ESPN is no stranger to liberal politics, and they are at it again. Following Jerry Jones’ statements about enforcing players to stand for the National Anthem, Jemele Hill took to Twitter to fight back. But her fight took a controversial turn.
Jerry Jones also has created a problem for his players, specifically the black ones. If they don't kneel, some will see them as sellouts.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 9, 2017
No. Jerry has turned this into them choosing football over the community they represent and that isn't right. https://t.co/u4MgpnCDAI
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 9, 2017
No, I think the Cowboy fans — the paying customers — need to pick up this fight. Don't look to Dez or Dak. YOU do it. https://t.co/f9YjZFgGGt
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 9, 2017
Don't ask Dak, Dez & other Cowboys players to protest. A more powerful statement is if you stop watching and buying their merchandise.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 9, 2017
I could say the same for the fans. Same ones asking them to do something will willingly watch the Cowboys next week. https://t.co/3OgNnUMN9C
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 9, 2017
Cowboys have a huge national following. Lot of black & brown folks are Cowboys fans. What if they turned their backs on them? https://t.co/qezpPwDTAB
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 9, 2017
Or, how about not patronizing the advertisers who support the Cowboys? You can watch and do that, right? https://t.co/duPNqxFta7
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 9, 2017
This play always work. Change happens when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about JJ's statement, boycott his advertisers. https://t.co/LFXJ9YQe74
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 9, 2017
ESPN's Statement on Jemele Hill: pic.twitter.com/JkVoBVz7lv
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) October 9, 2017
Calling for a boycott of the Dallas Cowboys’ advertisers earned her a two-week suspension. Naturally, the left believes that their views should always have a platform to be heard regardless of corporate policy. Also, Jemele Hill happens to be black. Therefore, to suspend her is trying to silence a strong, capable colored woman which is obviously an act of systematic male white patriarchy racist oppression.
Perspectives
Barstool- Jemele Hill Goes After Jerry Jones And Advertisers, Immediately Suspended By ESPN For 2 Weeks
You can go after the Republican president. You can call him a white supremacist. You can call him a racist. You can double and triple and quadruple down on all of that. That’s not a problem. Little slap on the wrist and we’ll tell everyone you teared up in a meeting. They’ll love it. But you CANNOT go after the NFL advertisers and get away with it. Not on ESPN’s I mean Jerry Jones’ watch. JJ’s big old swingin’ dick smacking ESPN execs in the face the second those Jemele Hill tweets went live. Shit on President Trump all you want but you come after the pot o gold and Jerry will have you reading the local sports report live from the streets of Aleppo overnight.
Nothing says independent sports journalism like cowering instantly to whoever lines your pockets.
ESPN suspends Jemele Hill after tweets suggest boycotting Cowboys over Jerry Jones’ anthem stance- SportsDay
Jemele Hill called out Dez Bryant for undermining those who do protest by his refusal to join them. Dez Bryant’s response about having a family to feed, a possible foreshadow to Jerry Jones reiterating his stance on player protests.
Clay Travis- Outkick The Coverage
ESPN's entire future as business is tied to NFL. Without NFL company dies. And they have employees calling for advertiser boycotts. Amazing.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 9, 2017
MSESPN will now be devoured by alt left wing it tried to court. Going to be fun to watch. https://t.co/fV0cu0u18j
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 9, 2017
Calling the president, his staff & voters all white supremacists is infinitely worse than Jerry Jones wanting players to stand for anthem.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 9, 2017
Important @espn lesson: make up false accusations all you want about the president. But don't you dare criticize Jerry Jones.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 9, 2017
MSESPN will now be devoured by alt left wing it tried to court. Going to be fun to watch. https://t.co/fV0cu0u18j
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 9, 2017
Reactions
https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/917523669181636608
ESPN’s racist anti-Trumper Jemele Hill gets two weeks paid suspension (vacation) for second “unprofessional social violation”.
— Rich V (@N1snipe_rv) October 10, 2017
Sharpton wants black ppl to protest Jemele Hill's 2-wk suspensn.
He demands easier standards for blacks than whites (institutional racism).— Philip Schuyler (@FiveRights) October 10, 2017
Jemele Hill did four things "wrong":
1. Be Black
2. Be Female
3. Be Visible
4. Be Right
That's my type of "wrong". #IStandWithJemeleHill— srburris (@srburris) October 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/917544214027784192
Final Thoughts
This is a beautiful, yet an unfortunately unteachable moment. Liberals are tearing up ESPN for suspending an employee for free speech. From a business standpoint, ESPN has doubled down on liberal propaganda time and time again. So why anger the few people still watching the channel (when no live sports are on). The only reason they are upset is because they agree with what she said. They believe she’s standing up for civil rights. Reality check: she’s not. I agree that Jemele Hill should not have been suspended. Curt Schillings was fired for posting a meme that was personal and unrelated to sports figures that may appear on ESPN. If ESPN held the same standard, she would have been sacked a long time ago. She merely got two weeks for arguably a much worse offense. I’m going to refer back to Clay Travis’ statement about the First Amendment and boobs. Media personalities should have the freedom in their personal accounts without their employer cracking down on them but if they put in place a policy, it should be enforced fairly which ESPN didn’t do. Liberals are still silent on Curt Schilling’s termination. He didn’t say what they agree with. They say they are championing free speech when really, it’s only speech that echoes their worldview about a systematic oppression by white males. Once again, this shows how dangerous and divisive identity politics is.
