Ex-ESPN employee Jemele Hill defends Lebron James' social media break, says X is 'at an all-time low'

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has taken a interruption from societal media "for the clip being," and galore person shared their ain opinions astir this people of enactment by the NBA’s all-time starring scorer. 

It besides led to immoderate defending of James, which came successful the signifier of erstwhile ESPN worker Jemele Hill. 

Hill applauded James’ move, which helium had posted connected X, by saying that "Twitter has go mostly untenable. Selfishly, I anticipation helium deactivates his account."

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James (John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images)

That led to an statement successful the comments nether Hill’s post, with 1 idiosyncratic saying "I deliberation being a sore loser and having to really prosecute uncensored oppositional authorities truly annoys the left. It’s a brushed move."

Hill answered by saying, "You each are nether the twisted content that subjecting yourself to changeless vitriol and engaging with a—holes is immoderate benignant of badge of honor."

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"This app is astatine an all-time low," Hill added. "It’s afloat of racists, conspiracy theorists and jerks. If that’s what y’all see intellectually stimulating, God assistance you."

One X idiosyncratic agreed with Hill, commenting that helium has an "easy answer" to those who you don’t privation to perceive from connected the app – "the artifact button." The X idiosyncratic besides said "there is simply a stigma that those who thin near are snowflakes," which Hill responded to. 

"What I find comic is that the radical who propulsion astir that ‘snowflake’ word are the weakest folks," she replied. "Sorry, it’s not ‘challenging ideology’ calling idiosyncratic a c--- 100 times a day. And [Elon] Musk besides changed the artifact features connected the platform, too. And again, cipher owes you engagement."

Hill has defended James precocious erstwhile it came to the statesmanlike predetermination arsenic well, wherever she blasted San Francisco 49ers prima Nick Bosa for his deficiency of mentation successful wearing a "Make America Great Again" chapeau successful enactment of President-elect Donald Trump anterior to Election Day. 

James had provided details astir wherefore helium supported Vice President Kamala Harris successful the election, saying that "having a daughter, having a wife, having a parent and things of that nature, what (Harris) believes successful erstwhile it comes to women’s rights, that’s what the aboriginal with my kids and wherever I spot our state should be."

Hill utilized James’ elaborate reply connected wherefore helium was voting for Harris to blast Bosa. 

"Oh look, LeBron was asked astir a nationalist governmental connection that helium made and helium explained IN DETAIL wherefore helium did it. Nick Bosa doesn’t person the guts to bash this," she said.

James’ clip disconnected from societal media came aft helium shared the screenshot of a lengthy X station from NBA cause Rich Kleiman, wherever helium ripped nationalist sports sum for its negativity. 

"We tin each admit that sports is the past portion of nine that universally brings radical together. So wherefore can’t the sum bash the same? It’s lone click bait erstwhile you accidental it," Kleiman wrote astatine the time. "When the level is truthful big, you tin marque the alteration and let america each an flight from existent beingness negativity. I for 1 find it each a discarded of breath. The Olympics and JJ [Redick] and Bron’s amusement was the aboriginal of what this tin and should each be."

James said "AMEN!!" to the station earlier sharing his determination to measurement distant from his societal platforms. 

Jemele Hill (D Dipasupil/Getty Images for Advertising Week New York)

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Meanwhile, James’ Lakers person won six consecutive games arsenic they’ve started the 2024-2025 play blistery with an wide 10-4 record, bully for 3rd spot successful the Western Conference.  

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