{"id":1051162,"date":"2021-11-24T08:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1051162"},"modified":"2021-11-24T08:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:29:18","slug":"enes-kanter-slams-professional-sports-leagues-for-not-speaking-out-on-china-theyre-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enes-kanter-slams-professional-sports-leagues-for-not-speaking-out-on-china-theyre-scared\/","title":{"rendered":"Enes Kanter Slams Professional Sports Leagues For Not Speaking Out On China: \u2018They\u2019re Scared\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenes-kanter-slams-professional-sports-leagues-for-not-speaking-out-on-china-theyre-scared%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1051162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Boston Celtic\u2019s Enes Kanter slammed professional sports leagues and other high profile individuals during a Fox News interview on Tuesday for refusing to speak out about the atrocities taking place inside of communist China, saying that they are \u201cscared\u201d and they only care about money.<\/p>\n<p>Kanter was interviewed by Martha MacCallum over a piece that he had published in The Wall Street Journal and a tweet that accompanied it where he weighed in on a high-profile Chinese tennis player that has gone missing at times since speaking out about an alleged sexual assault perpetrated by a high-ranking Chinese official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMove the Olympics for Peng Shuai\u2019s Sake!!!\u201d Kanter said. \u201cIt\u2019s time for us to WAKE UP and SPEAK UP!! All the gold medals in the WORLD aren\u2019t worth selling your morals, values and your principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by MacCallum if he felt like he was alone in his constant speaking out against China, Kanter said, \u201cI mean, someone had to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, you see, there\u2019s so many athletes, so many actors, you know, so many singers and rappers out there,\u201d Kanter said. \u201cThey\u2019re scared. They\u2019re scared to say a word because they care too much about their money. They care too much about their endorsement deals. They care too much about what the teams that they play for are going to say. But, you know, they should know one thing: It should be morals and principles over money. It shouldn\u2019t be the opposite way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s so important, especially athletes, because there are so many young generation out there are watching us and idolizing us,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo, if we don\u2019t stand up against this dictatorships who will? So, to me it was really important. And I do feel alone, yes, because so many, you know, people out there are scared to say a word because they care too much about the business side of it. But to me, human rights are way more important than everything you can offer me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanter also spoke out against the genocide that China is committing in Xinjiang against religious minorities and China\u2019s other tyrannical actions, saying that the communist nation does not represent the Olympic\u2019s core values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are a brutal dictatorship and they engage in censorship, they threaten the freedoms, and they don\u2019t respect human rights, and they hide the truth,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd while we speaking right now, Martha, there is a genocide happening. There are millions of people in concentration camps \u2026 they\u2019re getting tortured, and they\u2019re getting gang raped every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanter said that \u201corganizations like NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, MLB\u201d should take note of how the Women\u2019s Tennis Association is standing up to China because \u201cpeople\u2019s lives \u2026 is way more important than business side of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I feel like we should definitely hold th[ese] organizations accountable, especially when they call themselves a social justice organizations,\u201d he added. \u201cBut when, if it affects their money, if it affects their pocket, and their business, they are telling us to stay remain silent, but I feel like we have a huge platform and we need to use this platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Enes Kanter speaks out against China&#039;s ruling Communist Party amid Peng Shuai incident\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OU9kuK6j0iQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<p><em>MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS HOST: My next guest tweeted, quote, \u2018Move the Olympics for Peng Shuai\u2019s sake!!! It\u2019s time for us to WAKE UP and SPEAK UP!! All the gold medals in the WORLD aren\u2019t worth selling your morals, values and your principles.\u2019 Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter joins me now. Enes, thank you very much. It\u2019s great to have you with us today. And you\u2019ve shown so much courage in speaking out about this and I loved how in the piece that you wrote in The Wall Street Journal, you cited what\u2019s possible when athletes speak out, citing Bill Russell stood up against racial injustice, Muhammad Ali against the Vietnam War, Arthur Ashe against apartheid in South Africa. Why do you think, do you feel like you\u2019re alone when you\u2019re, you know, putting all of these things on your sneakers and protesting China?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ENES KANTER, BOSTON CELTICS: I mean, someone had to do it. You know, you see, there\u2019s so many athletes, so many actors, you know, so many singers and rappers out there. They\u2019re scared. They\u2019re scared to say a word because they care too much about their money. They care too much about their endorsement deals. They care too much about what the teams that they play for are going to say. But, you know, they should know one thing: It should be morals and principles over money. It shouldn\u2019t be the opposite way. Because people\u2019s lives depends on this. And it\u2019s so important, especially athletes, because there are so many young generation out there are watching us and idolizing us. So, if we don\u2019t stand up against this dictatorships who will? So, to me it was really important. And I do feel alone,<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtic\u2019s Enes Kanter slammed professional sports leagues and other high profile individuals during a Fox News interview on Tuesday for refusing to speak out about the atrocities taking place inside of communist China, saying that they are \u201cscared\u201d and they only care about money.Kanter was interviewed by Martha MacCallum over a piece that he had published in The Wall Street Journal and a tweet that accompanied it where he weighed in on a high-profile Chinese tennis player that has gone missing at times since speaking out about an alleged sexual assault perpetrated by a high-ranking Chinese official.\u201cMove the Olympics for Peng Shuai\u2019s Sake!!!\u201d Kanter said. \u201cIt\u2019s time for us to WAKE UP and SPEAK UP!! All the gold medals in the WORLD aren\u2019t worth selling your morals, values and your principles.\u201dWhen asked by MacCallum if he felt like he was alone in his constant speaking out against China, Kanter said, \u201cI mean, someone had to do it.\u201d\u201cYou know, you see, there\u2019s so many athletes, so many actors, you know, so many singers and rappers out there,\u201d Kanter said. \u201cThey\u2019re scared. They\u2019re scared to say a word because they care too much about their money. They care too much about their endorsement deals. They care too much about what the teams that they play for are going to say. But, you know, they should know one thing: It should be morals and principles over money. It shouldn\u2019t be the opposite way.\u201d\u201cAnd it\u2019s so important, especially athletes, because there are so many young generation out there are watching us and idolizing us,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo, if we don\u2019t stand up against this dictatorships who will? So, to me it was really important. And I do feel alone, yes, because so many, you know, people out there are scared to say a word because they care too much about the business side of it. But to me, human rights are way more important than everything you can offer me.\u201dKanter also spoke out against the genocide that China is committing in Xinjiang against religious minorities and China\u2019s other tyrannical actions, saying that the communist nation does not represent the Olympic\u2019s core values.\u201cThey are a brutal dictatorship and they engage in censorship, they threaten the freedoms, and they don\u2019t respect human rights, and they hide the truth,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd while we speaking right now, Martha, there is a genocide happening. There are millions of people in concentration camps \u2026 they\u2019re getting tortured, and they\u2019re getting gang raped every day.\u201dKanter said that \u201corganizations like NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, MLB\u201d should take note of how the Women\u2019s Tennis Association is standing up to China because \u201cpeople\u2019s lives \u2026 is way more important than business side of it.\u201d\u201cSo, I feel like we should definitely hold th[ese] organizations accountable, especially when they call themselves a social justice organizations,\u201d he added. \u201cBut when, if it affects their money, if it affects their pocket, and their business, they are telling us to stay remain silent, but I feel like we have a huge platform and we need to use this platform.\u201dWATCH:[embedded content]TRANSCRIPT:MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS HOST: My next guest tweeted, quote, \u2018Move the Olympics for Peng Shuai\u2019s sake!!! It\u2019s time for us to WAKE UP and SPEAK UP!! All the gold medals in the WORLD aren\u2019t worth selling your morals, values and your principles.\u2019 Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter joins me now. Enes, thank you very much. It\u2019s great to have you with us today. And you\u2019ve shown so much courage in speaking out about this and I loved how in the piece that you wrote in The Wall Street Journal, you cited what\u2019s possible when athletes speak out, citing Bill Russell stood up against racial injustice, Muhammad Ali against the Vietnam War, Arthur Ashe against apartheid in South Africa. Why do you think, do you feel like you\u2019re alone when you\u2019re, you know, putting all of these things on your sneakers and protesting China?ENES KANTER, BOSTON CELTICS: I mean, someone had to do it. You know, you see, there\u2019s so many athletes, so many actors, you know, so many singers and rappers out there. They\u2019re scared. They\u2019re scared to say a word because they care too much about their money. They care too much about their endorsement deals. They care too much about what the teams that they play for are going to say. But, you know, they should know one thing: It should be morals and principles over money. It shouldn\u2019t be the opposite way. Because people\u2019s lives depends on this. And it\u2019s so important, especially athletes, because there are so many young generation out there are watching us and idolizing us. So, if we don\u2019t stand up against this dictatorships who will? So, to me it was really important. And I do feel alone, yes, because so many, you know, people out there are scared to say a word because they care too much about the business side of it. But to me, human rights are way more important than everything you can offer me.MACCALLUM: Well, good for, you\u2019re setting such an important example. And I want to play a soundbite from the IOC vice president John Coates, who seems to have trouble with this issue. He says we can\u2019t do anything about what\u2019s going on in China, I mean, we\u2019re the International Olympic Committee. Go ahead watch this. Oh, this full-screen quote, sorry, \u2018We have no ability to go into a country and tell them what to do. All we can do is award the Olympics to a country under conditions set out in the host contract.\u201d What would you say to him about what he should do about this?KANTER: I mean, first of all, the Chinese Communist Party does not represent the Olympic core values of excellence, of respect or friendship, and they are a brutal dictatorship and they engage in censorship, they threaten the freedoms, and they don\u2019t respect human rights, and they hide the truth. And while we speaking right now, Martha, there is a genocide happening. There are millions of people in concentration camps, which I speak to many of them in America, you know, they\u2019re getting tortured, and they\u2019re getting gang raped every day. So, you\u2019re thinking about putting a put an Olympic Games in a country like this, it is unacceptable. You know, it\u2019s a shame that International Olympic Committee are doing this, but I feel like we should definitely say stand up to this organizations, and definitely should push to move the games as somewhere else.MACCALLUM: I mean the Tennis Association\u2019s getting some praise for, you know, really pushing back on this issue. They\u2019re probably the first people who\u2019ve kind done that after you. But the NBA has a terrible record of this. So, what is it like for you in your sport when you\u2019re speaking out and, you know, people have been fired or suspended from their jobs for even suggesting that we should support Taiwan or things along those lines?KANTER: You know, I applaud Women\u2019s Tennis Association. What a brave organization. I feel like every organization in the world, you know, especially in America, organizations like NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, MLB should take notes because they care about their players more than the business and money. And when I saw the comment WTA, it gave me so much hope and motivation because this is the start. This is the start when people start waking up. But I think, you know, the one important thing is, we, listen, people\u2019s lives \u2026 is way more important than business side of it. So, I feel like we should definitely hold th[ese] organizations accountable, especially when they call themselves a social justice organizations. But when, if it affects their money, if it affects their pocket, and their business, they are telling us to stay remain silent, but I feel like we have a huge platform and we need to use this platform.MACCALLUM: Well there are a lot of questions about this video that Peng Shuai put out and whether or not she is okay. But one thing we know is that she\u2019s an incredibly courageous young woman because what she did speaking out was very, very, very risky in China, that she\u2019s calling out this man who has served in the government in high levels so we\u2019re going to watch this. Thank you very much for what you do and for putting this front and center. He wears sneakers that say, \u2018Xi is a control freak,\u2019 and others stuff on the side. We\u2019ve seen a lot on the basketball courts and people speaking their minds about things but it\u2019s pretty refreshing to see that you\u2019re so willing to take such a strong stand on this. Thank you so much, Enes, it\u2019s great to talk to you. I hope you\u2019ll come back soon.KANTER: Thank you, Martha.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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