# NBA to allow players to substitute "social justice messages" for their names on jerseys

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**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-to-allow-players-to-substitute-social-justice-messages-for-their-names-on-jerseys/914034 "2020-07-02T07:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-to-allow-players-to-substitute-social-justice-messages-for-their-names-on-jerseys/914034/34 "2020-07-05T23:08:07Z")

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Wow…  
Do you feel Ahmaud Arbery committed suicide when he charged a man with a gun who had repeatedly told to him to stop?  
What you see as a suicide, I see as a desperate attempt to save his own life against a man he was convinced was trying to kill him (in both cases).

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