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And thus, there is the stupid, “I don’t understand”: Understand. They hate you. They hate everything about you. They want you dead. You are in the way of their Marxist Utopia. That is ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND about them.
I can almost envision it, Americans lead to the box cars, put up against the wall and shot, loudly proclaiming, “I don’t understand!”
FFS.
Charles and other people of good faith, from all races, colors, and walks of life, want allies in the pursuit of equality and fairness. The people he is scolding do not want those things. They want power, nothing else.
Charles is a Democrat, but he definitely talks some serious common sense to the black community every once in a while. I’ve always liked him, and I especially liked his big black ass back when I was a 76ers fan. Guy could box people out like nobody’s business.
What is a semite?
Good on ya Chuck. Well stated and compelling.
For several years now he has been one of the few people in the entire sports world — players, coaches, media types, ownership and management— whose opinions are worth a warm bucket of spit AND he has a platform and isn’t afraid to use it. That’s a hero in my book.
Re: “And thus, there is the stupid, “I don’t understand””
In common usage, people use that phrase to mean many things, only one of which is an actual failure to comprehend the situation in front of them.
More likely he means “this makes no sense” or “I need you to explain in more detail”, or something alomg those lines.
I do this myself and have realized over the last couple of years that other phrases would really be more accurate. Still, I suspect the larger message gets through more than not.