{"id":5333,"date":"2015-09-18T18:52:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T18:52:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-09-18T18:52:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T18:52:18","slug":"courageous_richard_sherman_isn_t_down_for_the_struggle_on_black_lives_matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/courageous_richard_sherman_isn_t_down_for_the_struggle_on_black_lives_matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Courageous Richard Sherman Isn\u2019t Down for the Struggle on Black Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Richard Sherman in trouble because he didn\u2019t fall in line with what Black Lives Matter means.<\/p>\n

SHERMAN: We need to deal with our own internal issue before we move forward and start pointing fingers and start attacking other people. We need to solidify ourselves as people and deal with our issues because I think as long as we have black-on-black crime and, you know, one black man killing one another, if Black Lives Matter, then they should matter all the time. You should never get somebody be killed. That\u2019s somebody\u2019s son; that\u2019s somebody\u2019s brother; that\u2019s somebody\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n

RUSH: He\u2019s getting roasted now in the black community because he talked about black-on-black crime. He says, “If you\u2019re gonna talk about black lives matter, you better talk about black-on-black crime.” And that\u2019s, no, you don\u2019t talk about that. Black Lives Matter deals with only one thing, white-on-black crime, which is not nearly as prevalent as black-on-black crime. But the Black Lives Matter crowd, it\u2019s not all lives matter, no, no, no, no. It\u2019s only Black Lives Matter, because that\u2019s all that\u2019s being killed, usually by white cops.<\/line><\/p>\n

So here comes Richard Sherman. He says (paraphrasing), “Look, I came from where you guys are talking about. I came from Compton. I worked my way up. I went to Stanford. I got no help. This is not going to solve anything. I don\u2019t want to be enemies with these people that you want to be enemies of. I work with these people. I\u2019ve prospered among these people. If you\u2019re gonna talk about Black Lives Matter, you better talk about black-on-black crime.” And he is getting roasted for this. And next, this really added more insult to the injury. Now he defends the cops.<\/p>\n

SHERMAN: I don\u2019t think all cops are bad. There\u2019s some great cops out there who do everything in their power to uphold the badge and uphold the honor and protect the people out in society. But there are bad cops, and I think that also needs to be addressed. I think the ignorance should stop, you know, I think people should realize that at the end of the day we\u2019re all human beings so, you know, before we\u2019re black, white, Asian, Polynesian, Latino, we\u2019re humans.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Richard Sherman, number 25, cornerback, Seattle Seahawks, and he finds himself deep in the pool of controversy here because he\u2019s not following the script. It takes a lot of guts, takes a lot of guts. Let me tell you something, folks, for a sports guy, these people do not speak out this way. They endorse products. Michael Jordan\u2019s a Democrat but he never talks about it. He doesn\u2019t flaunt it because Republicans buy Nikes, too. <\/p>\n

Same thing with Barkley. You know, Barkley may go off the deep end, but he always brings it back. Tiger Woods, you never know what he is or what he isn\u2019t \u2019cause people of all political persuasions buy golf shirts and clubs and stuff. But Sherman, he\u2019s got his own endorsement deals. I\u2019m not sure who he\u2019s with, but this is really courageous. It\u2019s gutsy. You don\u2019t find athletes taking stands like this. And I think it\u2019s great that he is. They have tremendous influence.<\/line><\/p>\n

Look at Brady, endorsed Trump. Did you hear that? Tom Brady came out and endorsed Trump. When\u2019s the last time Tom Brady involved himself in politics at all? It just doesn\u2019t happen. And secretly I\u2019ve always wished more of these guys would because of the influence they have, the reasonable ones. The ones that care. I mean the ones that are involved, not just the ones being paid to do it, but the ones that actually care, they do have influence. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: By the way, I should point out that Michael Smith on ESPN2, it\u2019s a program called His & Hers, Michael Smith, I think he\u2019s an African-American reporter at ESPN, said (paraphrasing), “Sherman doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. He\u2019s wrong. He needs to read more before he starts talking about things like this.” He applauds and admires athletes speaking out, but Sherman didn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about here, but the ESPN guy does of course, see. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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