Celtics star Enes Kanter, who has been calling out China’s leader Xi Jinping in a series of tweets, escalated matters on Sunday with the debut of his new Xinnie the Pooh shoe:
XI JINPING and the Chinese Communist Party
Someone has to teach you a lesson,
I will NEVER apologize for speaking the truth.
You can NOT buy me.
You can NOT scare me.
You can NOT silence me.Bring it on!! #FreedomShoes#XinnieThePooh pic.twitter.com/JFGEgIaXlN
— Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) October 24, 2021
Xi is famously outraged by the comparison and Pooh is subject to censorship in China:
Mighty China…
Economic engine of the world…
Political powerhouse among nations…
Afraid of nothing…
Except a cartoon bear.
https://t.co/mrqsduKfyq pic.twitter.com/S6I7jfvg50— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) August 7, 2018
He should sell them:
I will actually buy these if you sell them. https://t.co/jG68RhmOWJ
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) October 25, 2021
And now we wait to see if the NBA cracks down on this:
Enes Kanter is on fire and fearless. I wonder how long until the craven NBA buckles to pressure from Beijing. @EnesKanter #EnesKanter #FreeTibet #China #NBA75 #NBA https://t.co/5g27K7OGG3
— Mike Glenn (@mrglenn) October 25, 2021
But they should do the opposite and EMBRACE it:
come on, @NBA… RT it and make history https://t.co/FwKZ97g5E3
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 25, 2021
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