Laura Ingram is wrong about LeBron James. He, and all other athletes are entitled to give whatever opinion they want, whether it be about sport, art or politics. Just like plumbers, engineers and dentists, he can say whatever he chooses.
There is only one profession in which it would be a problem if they were to vocalise their political views – the schoolteacher.
It is not our job to fill impressionable young children with our politics, but rather to give them the tools to make their own observations and build their own understandings.
I don’t want my students to think like me, I want them to think according to their own value system and find their own place in the world.
So LeBron can say whatever he chooses … at least until he stops dribbling and trades his multi million dollar career for a teacher’s wage.
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