Conservative Gun Nuts Call For Boycott Of NBA Over Anti-Gun Violence Ads
On Christmas Day, a number of public service announcements were aired during NBA games that were aired on ESPN and ABC. The ads featured NBA stars alongside the families of gun violence victims, all calling for an end to killings, especially in the inner-city. Movie director Spike Lee was also involved in the series of PSAs that will be played during games throughout the season.
The campaign is the result of a partnership between the league and Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun violence awareness group that was started by Michael Bloomberg. The organization has been pushing for tougher gun control laws since the deadly mass shootings at Sandy Hook in 2012. These ads with the NBA will naturally raise the group’s profile. At the same time, the NBA has made sure to point out that the partnership is only on an educational level regarding personal safety, and they aren’t taking a political stance on gun control.
Despite the NBA making what should be a universally approved statement about wanting to end needless gun violence in this country, a bunch of ammosexuals took the ads as an affront to their Second Amendment rights and constitutionally protected freedoms. Before, during and after the PSAs were first broadcast, conservative patriots took to Twitter to bitch about the NBA and call for a boycott of the league.
Time To #BoycottNBA – N.B.A. Lends Its Name and Its Stars to Everytown for Gun Safety Campaign Against Gun… https://t.co/YhRrdTk73w
— Gun Culture World (@guncultureworld) December 23, 2015
How many NBA stars have armed guards and/or guns of their own? #BoycottNBA https://t.co/Tcljis16ob
— Steele Witch (@botticellicream) December 24, 2015
RT @NoKingButJesus The @NBA & #HillaryClinton JUST LIKE EVERY #FASCIST & #UnAmerican WANT YOUR GUNS & UNABLE 2 PROTECT YOURSELF #BoycottNBA
— ChangeWeCanBelieveIn (@ChangeWeCanBeli) December 24, 2015
BOYCOTT THE #UNAMERICAN #NBA HEY #NBA – STICK TO #Basketball & STAY AWAY from #Fascist politics #DontWatchNBA Basketball #2A #BoycottNBA
— Cause of Liberty † (@CauseOfLiberty) December 24, 2015
@NBA @PelicansNBA @MiamiHEAT @ESPNNBA Guns don’t kill people – Democrat/NBA apologists for gang-violence KILLS PEOPLE! #boycottNBA
— Serendipity (@Allephemeral) December 24, 2015
BOYCOTT #NBA #Basketball >>> #BoycottNBA <<< as they are #UnAmerican and like ALL #FASCISTS want YOUR #GUNS!
— Federal Tyranny † ✡ (@FederalTyranny) December 25, 2015
#BoycottNBA @NRA > @NBA Because life is not a game played on a court Life is for keeps I’ll keep my guns & find new sports to watch #2A
— Room 101 (@suscitate) December 25, 2015
#NBAXmas #BoycottNBA #NRAnotNBA #NRAnotNBA #NRAnotNBA #NRAnotNBA #NRA #Freedom rich millionaires wanting you to give up your guns #TCOT
— JDR SaintPlantagenet (@NRA2ndAmendment) December 25, 2015
Besides being upset about their gun rights supposedly being taken away by basketball players, you’ll notice that many of the Twitter users using the hashtag #BoycottNBA also tend to have a white nationalist bent to them. For some weird reason, I’d figure these folks weren’t exactly watching a lot of pro basketball prior to this announcement. Call it a hunch.
These people are of such low intelligence and knowledge that communication is impossible. However they are violent and must be PERMANENTLY SQUELCHED!!!