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6. I feel like the Kyrie situation is a no win situation for Jews like myself.
Mon Nov 7, 2022, 09:16 AM
Nov 2022

We lose by engaging it because it amplifies the already a large audience he has on his disposal due to social media. But we also lose by ignoring it because history has showed us ignoring open bigotry comes with very negative consequences.


On another subject, some figures in the sports world I think have nailed the problem with Kyrie.


Shannon Sharpe said when Kyrie started with his "flat earth stuff" that he was just like a "preacher outside a grocery store." And we just blow him off. But all of a sudden he has a congregation he's spewing the foolishness, which leads to other people spreading the foolishness.




Stephen A Smith said Kyrie thinks he's just so much smarter than everyone else. As sarcastically put it "we're not absorbing the brilliance of him."

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