{"id":990277,"date":"2021-11-09T15:29:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=990277"},"modified":"2021-11-09T15:29:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:29:52","slug":"abdul-jabbar-slams-aaron-rodgers-as-egregious-abuser-lauds-kaepernicks-protests-as-brave-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abdul-jabbar-slams-aaron-rodgers-as-egregious-abuser-lauds-kaepernicks-protests-as-brave-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdul-Jabbar Slams Aaron Rodgers As \u2018Egregious Abuser,\u2019 Lauds Kaepernick\u2019s Protests As \u2018Brave Act\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\">26<\/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%2Fabdul-jabbar-slams-aaron-rodgers-as-egregious-abuser-lauds-kaepernicks-protests-as-brave-act%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=990277&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>On Monday, NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slammed Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, <a href=\"https:\/\/kareem.substack.com\/p\/aaron-rodgers-didnt-just-lie?r=ez75a&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_source=\">writing<\/a> ub a Substack post that he abused his \u201cposition and responsibility, not just to the public, but to other professional athletes\u2019 livelihood.\u201d He also wrote that Rodgers was the \u201clatest egregious abuser\u201d who \u201cdirectly and deliberately lied to fans and the public when he assured everyone he was \u2018immunized,\u2019 knowing that word would be interpreted as his being vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t vaccinated. And he got COVID-19. And he went maskless during in-person press conferences, which not only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2021\/11\/03\/aaron-rodgers-violated-covid-protocol-by-doing-maskless-indoor-press-conferences\/\">violated NFL rules<\/a>, but put everyone else\u2019s health at risk,\u201d Abdul-Jabbar continued.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul-Jabbar also lionized former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, claiming the player was \u201cblacklisted by the NFL for passively expressing his frustration with systemic racism\u2014a brave act meant to help his community and save lives\u2014while multi-millionaire Rodgers will continue to play, despite lying to the fans and his teammates and putting innocent lives in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdul-Jabbar referenced Rodgers claiming that a league doctor told him \u201cit would be impossible for a vaccinated person to catch or spread COVID.\u201d He argued, \u201cWhat\u2019s especially bothersome is that Aaron Rodgers didn\u2019t just lie and threaten the health of those around him, he also damaged professional sports. Many athletes make a lot of money on product endorsements, which depends on the public\u2019s favorable perception of athletes. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>More of the attack on Rodgers from the article:<\/p>\n<p><em>Rodgers\u2019 ignorance regarding the science of immunology brings back to life the old stereotype of the big dumb jock. His utter lack of even the most basic knowledge and logic is shocking. In an effort to defend his lying, he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2021\/11\/05\/aaron-rodgers-fact-check\/\">stated<\/a>, \u201cThis idea that it\u2019s a pandemic of the unvaccinated, it\u2019s just a total lie \u2026 If the vaccine is so great, then how come people are still getting covid and spreading covid and, unfortunately dying of covid?\u201d Those two statements don\u2019t even belong together. Statistics from many sources conclude that around 97 percent of those being hospitalized or who have died in the past several months are unvaccinated. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2021-09-10\/cdc-finds-unvaccinated-11-times-more-likely-to-die-of-covid\">CDC found<\/a>&nbsp;that the unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die than those vaccinated. If he thinks that\u2019s a lie, what credible evidence does he have? None.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat really sacked his whining stance was his refusal to wear a mask during interviews to protect others from sickness and death,\u201d Abdul-Jabbar opined. \u201cThat was merely his hubris and arrogance against what he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slammed Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, writing ub a Substack post that he abused his \u201cposition and responsibility, not just to the public, but to other professional athletes\u2019 livelihood.\u201d He also wrote that Rodgers was the \u201clatest egregious abuser\u201d who \u201cdirectly and deliberately lied to fans and the public when he assured everyone he was \u2018immunized,\u2019 knowing that word would be interpreted as his being vaccinated.\u201d\u201cHe wasn\u2019t vaccinated. And he got COVID-19. And he went maskless during in-person press conferences, which not only\u00a0violated NFL rules, but put everyone else\u2019s health at risk,\u201d Abdul-Jabbar continued.Abdul-Jabbar also lionized former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, claiming the player was \u201cblacklisted by the NFL for passively expressing his frustration with systemic racism\u2014a brave act meant to help his community and save lives\u2014while multi-millionaire Rodgers will continue to play, despite lying to the fans and his teammates and putting innocent lives in danger.\u201dAbdul-Jabbar referenced Rodgers claiming that a league doctor told him \u201cit would be impossible for a vaccinated person to catch or spread COVID.\u201d He argued, \u201cWhat\u2019s especially bothersome is that Aaron Rodgers didn\u2019t just lie and threaten the health of those around him, he also damaged professional sports. Many athletes make a lot of money on product endorsements, which depends on the public\u2019s favorable perception of athletes. \u201cMore of the attack on Rodgers from the article:Rodgers\u2019 ignorance regarding the science of immunology brings back to life the old stereotype of the big dumb jock. His utter lack of even the most basic knowledge and logic is shocking. In an effort to defend his lying, he\u00a0stated, \u201cThis idea that it\u2019s a pandemic of the unvaccinated, it\u2019s just a total lie \u2026 If the vaccine is so great, then how come people are still getting covid and spreading covid and, unfortunately dying of covid?\u201d Those two statements don\u2019t even belong together. Statistics from many sources conclude that around 97 percent of those being hospitalized or who have died in the past several months are unvaccinated. The\u00a0CDC found\u00a0that the unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die than those vaccinated. If he thinks that\u2019s a lie, what credible evidence does he have? None.\u201cWhat really sacked his whining stance was his refusal to wear a mask during interviews to protect others from sickness and death,\u201d Abdul-Jabbar opined. \u201cThat was merely his hubris and arrogance against what he called the \u2018woke mob.\u2019\u00a0In this case, woke means compassion and responsibility toward others. He might also remember that the only reason he is able to play in front of crowds again is because all those suckers got vaccinated.\u201d\u201cTime will tell whether Rodgers will be judged by the content of his character or the strength of his throwing arm,\u201d Abdul- Jabbar concluded.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}