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	[quote name="Ice Cream Jonsey"]First of all, free Hong Kong. CALTROPS is disgusted with the authoritative fascism exhibited by the government of mainland China. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. Secondly, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support for Hong Kong and the government of China found out about it. And those goddamn pussies FREAKED THE FUCK OUT. Over a tweet! A tweet! <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/10/7/20902700/daryl-morey-tweet-china-nba-hong-kong">Here's an article about it, lemme quote some stuff.</a> [quote]On Friday, Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted something a bit outside his lane as a sports guy but fundamentally banal in the context of American public opinion: “fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.” Athletes and sports figures have sparked controversies for generations in American politics by wading into contested political issues. These controversies have only heated up in the Trump era. But Morey turns out to have stepped onto a much bigger landmine — Chinese politics, just as the National Basketball Association grows more thirsty to get into the Chinese market.[/quote] The Chinese government is harvesting organs from minorities. Every single person that owns an NBA team is a millionaire a zillion times over. How fucking greedy do you have to be to still want in on their money? [quote]Morey got himself denounced by the Chinese consulate in Houston and by the owner of his team. His tweet was deleted, the Chinese Basketball Association announced that it is suspending all cooperation with the Rockets, Morey was made to apologize, and the NBA put out a statement characterizing his tweet as “regrettable” and clarifying that his support for Hong Kong protesters “does not represent the Rockets or the NBA.” The Rockets are reportedly considering firing Morey in an effort to appease the Chinese.[/quote] They aren't - Morey is the only guy in the world that could have taken the Rockets to where they are now without waiting around 7-10 years for a Zion/LeBron/Duncan to fall into their laps, so this is shitty reporting, but Adam Silver of the NBA kneeling to China is the weakest-ass shit I've ever seen. [quote]Meanwhile, the NBA’s eagerness to squash a backlash in China is prompting its own backlash in American politics. Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke, and Julián Castro were among those to swiftly denounce the NBA for giving in to Chinese denunciations.[/quote] Way to get those three guys to all agree on something. I'm fucking sorry, it's nothing but greed on the part of the part of the owners of the NBA teams. That's it. Money over freedom of expression against a tyrannical government. "Pressure to fire Morey" - FUCK YOU - owner of the Rockets is Tilman Fertitta and he is an enormous piece of shit for not doubling down on this and supporting his GM and the protesters in Hong Kong. ICJ[/quote]