6-time NBA Champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar expressed his disdain for the Brooklyn Nets’ point guard Kyrie Irving saying he’s “more destructive, insensitive, and just plain silly than before” after Irving shared a clip of an Alex Jones segment from 2002.
Kyrie Irving during Nets @ Cavs, 17 January 2022 Photo Credit: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
In the middle of September, Irving took to his Instagram where he shared a post from The Free Thought Project to his Instagram stories that featured an old video from Alex Jones where the InfoWars boss talks about corrupt empires, secret societies, and oligarchies.
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In the video, Jones says, “The facts and common sense are in. Yes, there have been corrupt empires. Yes, they manipulate. Yes, there are secret societies. Yes, there have been oligarchies throughout history. And yes, today in 2002, there is a tyrannical organization calling itself the New World Order pushing for worldwide government, a cashless society, total and complete tyranny.”
Jones continues, “By centralizing and socializing health care, the state becomes God basically when it comes to your health. And then by releasing diseases and viruses and plagues upon us, we then basically get shoved into their system, where human beings are absolutely worthless.”
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Abdul-Jabbar took exception to the sharing of the video addressing it on his Substack. He first insinuates that Irving is the product of a failed education system.
He writes, “Kyrie Irving’s thought process is an example of what happens when the education system fails.”
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From there Abdul-Jabbar recapped a previous post where he attacked Irving for his refusal to get vaccinated. He wrote, “This reckless choice was destructive to the country and especially the Black community where he would be an influential role model. The facts proved that accusation to be true. Irving didn’t care. He continued to promote his anti-vax sentiments—regardless of the cost in lives and health to others—proclaiming himself a ‘martyr.’ Not kidding.”
Ironically, Abdul-Jabbar chides Irving as being a product of the education system failing, but it appears, as is most often the case, he’s projecting his own insecurities and defects as the evidence overwhelmingly supports Irving’s decision to not get vaccinated as the vaccines do not prevent infection and you are still at risk of transmitting the virus even if you are vaccinated. On top of that, they are constantly rolling out new booster shots because their effectiveness against the virus wears off.
Hall-of-Famer and Global Cultural Ambassador for the U.S. Department of State Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses the importance of education, social and racial tolerance, cultural understanding, and using sports as a means of empowerment with youth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 26, 2012. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nevertheless, Abdul-Jabbar continued his attack against Irving and specifically pointed to the Alex Jones video, writing, “But now Irving is back and more destructive, insensitive, and just plain silly than before. He decided it would be a good idea to post a 2002 video clip from Infowars founder Alex Jones.”
He adds, “The main gist of the clip is a warning about a cabal of international leaders who are secretly releasing plagues on the world from which they can profit. (Of course, we know who really profits from making this claim.)”
Kyrie Irving via Brooklyn Nets YouTube
From there Abdul-Jabbar describes Irving as “one of the most despicable human beings alive” because he shared the clip.
“Alex Jones is one of the most despicable human beings alive and to associate with him means you share his stench,” he stated.
He continued to name-call, “Kyrie Irving would be dismissed as a comical buffoon if it weren’t for his influence over young people who look up to athletes.”
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The NBA champion then began to conclude his attack against Irving and encouraged his followers to send him “nasty tweets.”
“Irving does not seem to have the capacity to change, but we have the capacity to keep fighting against his brand of destructive behavior,” the former Los Angeles Lakers wrote. “One way to do that, beyond shaking our heads and nasty tweets, is to write to his sponsors and tell them to drop Irving—or you will drop them.”
He then specifically calls for his readers to target Nike, Pepsi, and 2K Sports, “Nike has likely decided not to renew his contract past this season. But he is still sponsored by Pepsi and 2K Sports. (Don’t feel bad for Irving: his career earnings at the end of the 2022-’23 season will be $230 million. That buys a lot of Yes-people.)”
Kyrie Irving via Brooklyn Nets YouTube
The attack from Abdul-Jabbar will be unlikely to phase Irving. The NBA star recently revealed he passed on a 4-year $100 million contract to remain unvaccinated.
During the Nets’ media day he said, “I gave up four years, a hundred and something million deciding to be unvaccinated and that was the decision because the contract [was] get vaccinated or be unvaccinated and there’s a level of uncertainty of your future whether you’re going to be in this league, whether you’re going to be on this team.
He explained, “So I had to deal with that real life circumstance of losing my job for this decision. So I was dealing with all of those emotions while trying to secure my future for my family, ultimately.”
“It was a lot of decisions that had to be made, but a lot of truthful conversations that gave me peace of mind to come back and really just be all in,” he concluded.
He also took to Twitter at the end of September declaring the vaccine/pandemic as “one of the biggest violations of HUMAN RIGHTS in history.”
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