NBA, Celtics Twitter react to US Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade
With the draft over and the start of the 2022 offseason’s free agency period still several days away, one might expect to find calm among fans and analysts of the Boston Celtics and wider NBA.
But even as players slip off on vacation ahead of Las Vegas Summer League, a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States on access to abortion reverberated throughout the league’s followers on social media. Players, fans, and NBA content producers voiced their feelings about the ruling, which has already triggered significant changes to abortion access around the United States.
Let’s take a look at what was being said.
Some struggled to find the right words in their ire
I gotta be honest I’m having a tough time putting my anger into words here. The priorities of the few apparently outweigh those of the majority…
— David Roddy Stan Account (@EvanValenti) June 24, 2022
Others called for structural change
We need to change that Supreme Court Justices are a job for life.
There are term limits and/or elections for almost every other position in government, but these very important appointments are made 50 years at a time. How does that make sense? Especially in a changing world?
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) June 24, 2022
Shameful from SCOTUS. This fall we must vote for every Democrat running so that we’re not dependent on Manchin & Sinema. Then we expand the court!!! https://t.co/JijdZLYViq
— Jason Collins (@jasoncollins98) June 24, 2022
Pack the f***ing court
— Max Lederman (@Max_Lederman) June 24, 2022
Some took issue with the use of the ruling for political fundraising
love 2 see the decimation of pregnant people's human rights be used to secure the bag…. .. https://t.co/g0Xg6PX2m2
— Kylie Cheung (@kylietcheung) June 24, 2022
While others made their feelings known directly
l̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶r̶e̶e̶
— J.E. Skeets (@jeskeets) June 24, 2022
Sad Day. https://t.co/Mow6gVDQAi
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) June 24, 2022
Still others made not-so subtle suggestions
A real democracy – and not whatever shit this is – would have perjury indictments ready to go. https://t.co/0zXkm27ONu
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) June 24, 2022
While some called for support
— Seerat Sohi (@seeratsohi) June 24, 2022
Some focused on the logic or arguments used
Slippery-slope arguments are not arguments, but rather an acknowledgement that you can't argue your position on its own merits. https://t.co/09ZDjWglnv
— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) June 24, 2022
And others looked to the future with trepidation
It's important to realize that simply ending Roe v Wade was their starting point and not their ending point. Depressing and infuriating, but important.
— Hunter Felt (@HunterFelt) June 24, 2022
it’s quite clear that this is only the beginning
— Michael Pina (@MichaelVPina) June 24, 2022
[The year is 2047, demoracy has completely crumbled, the apocalypse is upon us, and Barron Trump is our overlord]
Woj: “Scotty Pippen III has agreed to a summer-league contract with the expansion Alabama Reptilians, sources tell ESPN.”
— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) June 24, 2022
And some felt the need to apologize
To the women in this country….I’m Sorry
— Josh Hart (@joshhart) June 24, 2022
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