posts: 824
Jul 11, 2010 9:13pm
Keep talking Jackson, you just make Dan Gilbert look even more credible.
krazie45
Posts: 1,055
Jul 11, 2010 9:15pm
Yea Jackson is only helping Gilbert on this one....what an idiot
killer_ewok
Posts: 11,379
Jul 11, 2010 9:23pm
DeyDurkie5
Posts: 11,324
Jul 11, 2010 9:25pm
black people are the worst sometimes
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sjmvsfscs08
Posts: 2,963
Jul 11, 2010 9:28pm
easyyy killer..
Writerbuckeye
Posts: 4,745
Jul 11, 2010 11:31pm
Tigerfan00;420718 wrote:Get a job, Jesse
He has one. He's America's biggest race baiter and one of its best shakedown artists. Where do you think the money comes from?
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Fidmeister
Posts: 249
Jul 11, 2010 11:36pm
We should have seen this coming.
After all, when's the last time Jesse was in the news?
What a chode.
After all, when's the last time Jesse was in the news?
What a chode.
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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Jul 11, 2010 11:46pm
Shut the Fuck up Jesse. Jesse may have picked the wrong person to try and call out in Dan Gilbert. From what I have read about Dan he is someone who might react to this.
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Fidmeister
Posts: 249
Jul 11, 2010 11:55pm
KR1245;420716 wrote:This guy needs to die. I'm and tired of im throwing out the race card. Get the fuck out you piece of shit
No one needs to die just because they happen to do things that seem irrational. Slow down with the hate.
Jesse tosses a race card in when there typically aren't any needed. Think back to Ray Rhodes getting fired after a season in Green Bay. Don't see Jesse coming to defend all the white coaches getting canned after one season.