Ja Morant on video flashing another gun

[QUOTE=AlternativeAcc.;14777015]Those are the same pics bro.... are you seriously trying to imply the context of the situation matters? :facepalm


Racist cracker.[/QUOTE]

Oh those are the same pics?? :roll:

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855;14777007]I didn’t make it anything. It just is what it is. Someone who looks like Ja holds an AR on social media he’s trying to be a thug gangsta and so on. Someone who looks like Kyle Korver might well be shooting a campaign poster. He can do it with the same model that killed 22 people that morning. He can put it all over social media. And he will win too.

People from every walk of life show guns on social media. Only ones who look a certain way are generally portrayed as trying to be gangstas and thugs.

[B]Generally black and Hispanics….thugs. [/B]White guys? Different language. Dudes in here talking about he needs to be in jail….[/QUOTE]

:roll:

Italian and Irish mobsters used to be called thugs all the time. The word goes back LONG before Tupac and Ice Cube appropriated it to describe THEMSELVES.

Black rappers took a universal word, applied it to THEMSELVES, but then cry foul when everyone else says “ok, we’ll call you a thug” :roll:

The amount of mental gymnastics people will go thru to leverage the victim card is insane.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing;14777017]Oh those are the same pics?? :roll:[/QUOTE]

Yes, obviously. They are all flaunting guns for social media. The context of the situation obviously DOES NOT matter in the slightest.

If they were white it would be okay, but since they are black then everyone in those pictures is automatically deemed a thug by racists such as yourself.

- blaze

Somehow, Ja back to doing stupid shit that leads to another suspension turned into a race war. :oldlol::roll:

Tupac was in a group called "Thug Life" :lol

But yeah, when a non-Black person says it, there are ulterior motives behind it. :facepalm

You can't make this shit up with some people, especially some of these suckas on this board. They want to be a victim. A victim of anything.

I'm conflicted about this. What is Ja doing wrong if he's simply practicing his 2nd amendment right here? It's not like he's at a Grizzlies practice facility or in a league office. He's in his own car or elsewhere doing things like this. Is it extremely cringe? Yes. But should the league stop someone from displaying their 2nd amendment right? Would we say the same thing about someone displaying a cross, a star of David, or a star and crescent?

[QUOTE=HoopsNY;14777024]I'm conflicted about this. What is Ja doing wrong if he's simply practicing his 2nd amendment right here? It's not like he's at a Grizzlies practice facility or in a league office. He's in his own car or elsewhere doing things like this. Is it extremely cringe? Yes. But should the league stop someone from displaying their 2nd amendment right? Would we say the same thing about someone displaying a cross, a star of David, or a star and crescent?[/QUOTE]

He's flashing his gun in antagonistic, stereotypical 'hood' ways, after he's already been suspended for it, after he's already been in street fights with minors and portrays himself like a hoodlum.

But sure, if you ignore ALL avaliable context of the situation you can desperately make this case.


I mean teams suspend their players for shit like this all the time right? What he's doing is totally within reason and not completely out of the ordinary or self destructive at all.

[QUOTE=AlternativeAcc.;14777020]Yes, obviously. They are all flaunting guns for social media. The context of the situation obviously DOES NOT matter in the slightest.

If they were white it would be okay, but since they are black then everyone in those pictures is automatically deemed a thug by racists such as yourself.

- blaze[/QUOTE]

Because you are too stupid to understand things, the guy in the first pic is Colion Noir. Go look him up. Guess what? Him and I share the same political ideology.

And there is a high likelihood that the last picture is a group of people who commit crimes for a living. Not go on social media to show off their most recent purchase at Bob's Gun Shop.

So Black men who do not commit crimes and are not in gangs are not thugs, and Black men who do are. Same goes for any race.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing;14777027]Because you are too stupid to understand things, the guy in the first pic is Colion Noir. Go look him up. Guess what? Him and I share the same political ideology.

And there is a high likelihood that the last picture is a group of people who commit crimes for a living. Not go on social media to show off their most recent purchase at Bob's Gun Shop.

So Black men who do not commit crimes and are not in gangs are not thugs, and Black men who do are. Same goes for any race.[/QUOTE]
Holy shit his posts are going WAY over your head :lol

[QUOTE=HoopsNY;14777024]I'm conflicted about this. What is Ja doing wrong if he's simply practicing his 2nd amendment right here? It's not like he's at a Grizzlies practice facility or in a league office. He's in his own car or elsewhere doing things like this. Is it extremely cringe? Yes. But should the league stop someone from displaying their 2nd amendment right? Would we say the same thing about someone displaying a cross, a star of David, or a star and crescent?[/QUOTE]

We are doomed as a society if we are equating guns to religious symbols.

[QUOTE=AlternativeAcc.;14777026]He's flashing his gun in antagonistic, stereotypical 'hood' ways, after he's already been suspended for it, after he's already been in street fights with minors and portrays himself like a hoodlum.

But sure, if you ignore ALL avaliable context of the situation you can desperately make this case.


I mean teams suspend their players for shit like this all the time right? What he's doing is totally within reason and not completely out of the ordinary or self destructive at all.[/QUOTE]

As opposed to flashing a gun as a white person in a manner that may portray a stereotypical "mass shooter"? Where do we really draw the line here?

I get that he's behaved recklessly in the past, for which he's been punished. But getting into street fights isn't in the bill of rights. If the gun is legal, then I don't see the problem.

If he brought a weapon into a team facility or league facility, then that's different. But if he's doing his own thing, then that's his life. It reminds me of the days that David Stern would fine players for not wearing suits at NBA games and it became an issue with Allen Iverson.

[QUOTE=FultzNationRISE;14777019]:roll:

Italian and Irish mobsters used to be called thugs all the time. The word goes back LONG before Tupac and Ice Cube appropriated it to describe THEMSELVES.

Black rappers took a universal word, applied it to THEMSELVES, but then cry foul when everyone else says “ok, we’ll call you a thug” :roll:

The amount of mental gymnastics people will go thru to leverage the victim card is insane.[/QUOTE]


Talking gymnastics then referencing the era of Bugsy Seigel when talking about language used 4 minutes ago?

Gonna go ahead and leave you be on this one.

The bigger issue all of you seem to be avoiding too because you're all focused on his rights and race, and being offended, and comparing apples to oranges, is the message this sends to the millions of young people who follow him.

If you want less guns on the streets, less guns in the hands of children, less crime, less murder, then why on Earth would you record yourself flashing a weapon? And then why on Earth would some people defend that?? Ja Morant isn't a nobody off the streets. He's one of the most influential people in the world. But yeah, let's focus on words we use, the color of his skin and inconsequential nonsense that you dummies want to fret about.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing;14777029]We are doomed as a society if we are equating guns to religious symbols.[/QUOTE]

How so? They're both in the Bill of Rights. As such, they share some parallel given the inherent nature of "rights" as an American citizen.

It seems that some people are evaluating this situation without considering its context. Those asserting that they see no problem with Ja flashing a gun in a car should remember that he was recently suspended for flashing a gun at a Denver-area nightclub, which resulted in an eight-game suspension. Ja subsequently received counseling and issued a public apology, stating, '[I]I don’t condone violence of any kind, but I take full responsibility for my actions. I made a grave mistake. I can see the image that I've projected of myself through my recent mistakes. However, in the future, I intend to demonstrate who the real Ja is, what I stand for, and change this narrative that everyone has bought into[/I].'

Now, with context, can we genuinely assert that Ja has changed? Has he learned anything? Evidently, it seems he's back to behaving irresponsibly for some form of attention. It's akin to persistently having car trouble but refusing to address it. Sooner or later, you can expect to find yourself stranded on the road. Ja is that problematic car. Hopefully, he will seek assistance to improve himself before it's too late.