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DeSean Jackson is currently in hot water for posting some anti-semitic posts on Instagram and ESPN’s Matthew Berry wants to know why no NFL players have come forward to denounce them.
Earlier this week the Eagles wide receiver shared a fake Hitler quote that has been debunked by Snopes that where Hitler says that he would start World War III to stop white Jews in America from oppressing the Black community.
Hey @jeff_lurie and @HowieRoseman – you guys cool with your wide receiver (Desean Jackson) quoting Hitler and proclaiming he was right? pic.twitter.com/ufCvDG3VaO
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) July 6, 2020
When called out over the quote, Jackson said he had no hate for Jewish people but went on to post another quote that states Jews are “looking to extort America for World domination.”
DeSean Jackson, posts a quote from Hitler, says he’s not anti-Semitic and then highlights the particularly anti-Semitic part.
As an Eagles fan, this is disgusting. Where is the response from the team and the NFL? pic.twitter.com/MFPmz0PyOY
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 7, 2020
Jackson has since apologized for his posts but ESPN’s Matthew Berry wants to know why other NFL players haven’t spoken out against Jackson.
Has any current NFL player come out yet denouncing DeSean Jackson? I haven’t seen anyone but maybe I missed someone. You are either against all hate or you are not. It’s not a pick and choose proposition.
— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) July 7, 2020
Berry was also critical of the Eagles for not punishing Jackson immediately.
“We are continuing to evaluate the situation” = we don’t want to do anything here except this one statement many hours late but if there’s enough public pressure I guess we will have to. But we really need a reliable deep threat so, uh, did we mention we are disappointed? https://t.co/9ckpdC4Our
— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) July 7, 2020