Posted on 07/08/2020 5:23:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Philadelphia Eagles responded to DeSean Jackson posting anti-Semitic quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler on Instagram, but the team isn’t yet taking action.
The Eagles have been in contact with the 33-year-old wide receiver, who posted an apology, and condemned his posts.
“We have spoken with DeSean Jackson about his social media posts. Regardless of his intentions, the messages he shared were offensive, harmful, and absolutely appalling,” the Eagles said in a statement Tuesday. “They have no place in our society, and are not condoned or supported in any way by the organization. We are disappointed and we reiterated to DeSean the importance of not only apologizing, but also using his platform to take action to promote unity, equality, and respect. We are continuing to evaluate the circumstances and will take appropriate action. We take these matters very seriously and are committed to continuing to have productive and meaningful conversations with DeSean, as well as all of our players and staff, in order to educate, learn, and grow.”
Jackson shared a highlighted quote attributed to Hitler that included, “… the Jews will blackmail America. [They] will extort America, their plan for world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they were.” He posted the quotes while sharing thoughts on a speech by Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam who “routinely accuses Jews of manipulating the U.S. government and controlling the levers of world power,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
According to the fact-checking website Snopes, the quotes attributed to Hitler are bogus.
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I would like it to be illegal for a corporation to discriminate against an employee on the basis of political views/social media utterances.
I also like having the right to fire any employee who shows up to work with a Biden or Hillary bumper sticker on their car.
That’s a very fine line to draw.......................
He violated his contract.
Why isn’t he gone?
It’s not a fine line at all. That’s why that conduct detrimental clause is in the contract.
But a white person posting “all lives matter” is fired immediately.
I direct one and all to Joe Banner’s Twitter feed...
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeBanner13?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Oh if Snopes says it is bogus it must be , because the two old drunks are sitting in their basement investigating this.
Jackson is beyond stupid. But then, I had a black field grade officer who had completed a tour on the Peninsula ask me ‘Say, why are US troops in South Korea?’ It was a real question. Never heard of the 1950-53 unpleasantness.
Snopes knows everything! Isn’t that special
They are only mad because he exposed who they really are. NOTHING will happen to this thug; take that to the bank.
He’ll get a mulligan. It’s not like he said he likes Trump, which would get him tossed out of the NFL so fast his feet wouldn’t touch the ground.
He’s a negro, that’s why he’s still there.
Just when you thought they did not have anyone who could surpass Antonio Brown when it comes to twitter stupidity.
“According to the fact-checking website Snopes, the quotes attributed to Hitler are bogus”
We really needed Snopes to tell us this? Watch any WWII movie or documentary, or read even ONE BOOK — even a KID’S book — about Hitler — and you’d know how ludicrous this is.
This guy is 33 years old and he doesn’t know this?
A protective layer of melanin?
A (D) shield after his name?
Irreplaceable skills?
Jackson shared a highlighted quote attributed to Hitler that included, “… the Jews will blackmail America. [They] will extort America, their plan for world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they were.” He posted the quotes while sharing thoughts on a speech by Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam who “routinely accuses Jews of manipulating the U.S. government and controlling the levers of world power,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
It's probably okay, it's not likely that the NFL has any kind of anti-Hitler policy. In fact, if the bastard isn't fired for quoting Farrakhan, why should he be fired for fake-quoting Hitler?
From Silver Linings Playbook, “Deshaun Jackson is the man”
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