Liberal Idiot(s) of the Week
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 7:21PM THE PHOENIX SUNS - NBA TEAM
The Phoenix Suns organization thumbed their noses at the voters of Arizona earlier this week by wearing a jersey that served as a protest of the new immigration law that recently passed. It didn't matter to anyone within the organization that 70% of Arizona residents supported the bill. They protested it anyway.
What makes this especially damning is that the Suns made a conscious decision to stand with those who accuse bill supporters of racism. Put another way, the vast majority of the fans in stands.
More detail from AZCentral:
Robert Sarver decided - with unanimous support from his players - that the Suns would wear their "Los Suns" jerseys for Game 2 tonight on Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday.
The gesture, which came with the blessing of the NBA and the league's players union, reflects Sarver's belief that passing Senate Bill 1070 was not "the right way to handle the immigration problem, Number 1," he said. "Number 2, as I read through the bill, it felt to me a little bit like it was mean-spirited, and I personally just don't agree with it."
Arizona sports teams and events have become targets for protests and calls for boycotts since SB 1070 was signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer on April 23.
The law makes it a state crime to be in Arizona without proper documents and requires local police to check the legal status of suspected undocumented immigrants.
Sarver's decision is the first time a state sports entity has taken a public stand on the law, which is scheduled to go into effect in about 90 days.
"We think it's appropriate what the Suns are doing," NBA Commissioner David Stern told NBA.com in Orlando.
The players union applauded the Suns' move, saying in a statement Tuesday that Arizona's new law is "disappointing and disturbing."
General Manager Steve Kerr said the Suns are prepared for a backlash but felt it was their "duty" to address a national issue during the nationally televised platform of the NBA playoffs.
"It's hard to imagine in this country that we have to produce papers," Kerr said. "It rings up images of Nazi Germany. We understand that the intentions of the law are not for that to happen, but you have to be very, very careful. . . . It's important that everyone in our state and nation understands this is an issue that needs to be explored. So, we're trying to expose it."
Just admit you're all a bunch of hardcore leftists and stop hiding behind the politically correct BS. You'd show more character if you did so. In the end, you took the easy way out and sided with the likes of Al Sharpton to screw Arizonans and your fan base alike.
You should all be so proud.
For this and so much more, the entire Phoenix Suns organization has earned the title Liberal Idiots of the Week.
Reader Comments (8)
A fitting tribute an organization of sell-outs.
A well earned salute to a group of morons.
They just didn't want the "Mexican Americans" to boycott the team. Illegals aliens probably don't go anyhow!
Please God, let San Antonio kick their a**.
A fine tribute to Los Losers
Great choice!
Am I the only one that has pointed out that "sun" in Spanish is "sol", so it should have read "Los Sols"? Why didn't they use the correct Spanish name for their team instead of just substituting for the "demonstrative adjective"? Maybe they thought that the public would think it was "lost souls", which would have been a double entendre.
Not sure why any is taking a BASKETBALL team seriously. Quite frankly the whole league - including the commissioner - has no class, thus demonstrating, yet again, that this sport is the worst of the worst in terms of intelligence and character. Send the NBA to Mexico and see how they fare below the border.
NBA=JUNGLE DIPLOMACY