{"id":455651,"date":"2021-04-26T11:20:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=455651"},"modified":"2021-04-26T11:21:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:21:04","slug":"emotions-cant-trump-logic-ex-nfl-star-says-what-were-all-thinking-about-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emotions-cant-trump-logic-ex-nfl-star-says-what-were-all-thinking-about-lebron-james\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Emotions Can\u2019t Trump Logic\u2019: Ex-NFL Star Says What We\u2019re All Thinking About LeBron James"},"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\">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%2Femotions-cant-trump-logic-ex-nfl-star-says-what-were-all-thinking-about-lebron-james%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=455651&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3760.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Marcellus Wiley did us a favor on Friday. He said what we\u2019re all thinking, but were unable to say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Fox Sports analyst and former All-Pro NFL defensive end, gave a brilliantly worded monologue torching LeBron James and his now infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lebron-james-posts-photo-of-cop-who-protected-black-girl-from-being-stabbed-youre-next\">tweet<\/a> aimed at the police officer involved in the Ma\u2019Khia Bryant shooting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe cop has an impossible choice, which is to save a life I\u2019m going to have to take a life,\u201d Wiley said in response to James\u2019 tweet on the Columbus, Ohio shooting. \u201cEmotions can\u2019t trump logic and that\u2019s what\u2019s happening. Your agenda can\u2019t go before your acumen. You can\u2019t pander before your principles. And right now, even if you get all the likes and all the retweets, you know what I say about social media, man, I am tired of people always going out there for likes and followers. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5891472868217\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcelluswiley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarcellusWiley<\/a> responds to LeBron&#8217;s controversial tweet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VbEov9rW1B\">pic.twitter.com\/VbEov9rW1B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Speak For Yourself (@SFY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFY\/status\/1385429455628165121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The internet erupted after James tweeted \u201cYOU\u2019RE NEXT\u201d with a picture of the officer in a tweet last Wednesday. Rightfully so, many saw the tweet as the doxxing of a public servant who was simply doing his job in saving the life of an innocent woman. James has yet to apologize for the now-deleted tweet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And while the rest of us can rage and complain about James\u2019 response to the shooting, our anger falls on deaf ears. Like it or not, Wiley saying what needs to be said carries much greater weight, given his platform and credentials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Yes. The Daily Wire is covering sports \u2013 without the woke. Want more? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe?utm_source=adwords&#038;utm_term=daily%20wire&#038;utm_campaign=Search+-+Daily+Wire+Brand&#038;utm_medium=ppc&#038;hsa_kw=daily%20wire&#038;hsa_ad=432007871445&#038;hsa_src=g&#038;hsa_ver=3&#038;hsa_grp=71680674390&#038;hsa_cam=927227687&#038;hsa_tgt=kwd-316236076046&#038;hsa_acc=6411461344&#038;hsa_mt=p&#038;hsa_net=adwords&#038;gclid=Cj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqrfwVNC1MZnI5ZRWdzEbOk3Pjz0oFVeTr7sA8iGOgsyrhbqydkk91vsaAkuXEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe?utm_source%3Dadwords%26utm_term%3Ddaily%2520wire%26utm_campaign%3DSearch%2B-%2BDaily%2BWire%2BBrand%26utm_medium%3Dppc%26hsa_kw%3Ddaily%2520wire%26hsa_ad%3D432007871445%26hsa_src%3Dg%26hsa_ver%3D3%26hsa_grp%3D71680674390%26hsa_cam%3D927227687%26hsa_tgt%3Dkwd-316236076046%26hsa_acc%3D6411461344%26hsa_mt%3Dp%26hsa_net%3Dadwords%26gclid%3DCj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqrfwVNC1MZnI5ZRWdzEbOk3Pjz0oFVeTr7sA8iGOgsyrhbqydkk91vsaAkuXEALw_wcB&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1619534757131000&#038;usg=AFQjCNF12H8AvN98p0VNWOEIusjD8r2HEQ\">Become a member.<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Athletes respect athletes. Walk into an NBA locker room as a university trained journalist and you\u2019ll be looked at with skepticism. You\u2019ll hear mutterings of \u201cHe\u2019s never played this game. What does he know?\u201d But when a former athlete turned journalist walks into the locker room, the dynamic changes completely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You\u2019ll see hugging and backslaps, current athletes clamoring to get just a few minutes with the ex-player. The words of the former athlete simply mean more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s why Wiley\u2019s comments on Friday were so important. A former athlete, who also happens to be black, speaking out on sensitive issues forces people to listen. There\u2019s a major problem in the sports world \u2014 only one side of the aisle is heard. James\u2019 words are heard by millions, and parroted throughout the world by those who worship the ground he walks on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s important for there to be a different voice willing to question James\u2019 stance. The fact that it came from an ex-athlete, who\u2019s from the inner-city, makes it even more powerful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read the full transcript of Wiley\u2019s monlogue here:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"119\">\n<p><i><span>Let\u2019s start here. I want to actually pray that his profoundness matches the power of his platform. I say it again, his profoundness will one day match the power of his platform. You basically said that like dawg, you can\u2019t do this. You can\u2019t be that irresponsible, if you\u2019re LeBron James, because you have that much power. And we all know when you get that type of power the responsibility comes with it. The accountability that was deleted in that tweet is ironic, like to put up #accountability, which is something that we all need right now in this moment, accountability on all sides with all people, whether you are talking about the police officers, whether you are talking about the individuals in this situation or even the victim in this situation. Every situation with accountability, not just rooting interest. And that\u2019s what\u2019s interesting about this, LeBron James in terms of what he does for his day job, being a basketball player, second best at worst ever, maybe the GOAT. It\u2019s amazing. There\u2019s one glaring critique on his resume that he defers at critical times. Damn, I wish that was true in this moment, when it\u2019s real issue, not just basketball wins and losses and points scored, when it\u2019s real life issues. Where\u2019s the deferred? In that moment LeBron, until all the facts come out, until you watch the video, until you come out and see what\u2019s right from wrong in this situation. He should have passed in this moment. You know, people always say and I\u2019m not agreeing with that \u2018shut up and dribble,\u2019 nah, just shhh, and pass. Wait for it to come. And then you\u2019ll be able to see things clear. But this what happens when you want to be first, not right. And he has that platform, he has that power, he has those followers, and he knows that those people are listening for every single word that he\u2019s going to profess.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>So it\u2019s crazy. You said check your emotions if you\u2019re not emotional. I\u2019m gonna check\u2019em, because emotions can\u2019t trump logic and that\u2019s what\u2019s happening. Your agenda can\u2019t go before your acumen. You can\u2019t pander before your principles. And right now, even if you get all the likes and all the retweets, you know what I say about social media, man, I am tired of people always going out there for likes and followers. Where\u2019s the love and the leaders? And the LeBron James in so many respects, gosh you\u2019re well intended, in so many respects gosh you do the greatest in which you touch and in endeavors, opening the schools, etc. We know his charitable contributions, how big his heart is. Can\u2019t forget up here, because the statement goes like this, I don\u2019t care how smart you are, if you don\u2019t stop and think. LeBron James, he failed in that moment, don\u2019t give a damn how smart you are if you don\u2019t stop and think this is the moment that he regrets.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And I get the pull, I get why LeBron James wants to be first and right of course, but first, but in this moment, come on. Who in the hell is looking at this situation any different? The cop has an impossible choice, which is to save a life I\u2019m going have to take a life. And it\u2019s just that simple. Like I get where we want to say, but this happened over here, but that ain\u2019t this. I\u2019m talking about right here. And when you\u2019re that powerful, LeBron, you have that platform, you have to stay in that play to use basketball terms. You have to stay in that vacuum. It\u2019s just interesting when that happens, but LeBron James man, it\u2019s been a lot of missteps man and I\u2019m not going to balance it out because I think the good outweighs the bad. Certainly. But LeBron James has to understand, man, he goes out there and says, \u2018well, you know, we live in two different Americas.\u2019 I don\u2019t believe that America is divided. I just think we different and right now is getting highlighted more so than ever, so it\u2019s getting exaggerated. LeBron says he\u2019s scared to leave his house. Why? But I\u2019m not scared to leave my house and I\u2019m not the LeBron James. I\u2019m not enamored like LeBron James. He\u2019s scared to leave his house. We can have that conversation another day. LeBron James in this tweet, what does he saying? \u2018Oh man, the system.\u2019 The system? The same system that is so broken that it allowed you to become a billionaire and never get arrested in it. But the system is broken? Are you speaking for other people? We have enough people out here telling us what not to do, what goes wrong. How about somebody who has made it? Single parent? LeBron James, what, he went to 10 different homes moving around Ohio his entire childhood. I would love to hear that story of how you became LeBron James against all odds, instead of always professing the odds are against all people.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I love LeBron James, you know, I think he\u2019s the GOAT so don\u2019t get me started on this but you got to look before you leap in anything in life. I don\u2019t give a damn you rich, poor, or ugly. You got to look before you leap. LeBron just leaped in this one because he knew his followers will catch him. And that\u2019s a problem. I give it to you like this. One ,your skin is not your sin. So when people start saying well entertainment and athletics. Yeah, and other lanes, we\u2019re over here now, having our kids grow up in a world where they\u2019re going to know victim\u2019s names before they know professor\u2019s names and wise scholars like Thomas Sowell or something like that. But here\u2019s the sentence. Tell me how you feel about this sentence. LeBron James says, \u2018I\u2019m so damn tired of seeing black people killed by police,\u2019 with that platform. How about this sentence? Instead of that, \u2018I\u2019m so damn tired of seeing black people killed.\u2019 A little different. How about this sentence, even more idealistic, \u2018I\u2019m so damn tired of just seeing people killed.\u2019 See the misstep, I can\u2019t excuse that, in the misstep, like we harp on a play in a football game and we will spend a whole show on that. \u2026 But the irresponsibility that shows in the micro makes me say be responsible about the macro, like dawg, 250 black people killed by police every year. That\u2019s 250 too many people. But in the macro sense, there\u2019s 7,500 homicides to black people every single year as well. I\u2019m not saying LeBron you got to put the focus on that fully, but let\u2019s be responsible, we gonna just go in there and say I want to save 250 people, which we all do, but there\u2019s 7,500 in totality that never gets the discussion because the people with the platform are not highlighting that. And that\u2019s look, I grew up, I grew up trying to navigate around that. I am not scared of the police brother. I wouldn\u2019t then, I\u2019m not now.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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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