{"id":1837874,"date":"2023-02-07T09:35:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837874"},"modified":"2023-02-07T09:35:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:35:53","slug":"lebrons-lament-i-wish-i-could-do-normal-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebrons-lament-i-wish-i-could-do-normal-things\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron\u2019s Lament: \u2018I Wish I Could Do Normal Things\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Flebrons-lament-i-wish-i-could-do-normal-things%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=1837874&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-->\n<p>NBA superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/officials-hold-back-lebron-james-after-fan-taunts-him-over-receding-hairline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> He is used to doing incredible things on the basketball court, but recently confessed that he wishes he could do more. \u201cregular people\u201d Do this when you&#8217;re not on the hardwood.<\/p>\n<p>James, who is\u00a0on the verge of breaking the all-time career record for points scored and has been outspoken on social issues, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/04\/sports\/basketball\/lebron-james-lakers-record-career.html?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0being one of the most recognizable athletes in the world has a price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to say it ever becomes too much, but there are times when I wish I could do normal things,\u201d James said.\u00a0\u201cI wish I could just walk outside. I wish I could just, like, walk into a movie theater and sit down and go to the concession stand and get popcorn. I wish I could just go to an amusement park just like regular people. I wish I could go to Target sometimes and walk into Starbucks and have my name on the cup just like regular people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James, whose net wealth has been estimated to be over $1 billion, seemed open to the possibility that self-pity might not be a good look for a star, especially one who&#8217;s received almost as many jeers for his woken hectoring than cheers for what he did with his talents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sitting here complaining about it, of course not,\u201d He stated. \u201cBut it can be challenging at times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a Washington Post article, James warned Elon Musk, Twitter CEO, that he was being abused by James. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/10\/28\/musk-twitter-racist-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a>\u00a0Musk claimed that the number of people using the n word has increased by 500% since Musk assumed control of Twitter. \u201cI dont know Elon Musk and, tbh, I could care less who owns twitter. But I will say that if this is true, I hope he and his people take this very seriously because this is scary AF. So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech,\u201d James tweets<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don&#8217;t know Elon Musk. I also have no interest in who controls Twitter. However, I will state that I believe this to be true. This is frightening stuff. There are so many people who think hate speech is okay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sy0jvXIBnC\">https:\/\/t.co\/Sy0jvXIBnC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1586431561041293312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk responded by quoting Yoel Roth, Twitter\u2019s Head of Safety &#038; Integrity, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yoyoel\/status\/1586542287416217600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a>, \u201cNearly all of these accounts are inauthentic. We\u2019ve taken action to ban the users involved in this trolling campaign \u2014 and are going to continue working to address this in the days to come to make Twitter safe and welcoming for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019 outspokenness has included posting a photograph on social media of the police officer who \u00a0shot and killed a 16-year-old girl who was about to stab another child in Columbus, Ohio, according to police. He wrote, \u201cYOU\u2019RE NEXT. #ACCOUNTABILITY.\u201d The image was accompanied by an emoji that looked like an hourglass. This apparently indicated that the time was running out.<\/p>\n<p>James last July<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1548085657272143874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> called<\/a> Boston sports fans \u201cracist as f***.\u201d In the same month, he stated that Brittney griner, WNBA star, was being held in Russia and should rethink whether or not she wants to return to America. \u201cNow, how can she feel like America has her back? I would be feeling like, \u2018Do I even want to go back to America?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James has also been heavily criticised for his behavior. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/enes-kanter-freedom-willing-to-have-very-uncomfortable-conversation-with-lebron-james-on-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China: Silence on Slave Labor<\/a>The NBA has lucrative agreements for apparel and programming in this area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lebron-james-posts-photo-of-cop-who-protected-black-girl-from-being-stabbed-youre-next\">LeBron James posts a photo of a cop who saved a black girl from being stabbed: \u2018YOU\u2019RE\u00a0NEXT\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA superstar LeBron James is used to doing superhuman things on the basketball court, but recently confided he wishes he could do things \u201cregular people\u201d do when off the hardwood. 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