Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Wants To Censor Conservatives
Former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is demanding that conservatives be censored and silenced. He said that celebrities that have different views from his be silenced on social media. He claims that those stars are spreading “irrational and harmful opinions to millions.”
The former basketball player wrote an article for The Hollywood Reporter in which he focused on celebrities like Jon Voight and James Woods. But it’s not just the conservatives that should be silenced, according to Jabbar. Even liberal celebrities who are not woke enough should also be censored. The best example is Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who said a difference between a biological woman and a transgender woman.
“Social media companies have begun slapping warnings on some messages that are false, incite violence, or cause harm to society. But this needs to be done with more consistency and vigilance,” the old player wrote.
“Many Americans imbue stars with political and social intelligence they just don’t have… It doesn’t help to be surrounded by fawning people whose job it is to agree with everything you say. The irresponsibility of tweeting irrational and harmful opinions to millions, regardless of the damaging consequences to their country or people’s lives, proves that those stars deserve the harsh backlash,” he added.
As expected, he made no mention of the liberals who have shared false information and those who have called for violence against celebrities. He did not call for them to be silenced. For example, director Rob Reiner has called President Trump a murderer several times. He has also branded the President and his supporters as racists, but he has not faced any kind of backlash for his statements. Another example is actress Debra Messing who once claimed that the President is a pedophile and a racist. Not only that, but she also expressed her wish that President Trump gets raped in prison.
It seems that Jabbar is okay with people spreading false information if they are on his side, which is the usual thing with leftists.