link to original reddit post by /u/BBQChickenAlert23
If there are any r/nba users, you know how bad it is. They had/have a giant hate mob that would swarm posts about x player being potentially unvaccinated. If an NBA player comes out as anti-vax or not falling in line with their health standards, they will begin ridiculing their legacy instead of just letting greatness be great. John Stockton is one of the most iconic point guards of all time, but it doesn't matter because he appeared on a anti-vax documentary. They started putting his name alongside Karl Malone, who had sex with a 13 year old when he was 20 or around 20. Politics infests every single aspect of their lives and it is frankly pathetic. Professional athletes in any sport have a right to speak about what they want, but I am so tired of the media, the league, and Redditors spewing their agenda and merging the player on the court with the person off the court. Another example is Gordan Hayward, a former Celtics player who happens to support Trump, which obviously as a libertarian I don't support. Hayward broke his leg and when his political leanings came out, people began ridiculing him, wishing he never reached his pre-injury success, and hoping his career is ruined. I would cite the post, but it is so far back and I don't know if that counts as harassment to add links to the comments in terms of this sub. Yet another example is Donavan Mitchell, an amazing player for Utah, is working with lawmakers about CRT and proposing it shouldn't be banned. I simply don't care. But many people say "Utah is racist" or whatever insult they can throw. It turns out when thousands of people are in the stadium and are filled with adrenaline, some people are going to be racist shits. Just discourage that behaviour and move on. But that doesn't compute with the r/nba reeeeeeeers worldview. The sub is so incredibly rabid for progressive policies, it's ridiculous. Honestly, the next step in the wokification of sports is to completely remove the legacies of problematic players. Hopefully, at least some people relate to me and just want to watch some damn sports. As I was watching this btw, Carmelo Anthony was awarded the NBA's social justice award. I am glad the NBA recognizes a philanthropist yet refuses to acknowledge the Xinjiang genocide currently taking place in China. They shamed Daryl Morey for saying something to the effect of "Free Hong Kong". Lebron, a social justice warrior through and through, said that not everything is everyone's problem after he posts the MLK quote about threats to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. The institutions that push hypocritical nonsense is at an all-time high and one of the only truly unifying factors will vanish entirely soon due to the degradation of the hardcore fandom at the hands of r/politics users who confuse genuinely awful interactions between fans and players for systemic inequalities detailing the "true" racist nature of the US.
Tl;DR: Shut up about your damn politics, I don't give a damn, r/nba users are hardly different than r/politics users, and the NBA needs to stop virtue-signaling and accept the fact they have cucked themselves to China which is supporting genocide, unequal working conditions, environmental pollution on a mass scale, a culture which glorifies a man whose policies killed tens of millions, and the fanbase on reddit needs to stop thinking of the NBA as a vehicle for social justice and realize that the NBA supports the same regime who doesn't even have a free internet. Also God please stop pushing the SJW nonsense, I just want to watch good players play basketball, not the progressive movement trying to teach the original sin of whiteness or whatever bullshit they push to gain power. Stop celebrating political opponents doing poorly in sports unless they are a proven rapist or something, don't conflate the player with the person, and stop trying to inject your political agenda into my entertainment.