Enes Kanter Freedom called out WNBA player Natasha Cloud for her recent criticism of the United States in the wake of key Supreme Court rulings last week.
Cloud wrote on Twitter Friday that “our country is garbage in so many ways” after the Supreme Court issued rulings on affirmative action and a case involving artist Lorie Smith. Kanter Freedom responded to the Washington Mystics guard’s tweet, saying people have “no idea” how lucky they are to live in the US.
“Just ask your mate Brittney Griner how ‘trash’ America is,” Kanter Freedom tweeted. “Calling America trash, huh? Let me know when your season is over, I’ll buy your ticket and we can go together to countries like China, Russia, IRAN, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, and Turkey.
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Enes Kanter Freedom, left, reacted to Natasha Cloud’s criticism of the United States. (fake images)
“Forget calling them trash, I’d like to see if you can criticize those regimes! You and your family members would be imprisoned, tortured to death, and raped.
“People have NO idea how lucky and blessed they are to be in a country like America. I’m not saying America is perfect, but trust me, you don’t want to see the other side.”
Kanter Freedom, originally from Turkey, has drawn the ire of his home country for his opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his support for the exiled Fethullah Gulen. In 2019, Turkey requested an international arrest warrant for Kanter, accusing him of being a member of a terrorist organization.
In January this year, Kanter Freedom said there was a $500,000 bounty on his head and that he has been on Turkey’s most-wanted terrorist lists. He criticized the Biden administration for working with the Turkish government and failing to speak out against the country’s own human rights abuses.
Cloud spoke out again on Saturday, taking aim at those who criticize her for her comments. She said those critics had to hit her with something better than “moving to Russia or China.”
Enes Kanter Freedom attends the Algemeiner 50th Anniversary J100 Gala at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on November 29, 2022 in New York City. (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
“I am lucky enough to travel the world for my career. I have been to many countries where I would have my human rights, healthcare, free/assisted education, I don’t have to fear mass shootings or white supremacists, no I don’t have to worry about the highest rates of maternal mortality,” he wrote.
“Less police killings, no mass incarceration based on race, adequate minimum wage, rights to my body as a woman, I WANT TO SAY I CAN MOVE ON.
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“Because these are things America is capable of… and when I say trash that’s what I mean. We choose to allow politicians to line their pockets and spew hateful false ideologies to turn us against each other.”
“America is a business.”
The 2019 WNBA champion came up with a hypothesis about whether whites would want to be black.
“If I asked everyone if they wanted to be black in America or part of the LGBTQ+ community during this time in history. They’re lying if they say yes. Everyone sees the disparities. And if they don’t, they’re uninformed, ignorant and /or just plain racist,” he wrote.
“It’s plain and simple.
Natasha Cloud, #9 of the Washington Mystics, reacts during the fourth quarter against the Seattle Storm at Climate Pledge Arena on June 11, 2023 in Seattle.
“They’re tired of me telling them they’re racist. I’M TIRED OF THEM BEING RACIST.
“You don’t know me or my heart. But you still hate me right away because of the color of my skin, being gay, and being a woman.
“This is how some of you were raised and trained to think. IT’S WRONG.”
Cloud then had a message for “the outfitters of my religion.” She added, “you are all the people who killed Jesus.”
“Religion in this country is political, it is armed, it is hypocritical, it is disappointing. It is not love. Because God is love. In the purest form.
“Take a good look at how they live their lives in a constant state of hate and judgment. Hypocrisy at its finest.”
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On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected the use of race as a factor in college admissions as a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. On Friday, the high court ruled in favor of Smith, who sued the State of Colorado for its anti-discrimination law that prohibited businesses that offer sales or other accommodations to the public from denying service based on a customer’s sexual orientation.
