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April 22, 2017 – Los Angeles, California, U.S. – Basketball star and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaks with Davan Maharaj, Los Angeles Times Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, not pictured, during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the USC campus on Saturday, April 22, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif. © 2017 Patrick T. Fallon Los Angeles U.S. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY – ZUMAf72_ 20170422_zaf_f72_010 Copyright: xPatrickxFallonx
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April 22, 2017 – Los Angeles, California, U.S. – Basketball star and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaks with Davan Maharaj, Los Angeles Times Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, not pictured, during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the USC campus on Saturday, April 22, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif. © 2017 Patrick T. Fallon Los Angeles U.S. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY – ZUMAf72_ 20170422_zaf_f72_010 Copyright: xPatrickxFallonx
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has never hesitated to speak out against major issues plaguing society. In fact, throughout his storied career, the Hall of Famer has taken bold stances on various issues. Likewise, even in his retirement, the Los Angeles Lakers legend continues campaigning for noble causes through cogent columns and newsletters. Similarly, with the 2024 Gubernatorial and Presidential elections in sight, the 75-year-old took to his weekly newsletter and discussed a polarising headline of a potential presidential candidate.?
Like always, the 6x NBA champion didn’t pull any punches while speaking his mind. Moreover, apart from critiquing the headline’s content, the 6x MVP also unveiled his personal views on the matter.?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar critiques potential presential candidate
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Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida, has emerged as a potential presidential candidate for the 2024 elections. Amid all the frenzy and news rush, DeSantis found his way into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s newsletter. In the latest edition of Kareem’s substack, the Milwaukee Bucks legend discussed a polarising headline related to DeSantis.?
The 2x Finals MVP titled the segment,?“Florida, Where leadership goes to Die” under the Politics category. Subsequently, in the segment, Abdul-Jabbar covered the headline about how DeSantis hired a sexist professor. According to an article by the Daily Beast, Scott Yenor of Boise State University, in the past, on multiple occasions, has given ‘the greatest number of sexist statements’.?
Consequently, while covering Yenor’s and DeSantis’ association, Abdul-Jabbar candidly shared his thoughts on the former’s statements. He said, “It gets worse. Yenor also warns that feminism is a threat to the American way of life…The least we should expect from those put in high positions of education is that their guiding principles are based on opinions formed by research, studies, facts, and logic?you know, Education. But this kind of incel nonsense is just personal religious conviction being force-fed down the gullets of our children to produce a pasty p?t? of bitter conservatism.”
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Abdul-Jabbar on Ron DeSantis
Furthermore, Abdul-Jabbar also harped on DeSantis and his actions. He said,?“Unable to build his time machine to transport the U.S. to Kansas in 1950, DeSantis contents himself being a museum curator, painstakingly recreating the nostalgic era in Florida…”
He concluded the segment with a bold statement,?”..real men wouldn’t be afraid of women having the freedom to choose their path, they’d help make sure those choices were their own.”
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