Whenever I log into MLB The Show or Apex Legends, I'm greeted by a message that Black Lives Matter. I might be having a real good, carefree, white guy in the midwest while the sun is shining kind of day, but whenever I turn to my favorite forms of escapism to tie a neat little bow on all that it's right there in front of my face - our country is a dumpster fire! Enjoy your video game, but remember how privileged you are to have that controller in your hand to send inputs into this console.


I appreciate if Kyrie (and those who are aligned with him) have an eventual endgoal of the NBA taking a similarly in your face approach, allowing for the fact that it is a distraction but never accepting that it has to only distract, but I think viewing the NBA as incapable of doing that just isn't very imaginative.


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