Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is refusing to get vaccinated despite the Nets and legacy media bearing down on him. Yet he is somehow holding fast to a more principled stance than most of the athletes that are praised for their activism.

Irving was reported to have some wacky views about vaccination. And yet, according to NBA insider Shams Charania, there is an actual principle behind his refusal to get vaccinated. According to “multiple sources with direct knowledge” of Irving’s decision to remain a holdout, “Irving is not anti-vaccine and … his stance is that he is upset that people are losing their jobs due to vaccine mandates.”