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Squall28
10/05/19 12:45:46 AM
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man fuck the Chinese government. Oppressive regime won't take any criticism and brainwashed it's people

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGFgkb_VAAAXi6M.jpg

https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/1180327691951788033?s=21

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGFgkb8UUAA1hCZ.jpg
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PleaseClap
10/05/19 12:47:26 AM
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You might want to mention that that second link is the owner of the Rockets.
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spudger
10/05/19 12:50:48 AM
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nba wants it china $$
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Squall28
10/05/19 1:18:50 AM
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They're literally threatening the owner that they won't watch games anymore, and they need to fire Morey.

https://twitter.com/TilmanJFertitta/status/1180330287957495809

ugh
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Letron_James
10/05/19 1:21:00 AM
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Might hurt the Rockets pockets quite a bit. They are one of the most popular teams in China due to Yao Ming

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sktgamer_13dude
10/05/19 1:23:49 AM
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Maybe the Chinese government should stop being pieces of shit and maybe people will stop calling out the shitty things they do.


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Bio1590
10/05/19 1:24:10 AM
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If they fire him I can't see it sitting well with the players
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konokonohamaru
10/05/19 1:25:12 AM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
Maybe the Chinese government should stop being pieces of shit and maybe people will stop calling out the shitty things they do.



Maybe. But much more likely corporations will bend over backwards to keep access to the Chinese market
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RickyTheBAWSE
10/05/19 1:28:21 AM
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government shills be shillin'

shillin' like a villain.
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TheoryzC
10/05/19 1:43:12 AM
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That South Park episode didn't tell us anything we didn't already know but that shit was spot on
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dawgpound69
10/05/19 1:43:38 AM
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PleaseClap posted...
You might want to mention that that second link is the owner of the Rockets.

What
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PleaseClap
10/05/19 1:46:08 AM
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dawgpound69 posted...
PleaseClap posted...
You might want to mention that that second link is the owner of the Rockets.

What

TC edited it, but Tilman Fertitta is the owner of the Houston Rockets
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TrowaBarton7
10/05/19 3:07:11 AM
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Squall28 posted...
man fuck the Chinese government. Oppressive regime won't take any criticism and brainwashed its people

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGFgkb_VAAAXi6M.jpg

https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/1180327691951788033?s=21

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGFgkb8UUAA1hCZ.jpg


Wait, the GM got in trouble with the owner, not the Chinese government.

It seems more like the owner doesn't want to get into politics, which makes sense since this is about basketball, not politics.

Sinophobic much?
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pfh1001
10/05/19 5:36:23 AM
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konokonohamaru posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
Maybe the Chinese government should stop being pieces of shit and maybe people will stop calling out the shitty things they do.



Maybe. But much more likely corporations will bend over backwards to keep access to the Chinese market


Sad but true. Fuck rich assholes like this owner saying Morey doesn't represent the rockets.
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Malfunction
10/05/19 5:37:00 AM
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Wtf we love politics in sports now!
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Squall28
10/05/19 8:42:33 AM
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TrowaBarton7 posted...
Squall28 posted...
man fuck the Chinese government. Oppressive regime won't take any criticism and brainwashed its people

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGFgkb_VAAAXi6M.jpg

https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/1180327691951788033?s=21

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGFgkb8UUAA1hCZ.jpg


Wait, the GM got in trouble with the owner, not the Chinese government.

It seems more like the owner doesn't want to get into politics, which makes sense since this is about basketball, not politics.

Sinophobic much?


He got in trouble with the owner because of the backlash he got from Chinese fans. The backlash is due to two reasons. First, a lot of these look like Chinese bots. They barely have any posts or followers. Second, the media over there is completely controlled by the government. Anyone who says anything in favor of Hong Kong is instantly attacked while their media will keep saying bad things about them.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/twitter-suspends-suspected-china-sponsored-accounts-targeting-hong-kong-protests-facebook.html
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BeantownHero
10/05/19 8:52:16 AM
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Imagine firing one of the best GMs in basketball to appease an oppressive foreign government lmao YOOOOO

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SomeGuyUO
10/05/19 2:45:58 PM
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Damn
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RickyTheBAWSE
10/05/19 6:27:49 PM
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Malfunction posted...
Wtf we love politics in sports now!


since before the outrage over Black Olympic athletes raising their fist.

since before Jackie Robinson.

hell, since before Jack Johnson!

I honestly don't know of a time where politics didn't affect professional sports in some way. many people just act like it started the moment they noticed it.

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Squall28
10/06/19 12:35:48 AM
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China literally just banned Rockets games from airing in China. What kind of fucked up government is this

https://www.reddit.com/r/rockets/comments/ddxf5z/fu_rockets_has_been_removed_from_mainstream/
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TrowaBarton7
10/07/19 5:47:06 PM
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Squall28 posted...
China literally just banned Rockets games from airing in China. What kind of fucked up government is this

https://www.reddit.com/r/rockets/comments/ddxf5z/fu_rockets_has_been_removed_from_mainstream/


If the American government can ban Huawei for baseless political reasons, then its only fair that the Chinese government be allowed to do the same.
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Squall28
10/07/19 6:23:39 PM
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TrowaBarton7 posted...
Squall28 posted...
China literally just banned Rockets games from airing in China. What kind of fucked up government is this

https://www.reddit.com/r/rockets/comments/ddxf5z/fu_rockets_has_been_removed_from_mainstream/


If the American government can ban Huawei for baseless political reasons, then its only fair that the Chinese government be allowed to do the same.


Wasn't Huawei spying on us....
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sktgamer_13dude
10/07/19 6:25:34 PM
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TrowaBarton7 posted...
Squall28 posted...
China literally just banned Rockets games from airing in China. What kind of fucked up government is this

https://www.reddit.com/r/rockets/comments/ddxf5z/fu_rockets_has_been_removed_from_mainstream/


If the American government can ban Huawei for baseless political reasons, then its only fair that the Chinese government be allowed to do the same.

Whos alt
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TrowaBarton7
10/08/19 2:52:18 AM
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Squall28 posted...
Wasn't Huawei spying on us....


No.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-top-lawyer-trumps-huawei-ban-makes-no-sense/

Microsoft's president says that 'Trump's Huawei ban makes no sense.'

Smith told Bloomberg Businessweek that the ban shouldn't be imposed without a "sound basis in fact, logic, and the rule of law".

The official line from the Whitehouse is that Huawei is a genuine national security threat to the US. However, Smith said the US government has shown Microsoft which supplies Windows 10 for Huawei PCs no evidence to back up the current stance.


Also:

'Germany has made the decision to reject U.S. calls for a ban on Huawei's 5G equipment, ignoring the threat of damage to intelligence-sharing arrangements between the two countries.'


https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/04/14/huawei-u-s-and-europe-divided-as-germany-formally-rejects-washingtons-demands/#2da1800c3bea
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