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Ua pani ʻia ka Big Lie e 50 mau wahaheʻe liʻiliʻi e noho ana ma 50 mau mokuʻāina like ʻole. ʻO ka Lie Nui, ʻoiaʻiʻo, inā ʻaʻole i ʻaihue ʻia ke koho pelekikena, a laila e noho mau ʻo Trump ma ke keʻena. Ke pāʻani nei ia i nā hale mokuʻāina a puni ka ʻāina, me ke kānāwai e manaʻo nei e kāohi, ʻo ka mea nui, nā poʻe koho ʻeleʻele.
ʻAʻohe wahi i ʻae ʻia ka wahaheʻe me ka hauʻoli ma mua o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Georgia, ʻo ia ka mokuʻāina i nānā ʻia e kēlā me kēia luna GOP no ka hoʻopunipuni ma hope o ka pāʻina ʻana i kāna hoki i ke koho balota i hala. ʻAʻohe mea i loaʻa iā lākou, ʻoiai ʻo ke koi ikaika ʻana o Trump e hana nā luna Repubalika i kekahi mau balota nona.
Eia naʻe, ma hope o ka lanakila nui ʻana o kāna ʻaoʻao, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Kāpena Brian Kemp i kona wā e hiki mai ana i ka politika ma ka moʻolelo no ka lanakila ʻana o GOP o Georgia ma muli o ka nele o kēia "kūpono koho". No laila ua hoʻoholo ka mokuʻāina i kahi pūʻulu o nā kānāwai Jim Crow i kākoʻo ʻia e kahi pūʻulu o Jim Crow wahaheʻe. He ʻano palaka. Ma kahi o ka hoʻokūkū ʻana no nā balota, ua lilo ka GOP i keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo piha i ke ʻano e hoʻohilahila ai ʻo Bull Connor. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Kemp i kēia mau kānāwai hoʻokaumaha me ke kōkua puʻuwai o slop-Orwellian disinformation: ʻO Orwell ia no ka poʻe i hana ʻole i ka heluhelu. A i ʻole, e like me kā Kemp tweet, ʻoiai ʻo ia e nānā ana i ka lewa no ka uila, ʻo kāna bila hoʻopau i ka poʻe koho racist "e hoʻonui i ke komo i ka pahu balota a hōʻoia i ka pololei o kā mākou koho balota."
I ka pane ʻana, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Major League Baseball e kū a hoʻoneʻe i ka pāʻani All-Star 2021 mai ke kaona o Atlanta. ʻO ia wale nō ka hoʻoholo i hiki i nā līlī ke hana. I kēia manawa, aia nā ʻōhumu mai nā mea pāʻani a me nā luna e pili ana i ka boycotting i ka pāʻani. I kēia manawa, ua koi ko lākou mau kākoʻo iā lākou e hana i kekahi mea. ʻO ka dissonance cognitive o ka makahiki i ka wā e hoʻolauleʻa ai lākou i ka moʻolelo ponoʻī o Atlanta, ʻo Henry Aarona i hala, me Jim Crow Georgia e kū nei ma ke ʻano he kuapo i hōʻike ʻia he mea nui loa ia.
I ka manawa koke, ua wehe ʻia nā puka wai GOP me hoʻokahi ʻōhumu hui e pili ana i ka "hoʻopau i ka moʻomeheu" a me "ka poʻe pōā." ʻAʻole pono e haʻi iā lākou. Ke hauʻoli nei lākou i ka mahina e pili ana i ka baseball, nā keiki trans, ʻo Kauka Seuss… ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea āpau e hoʻoneʻe i ka pilikia aloha kanaka i hana ʻole ʻia ma kā lākou wati. Inā ʻaʻohe nui o nā kupapaʻu i hoʻopuehu ʻia, ʻo kēia mewl "hōʻole i ka moʻomeheu" hou loa he mea hoʻohenehene kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka Baseball e like me ka liberal e like me George Will. He keʻena conservative i loaʻa iā mākou ma waho o nā pōʻai GOP mana. ʻO ka MLB ka mea e hoʻololi ai i ka pilikanaka i ke ʻano o ka lio a me ke kaʻa i ka Model T. Inā he mea, ʻo ke kipi ʻana o ka baseball he mea ala ia i ke ʻano o kēia mau kānāwai hoʻopaʻi koho racist i ka hui ʻAmelika. Inā ʻike ʻia ʻo baseball he mea ʻino loa ʻoe i kahi hoa moe, ʻo ia ke kumu no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana iā ʻoe iho. Ma kahi, ke pāpālua nei ka poʻe Repubalika i loko o ke ʻano o ka huhū a me ka martyrdom e hoʻohilahila ai i kahi ʻōpio.
He vulture kālai'āina ka hilahila ʻole, e nānā mau ana i ka hānai ʻana, a ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke ʻike nei mākou i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o Kelly Loeffler, i ʻike hope ʻia i ka nalo ʻana i kāna lāhui Senate Georgia a laila kipaku ʻia ʻo ia mai ka WNBA no ka racist. Ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻopuka i kahi ʻōlelo e kāhea ana i ka inoa o ʻAʻarona, E'ōlelo ana, "Ua loaʻa i ka MLB kahi manawa e hoʻohanohano ai i kahi trailblazer a me ka moʻolelo Braves ʻo Hank Aaron. Akā, kūlou ka [y] i ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha hoʻopunipuni o ka hema. "
I ka hiki ʻana mai i ka mea a Henry Aaron i manaʻo ai, e hele wau me kāna hoaaloha ʻo Dusty Baker, nana e olelo, "He neʻe nui a wiwo ʻole kēlā e ka baseball. Haʻaheo au i ko lākou kū ʻana ma ka pono koho balota o nā kānaka. ʻO kēia ka mea a Hank i makemake ai. ʻOiai aia ma kona kūlanakauhale. Loaʻa iā ia nā kuleana o nā kānaka ma mua o kona manaʻo a me kona puʻuwai.
No ka maopopo ʻana, ʻaʻole i neʻe ka pōhili ma muli o ke ʻano o nā mea pāʻani hoʻoweliweli a i ʻole ka haunaele mai lalo. ʻAʻole hiki i nā mea pāʻani ke hui a kūkākūkā i ke ʻano o kā lākou ala i ka pāʻani. E pili ana kēia i ka makemake o Major League Baseball ma ke ʻano he hui e lawe i ka haʻuki i ka 21st (a i ʻole 20th) kenekulia. Makemake ʻo MLB e hoʻolauleʻa iā Henry Aaron lāua ʻo Jackie Robinson. Makemake ʻo ia e apo i nā helehelena hou e hana nei i ka pāʻani, e like me Kim Ng, Tim Anderson, a me Fernando Tatis Jr. He mea hiki ʻole paha kēia me ke kiaʻāina ʻo Kemp e hūnā ana ma hope. Aia nā manaʻo like ʻole e pili ana i kēia i loko o nā pahu like ʻole o nā mea nona ka hui. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Atlanta Braves i kahi ʻōlelo weliweli loa, hōʻole ʻole e waiho i ka hewa no kēia wahi: ma luna o Kemp a me kāna ilk i hala i kēia mau kānāwai. A laila aia nā Baltimore Orioles, kekahi o nā hui e hoʻopuka i nā ʻōlelo i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka Braves '. ʻO John Angelos ka mea nona ka franchise, i loko o kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, kakau iho la,
Ma ke ʻano he wahi hānau o nā pono kīwila ʻo Thurgood Marshall, ke kūpaʻa nei mākou me ke Komisina Manfred i ka hōʻole ʻana i kēia hana ʻino ʻino e kāohi i nā poʻe koho ma Georgia a me nā ʻahaʻōlelo mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻO Baseball ko mākou leʻaleʻa aupuni a ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ke kuleana koho balota he pou ia o kā mākou demokala ʻAmelika. Hoʻomaikaʻi ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Baltimore a me nā Manu o Baltimore i ka aloha ʻāina o MLB i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā pono koho balota, a ke paipai nei mākou i nā poʻe a pau e hoʻohana i kēia manawa no ka hakakā ʻana no nā koho balota kūpono a hoʻopaʻa inoa i nā ʻAmelika kūpono e koho a hoʻolohe i ko lākou leo.
ʻAe, nui nā kiʻi kālaiʻāina ma Georgia, e like me Stacey Abrams, ʻaʻole makemake e ʻike i kekahi ʻano hoʻokele waiwai o ko lākou mokuʻāina. Akā inā manaʻo ʻo MLB e hoʻopilikia ʻia kāna brand ma ka noho ʻana ma Georgia, ʻo wai ka hewa? Pono ʻo Baseball e hana i kēia neʻe. Pono e hana ʻoi aku ma mua o ke kamaʻilio pāʻani maikaʻi. ʻO nā hoʻoilina o ka poʻe e like me Jackie Robinson lāua ʻo Henry Aaron, a me ke ea o kēia ʻāina i hana ʻia e nā neʻe ʻana o ka makahiki i hala, ua hoʻokomo iā ia i kahi kūlana i hoʻokahi wale nō koho e hiki ke hana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Baseball i ka mea kūpono me ka hana ʻole i kekahi mea. ʻAe, ʻo Major League Baseball ka hope loa hana kekahi mea, a me kāna mea e hana nei, he mea kupanaha, ʻo ia ka mea kūpono.
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