Charles always keeping it a buck
Chuck has some terrible basketball takes but he tends to land on the right side when it comes to social issues.
I’m a queer woman married to a trans woman, and sometimes when I feel like the world is really against us I remember him saying “if you’re gay or trans, Chuck loves you.” I love you too Chuck.
AND IF ANYBODY GIVES YOU SHIT, TELL EM CHARLES SAID FUCK YOU
Link to a video for those who haven’t seen.
Trans woman engaged to another trans woman here. I had no idea Chuck said that šš„¹ I love him so much. We need more folks like him with platforms to speak up for some of us that never get the chance to even be heard
TIL that there are quite a few trans women who love the NBA!! That’s cool, welcome friends!!!
Iām a guy and I like pussy
What were we talking about again?
Probably about how little you get
That’s just being straight with extra steps
Dude. Lmao. Dont be like that.
Charles Barkley says “Fuck You”
I was doing the mental gymnastics in my head lmao. This is no slight whatsoever but thatās hilarious
Same lmao.
woman married to woman that’s just being straight
woman married to woman
that’s just being straight
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This made me laugh even though it shouldnāt have lmao
Literally.
I agree and donāt mean to bring semantics into your response but I think he more than ātendsā to land on the right side and I believe thatās what you meant. Hes been one of the few outspoken people in US media for many years and itās amazing he stays standing up for the right thing and people
He was the first *star basketball player to publicly proclaim that there are/were gay nba players-some whom were teammates-and that he didnāt care.
Heās always been this way. Sometimes he gets it wrong, but who doesnāt?
No way he gets fired over this. Heās just laying out the truth.
With the current CBS ownership he may not get outright fired but he may “not be asked back”
I think heās hoping for this. For over a year heās been saying that heās wanted to retire, but he signed a deal with ESPN to stay with Shaq, Ernie and Kenny. He probably could care less about CBS and thatās likely why he made those comments. Good on him!
Couldn’t care less
I bet you feel good about yourself for correcting someone.
Theyāre spreading knowledge, and werenāt even condescending lol.
Are you pro-ignorance or something?
It is a defining feature of US culture, so they might be.
I bet he couldnāt care less about your opinion.
I think it’s pretty obvious Chuck enjoys covering March Madness for CBS more than he does the NBA for ESPN (and previously TNT).
He’s always seemed to genuinely love covering college basketball.
I will always love Chuck and Clark with Kenny
And fuck āem if that happens. Bari Weiss is a fail-upwards dipshit anyway.
She seems like a perfect microcosm of how fucked this country is
Chuck has been the off-court face of basketball for over 2 decades now, if they fire him for this the backlash would be huge
TV networks donāt stay rich by forgetting who their audience is
They stay rich by merging and creating monopolies so that you have no other options but to watch them
You mean like the huge backlash when they canceled Colbert? They do not care because they know the backlash is all empty social media posts. Nobody is going to actually protest in any meaningful way in America.
New CBS owners the Ellisonās definitely arenāt happy about this tbh, theyāve already butchered cbs try to appease the right and trump
Exactly. Theyāve killed Colbert for speaking truth and standing up to power. At least they tried.
Fuck paramount and fuck the ellisons! Recognize and fight fascist propaganda when you see it
I just wish he wouldn’t have kept saying it was unfortunate. It’s not bad luck doing this, it’s bad people.
His bosses definitely didnt like that. I know though that Chuck probably knew he can get in trouble for this. Respect to Chuck.
CBS will really lose out, not on Barkley but viewership for sure
If he doesnāt return watch the fallout unfold
To some, like the people currently leading our government, telling the truth is the most disrespectful shocking thing you could say right now.
100%
Americans still havent figured Out that they live in a country where telling the truth has become a dangerous thing
Preach.
Makes me like him more
Chuck always been a real one
Indeed
He is genuinely a nice guy too. I live in the same town he grew up in and I still see him aleast once a year he would show up to the school all the time when I was kid. Small town in Alabama and he still supports the community.
That’s awesome to hear he stays connected to his roots. A lot of guys make it big and never look back, so that really says a lot about him.
Heās also super present in the Philly region too (I think he has a house in the region). Encountered him one day at a 7⁄11 and he was the nicest person.Ā
Yep. He was the only one of the guys to volunteer in the Tenderloin in San Francisco when he was here in 2025
Hilarious given how much shit he gives SF but I know itās tongue in cheek, love the guy and the city love/hates him in a fun way
Heās spitting, this country is a mess. People will defend this slop of what is going on.
the USā short history is full of invasions, coups, sanctions and war for the elites.
Things Americans do across the world for their freedom at home… I’m not even sorry for what is happening to them right now, had it coming a long time. And to say average American is not supporting their government, well, aren’t you the most democratic country in this world ? You chose your leaders freely. Reap what you sow.
One of the USAs most iconic possessions is the Statue of Liberty. Its plaque reads.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!ā
Barkley understands the meaning of those words.
Thing is, I think Americans have always loved the rhetoric of this plaque’s message more than their gov’t has. Just off the top of my head, ships with Jewish refugees during WWII were turned away, with some heading back to where they originated from which eventually led to the deaths of those on board. I’m not saying this to be dismissive bc I think the message is fantastic but the reality is that the states has been very selective about which huddled masses they let in
the american government rarely represents its people. hopefully one day we can educate the voters on how government works and what to look for in a representative.
That will never happen because the government controls how people are educated. It is by design.
the key word is hopefully. we all have to keep a bit of hope in the safe
The US has always pretending to hold values they never had, they are definitely not the only country to do so.
But The US in particular has never been good at taking care of the lowest members of society or welcoming of those in need seeking opportunities in the US.
US citizens prove this time and again in elections as well, not only presidential but also local elections.
If the US isnāt āwelcoming of those in need seeking opportunitiesā, then what does that make the rest of the world? The US accepts the most immigrants by any nation in the world by a country mile, itās not even close.
Not as a percentage of population. 30% of Australia’s population was born overseas, Canada 23%, Germany 21%, UK 17.1%. US is at 15.2%.
You accept them on poverty conditions, ask an immigrant in Germany, Netherlands or Denmark if they would trade for an immigrants life in the US.
I didn’t say the US weren’t taking them in, I said the US are not welcoming them, there’s a difference. the US don’t want them and make life for them really hard.
You just named the three most white ethno-centric countries in Europe. Respectfully, you have no idea what youāre talking about.
Ethnocentrism has nothing to do with access to healthcare, education, housing, unemployment benefits, the job market
And do enlighten me if I am wrong, dating I don’t know what I am talking about is not really a counter argument unless you back it up with the reasons why I am wrong
Trump just heard the world golden. That’s it
that was added later so it doesnāt count
Okay
Edit: BArkeleyās a real one. Also there is zero chance heās getting fired over this.
WHO
Lmao fucking autocorrect.
ummmm ā¦ under the new ownership?
No lies detected.
nothing but the truth. This country was built by immigrants
No, this country was built off the backs of slaves, who made a new country a first nation. After centuries of working for free and building a wealthy country, immigrants came to better their lives.
It’s a shame to hear Charles talking about immigrants built this dang country.
Someone here doesn’t like immigrants either apparently.
Kind of disrespectful to native Americans who helped the early immigrants actually survive but okayĀ
good lord I bet you are insufferable irl
What was this in response to?
Story about one of the players immigration story
Which player?
Alex Karaban
The one you can see really big in the background of the shot on the screen.
Charles is a real one.
I know people have been giving Chuck and Inside the NBA a lot of grief this season (and even past seasons). But when heās real, Chuckās as real as they get. We shouldnāt be treating immigrants who either are our next door neighbors or tending to some of our favorite mom and pop stores like dirt. Sure, there are some immigrants who have demonstrated bad behavior, but itās no more different than when American citizens demonstrate bad behavior. We shouldnāt put the good and the bad in one big net. There are many issues with our immigration system, but deporting genuinely good people isnāt a solution.
Leviticus 19:33-34
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
I remember seeing a short of some dipshit saying Jesus would support ICE and I almost had an aneurysm.
Remember when Jesus whooped those traders in the temple? He’d have done way worse to these ICE thugs.Ā
It’s sad that is a touchy subject. :(
It’s touchy for those with white hoods
Somehow a vast majority of the US forgets almost all of us are here because of immigrants, it’s absolutely maddening.
Why is this controversial?
Itās not
For anyone who isn’t a MAGAT, yeah.
I have heard nothing wrong in his words.
Charles is the realest, we need more prominent voices like his.
If he gets fired for this of all things. Then we riot
āRisks getting firedā š
This is Bruce Pearlās worst nightmare.
His non-basketball takes are great usually. Heās like the reverse Aaron Rodgers lol
That’s my dawg right there.
Itās crazy how George w bush can say this 26 years ago and it seemed pretty conservative but you say it now and itās controversial. Is America great enough yet?
Dares them to fire him*
Thank you Chuck!
Common Barkley W
Holy shit. Dude walked all over eggshells on this matter. He could not have been more politically correct, and be more sensitive and non judgmental on this.
It is a fact that whatās going on is against the constitution, (and btw, I donāt know the American constitution word per word. That being said, if it really is āthe greatest and freeest country in the world, Iāll assume the american constitution has the same articles) and american citizens are supposed to intervene and call out transgressions against the constitution. It is not a right of a citizen, it is their duty.
So in this case, Charles has been more of a patriot and model citizen than anyone defending the current government.
what was this in response to? why provide no context OP?
What were they talking about that led to this though?
Wemby getting a double double /s
Iām trying to find this out, too
Spoke no lies there.
I agree with everything he has said.
Thank you Barkley for speaking out for those who can’t and on one of the biggest platforms. Respect
Thank you Mr Barkley
Growing up in Philadelphia, he was my favorite basketball player, and I even named my cat after him. He isnāt always correct in everything he says, but he never says away from being his true, authentic self.
Amen Charles
He’s great. Stich this with him at the DJ .ic telling gay folks he appreciates and respects them and you’ll see he really is a role a model despite his Nike ad campaign lol.
Yeah Charles!
Fuck yeah Chuck
Hope this picks up steam.Ā
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Feels like this summer is going to be interesting, almost like sports and politics is starting to boil and there’s no stopping it
No such thing as ‘criminal’ anyone. People break laws and make mistakes or are sick in the head, but they arenāt defined by that. We shouldnāt treat someone who committed minor crimes extremely cruelly because someoneās from Mexico vs Oklahoma. The whole shit doesn’t really make sense if you think about it, the punishment should be sufficient regardless of the person’s background. The rest has proven to open up our government to the whims of a deeply underdeveloped dying illiterate bigot v
Lol. You think Charles gives a crap if they fire him?
caption straight up lyin
w charles
A stand up man love it well said!
The state of the world rn is sad
Haven’t seen Chuck in a minute, looks like he’s lost quite a bit of weight. Hope he’s alright
I just shed a tear. Iām not an immigrant myself, but if not for immigrants, the USA wouldnāt exist. Charles always hits the nail on the head with his real-world takes.
Never thought Iād live to see the day where I agree with Barkley.
To put it lightly…its illegal, demeaning, and honestly evil. Trump just signed EO to end birthright citizenship today!!Ā
He is a great person. This needs more attention.
š„š„š„ now do this on espn and watch them scramble
nothing he said is fire worthy?
Why would he get fired when the directors already gave him the ok to say this lol get real dude
Charles Barkley is my favorite personality on TV. He’s very comical but can also be very serious about certain topics. No matter what he talks about, Charles gets straight to the point. Much respect to the HOF’er.
I love Charles
Need more of this.
Chuck can think whatever he wants and so can Ivey. This isnāt Nazi Germany. Just know that the evil you do on Earth you will be judged by it by God.
insane how droopy his face is now
chuck keeps it real easy when he has earned millions already.
the ozempic effect is showing on his face tho.
Illegal is illegal
Wait so now that Chuck isnt āshitting on the productā or hating on the Lakers yall love him again lol?
Reddit is Soooooooo reddity
APAC about to go after Chuck
The “I” in “AIPAC” is pretty important
Fired for what? Making a big deal out of nothing
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As if they haven’t spent 99% of the time doing just that.
Also nobody forced you to open this thread.
I mean, is he wrong?? Black immigrants taken from foreign countries to be enslaved, built more than half of this country since BS Chris Columbus brought him and his ship here, brought their ideology, and low and behold the USA was created in 13 colonies full of slavery, racism, apartheid, and so much more bullshit that we are recovering from. How we treat immigrants from Mexico, Canada, Taiwan, and so on have gotten a āslap on the wristā compared to Black Americans. was there protest for them mixing schools? No. Was there a protest for them drinking out of the same water fountain? No. Iām born 1998. Iām grateful that the racism iāve experience is FAR less than most black americans. And my family did immigrate from Colombia, but we were not excused from hate and racism either. However, in USA, in 2000s there wasnāt a much exposure to racism, just hatred towards location, culture, and more, from my familyās own experience. Not every story is heartwarming or heartfelt, but weāre not shoving it down your throat. We came from the ground up just like black people, did we get a better or somewhat less worse treatment than blacks?? of course. and thatās why Charles point makes sense, but donāt disregard that we all came from the ground up. and, speaking for my family who is immigrants, Iām not shoving that fault/experience/truth in your face and making you feel otherwise. Charles shouldnāt get fired for his point of view, I disagree, but that doesnāt mean he should be kicked off. We all should embrace conversation, no matter how hard it is to hear, to better ourselves in the future for our own life & experience
apologize for the long message, itās 11pm lowkey drunk and playing games, but yall need to chill, go outside, talk to a girl/guy and have fun with them, and genuinely do what you enjoy. get off this phone, apps, everything else distracting you , and enjoy what is in front, or make something of the time you have. Life is too short for this small of bullshit
This is click bait, right? Please tell me this is not a controversial opinion is the States. Please? Anyone?
It’s unpopular with Viacom I would expect
It’s only controversial to fascists
5mil+ illegals got in during the Biden admin and weāre gonna pretend theyāre ALL amazing people? Come on now. We gotta differentiate between illegal and legal immigrants in this country and not just put them all in one bracket.
That is literally what he says.
Or did I misunderstand and thatās what you are agreeing with?
Itās disrespectful as fuck to the people that actually immigrated here and want to be here
This is an unpopular opinion because more than half the country voted for this.
I want my tax dollars going to American citizens. If youāre here illegally, you can leave
Itās really that simple
Lol stupid ass. Your tax dollars are going to Isreal to bomb children. All these fake excuses to cover fot your racism.
You live in a fantasy land
Literally nothing I said is racist and you are weird as hell for even trying to suggest that
If you’re in America illegally doesn’t that by definition make them criminal?
I completely agree with Chuck on legal immigrants being a net positive.
But I think he’s potentially conflating two things here.
Ya I meanā¦ just about any country in the world, if you illegally sneak through their border with no visa and caught, you will be put in a holding facility and deported. In what country are people that do this admired and respected? Not that Iām happy about whatās happening . But what does the speak to the legal immigrants who waited years to legally immigrate and instead resources and taxes are granted tho those who broke in illegally instead? Is that fair to them? And there are bad implications to encouraging dangerously crossing the borders illegally and being exploited by smugglers/cartels.
He is washed
3rd grade level reading comprehension take as usual. Dey stories need to be told iss really sad. really great stories. Iāve heard more comprehensive vocabulary from elderly boxers with CTE
Bet you think Trump is a great orator.
Pffff ZERO chance.
Risky? That is possibly the safest thing a person can say.
He might as well have said black lives matter or all love is love.
Half the country supports what ICE is doing. Trump was democratically elected based on the anti immigrant rhetoric he preached.
It’s not half. Fewer than 30 percent of eligible voters voted for him. The shitheads are loud and emboldened, but they are still a minority that grows thinner each day.
??? Enforcing the border and deporting illegals is an 80⁄20 issue. Itās overwhelmingly more than half
Stop calling them āillegals.ā That type of dehumanization is gross, theyāre people. Focus on the pedophile billionaires running your country.
They are called illegal immigrants in non-pedophile billionaire ran countries as well.
Isn’t this a month or two old?
March madness, Karaban, I’m gonna guess last night.
This is like the most popular thing you could say on cable news. Heād get a raise for this.
Is he right? Yes Do I care what him or any celebrity thinks? No.
“Risks being fired” Risks absolutely nothing. American media caters to left winged people, as the majority of the stake holders and executives are majority left leaning, including the reporters (who got their education in left leaning thinktanks). The position of endless migration is what the new-current of the American left is based upon, as progress is defined upon (progress as in what is trendy and we can sell as moral superiority).
It’s not immigrants that built America, it’s colonists (the English, the Germans, the French, the Spanish, the Dutch) and the subsequent legal immigrants of mostly European origin (who contributed on the institutions your founding fathers built).
So all in all, he risks absolutely nothing, he’s going to be cheered on by vocal crowds on this site, his net worth will increase as this is not a controversial take when it comes to the new migration politics being predicated upon all over the first world.
The people don’t care about the individual stories, it’s how they can package it to further either their goals or their personal gain.
American media caters to left winged people
Dumbest thing I’ve read today
You can look at your whole media, from entertainment to politics.
I’m 100% sure it’s not, just something you don’t agree with.
Thank you for dictating my experience. Classic republican.
Not American and definitely not a Republican.
Your media is still on turbo leftwing steroids, regardless of your political affinity.
Ofc, you might disagree because it’s not as further to the left as you’d like it to be.
You’re deranged
Oh no! Not meaningless insults because I don’t possess the same view you’ve got.
I don’t know who’s deranged brother, the one that insults for no reason, or me.
Cheers mate! Find some help.
Slaves weren’t immigrants so saying immigrants built the country is a lie
You think slaves built the entire country but the waves of immigrants from Asia and Europe who built railroads, buildings, bridges, roads, factories and farms while opening businesses and helping in advancing technology had no hand in it?
These morons don’t know history. They only know what they’ve been spoon fed by grifters and bleach blondes yelling on TV.
Yes they were forced immigrants
We all built this country together.
Illegals are criminal immigrants
Itās funny when you come from complaining about this site having the worst echo chambers in your 20 years on the internet to saying things that you hear from the worst echo chambers
Oh so youāre dumb dumb
Do tell how am i dumb dumb
And which echo chambers are those since you know me so well