They are making it clear: announce your support for Harris, get harassed.
I know Elon Musk is, but are so many Republicans really this despicable? Or is it Russian bots trying to make it look like it?
That Hillary Clinton deplorables comment? Most truthful thing she’s ever said in her life.
And then they leaned into hard. Like they all though “Well the cat’s out of the bag”
She just miscalculated how big that basket really was.
Yes
Look at what they vote for. That’s your answer.
Spot the difference…
Yes, they really are this despicable. Republicans who aren’t despicable are not welcome in the party. You’re either on the Trump train or you’re dead to them, the Trump cultists have fully taken over the GOP.
Yes.
Republicans absolutely are this despicable.
One thing the article doesn’t mention, is Caitlin Clark’s place as a white woman in a sport dominated by black athletes, and the segment of her fans that she might eventually have to disown. For example, there’s an under-current of racism in the drama between her and Angel Reese.
Sue Bird had similar experiences but a generation or so earlier. Of course, there was less social media when she was a young player, and a lot less focus of women’s basketball. Even still, there was a lot of dog-whistle language about how, “she played the game the right way,” or how, “she’s an upstanding citizen.” Of course, Bird eventually came out which made some of those fans leave on their own.
the segment of her fans that she might eventually have to disown
Like the badass she is, she’s already more or less done so by calling them out for “using [her] for [their] culture war” ✊
The racism has been coming from Reese and her camp. It is frankly embarrassing how they have been behaving. There is no reason 17% of all flagrant fouls in the league should be directed at one player. Some of those hits look like lacrosse hits.
I’m not sure what flagrant fouls have to do with being racist?
They are targeting her and attempting to injure her because they do not want a white woman to be rookie of the year over a black woman.
Republican babies pissing themselves
Scorn from your enemies is high praise indeed.
You could say that their only move is threats and Harris-ment
I preemptively accept my downvotes for this terrible pun
Your pun freshens the breath as well
But are they sexual Harris mints?
Depends on your kink, I guess?
You are putting them in your mouth, so… kinda?
Giggity giggity
✋️🟨
Another one and you’re out
Yes it’s terrible, but I laughed. 😋
I’m sorry, but let’s be realistic, if she came out in support of trump. She would get a lot of negative responses also. We’re a pretty divided country.
True but I feel like it would be mostly civil criticism from the left rather than the threats you see on the right. Both negative feedback sure but not of the same intensity.
announce your support for Harris, get harassed.
Get Harrised
Edit: this is the dumbest joke you will hear all week
Oh poor thing, could she sleep that night?! /s Haters gonna hate
Devils advocate here: If she voiced support for Trump, a lot of us here would be equally upset.
I wouldn’t have harassed her. I wouldn’t have even tried to talk to her.
She’s been warned of ya. Knows to cross the street if she sees you coming
2.) “Equally” is inaccurate at best, and implies that the mentally deficient still fervently rabid for his scatological spew have the capacity for rational thought. 🤷🏼♂️
Equally upset? Doubtful. Taking to her Xitter and harassing her? Probably not.
a lot of us here would be equally upset
I’m autistic. I navigate the world with more effort, making sense of things with evidence. The evidence heavily suggests that many humans are purposefully trying to make a world which harms humans. This doesn’t upset me.
So, no, I wouldn’t be upset. It would just be another data point, and I would be one realisation of the moral failure of the human world closer to death.
The idea is “playing” devil’s advocate. Saying you are the devil’s advocate just screams how ignorant you really are.
There’s a difference between insulting her on a forum thread, insulting her in her replies / tagging her official account.
Man I don’t even reply to my family’s political bullshit on private feeds, what makes you think I’d give 2 neurons of effort calling out a practical stranger out in public?
That would require going on Instagram
Its always “shut up and dribble” when someone disagrees with you.
They don’t want you to vote unless you support their candidate. They don’t want you to speak unless it’s hate speech or you support their candidate. They don’t want you to exist unless you exist the way they want you to exist. It’s Stepford Wives meets A Handmaid’s Tale.
“Shut up and dribble” says some random plumber from Gary Indiana, as if he’s somehow more qualified to discuss politics.
Nah Gary is really close to Chicago, and goes heavily Democrat. Western suburbs of Indianapolis are where you find high concentrations of wackadoos.
Still part of that northern Hoosier class. Lemme tell you a thing about Southern Indiana…
Yeah I see em, too, but Clark County is barely hanging on. We’ll see with this next election. Fuckin white flight from Louisville is making Jeffersonville more red.
Oh but they don’t care about T Swift ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
She just told them she’s not their racist. Fuck those people for always pitting her again her colleagues of color, she never asked for that. Keep playing ball girl.
I generally feel bad for Caitlin Clark in the amount of complete bullshit this woman has had to endure this year.
Hey, she got me watching WNBA content and I don’t even watch the NBA. Mostly I just get intrigued by players people dislike for no reason, like Lamar Jackson in the NFL. Dude has won 2 MVPs and carries the Ravens offense but people just move the goal posts on him every year.
Unpopular opinion: She would also be harassed if she had endorsed Trump.
Sure, but
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She didn’t endorse Harris
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If she did endorse Trump, the harassment would have been a magnitude less. Individuals will be individuals, but the leaders of one group are denouncing harassment and violence while the leaders of the other group are inciting it.
If she did endorse Trump, the harassment would have been a magnitude less. Individuals will be individuals, but the leaders of one group are denouncing harassment and violence while the leaders of the other group are inciting it.
I get the logic of this, but you feel pretty confident that it’s true. Do you have the numbers to back this up? I believe it is true, but that’s not based on any actual evidence.
Sorry if it wasn’t clear, maybe I should have said, “I feel the harassment would have been a magnitude less.” The rest is pretty provable, in that Drumpf & Co. have been spewing hate and even threatening violence in some cases, while Democrats have general spoken up against violence.
Funny that you pointed out that my questioning of what you claimed was valid, but I was showered with downvotes.
Amazing.
The downvotes are because it seemed that you were asking in bad faith. You said “I believe it is true”, but now you say (admit) that you were questioning it.
Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug; I always question whether I simply want something to be true or whether I have the evidence that it is true.
It’s scary that self reflection is viewed as bad faith.
Well, there you are again. You said “my questioning of what you claimed”. That isn’t self reflection. If you aren’t asking in bad faith, you need to spend more time on your wording.
No, I didn’t validate your question, just clarified why you were confused. “A magnitude less” is hyperbole and therefore clearly an opinion.
? You said you had no evidence for it and it was just how you feel. I asked if you had evidence for it.
This seems to very clearly validate my question and reveal that I wasn’t confused.
Not all Republicans are bad people, but all bad people are Republican.
I’m racking my brain trying to come up with what life situation would possibly lead someone to a position so profoundly detached from reality.
Neurodivergent and terminally online.
Probably the best application of occams razor. lol
Not at all. There are plenty of evil “independents” and “centrists”. But let’s not kid ourselves, there are evil Democrats too.
Still, I get your sentiment.
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True but it is not apples to oranges. Look at what these two are saying.
Trump:
- Distain for fallen service members and their families,
- racists comments and dog whistling any chance he gets
- making fun of disable people, distain for poor or middle class people
- openly hostile to democracy and people having a voice
- hatred for any women with a voice or dares to stand up for herself
- hatred for LGBTQ+ people
- hatred for migrants trying to escape death
- openly supportive of genocide
- open hatred for any brown/black person that doesn’t love him (or any person honestly)
Kamala:
- Kind of openly supporting genocide
This is not Bush or a McCain situation. At least they had some redeeming traits. Hell, they at least loved their kids. A very low bar to trip over.
Even more unpopular opinion, bigots deserve to be harassed for their bigotry.
Even more unpopular opinion, many bad people deserve many bad things but that doesnt make it okay to commit them.
that being said, I’m well aware of the paradox of tolerance.
many bad people deserve many bad things but that doesnt make it okay to commit them.
We live in a world where hatred is a legitimate political position that can get votes. Unless that is resisted, you will see policies enacted on the basis of hate. Evidence suggests that this is not a good outcome.
She would be looked down upon. That’s not the same thing as harassment.
Maxx Crosby from the Raiders recently posted a pic with Trump and I was disappointed, but moved on. I’m sure he caught some flack, but probably nowhere near as much as Clark has.
They are angry over a “like”… They assume she liked it because of Kamala but really she is only stating she liked the message about getting out to vote. She isn’t endorsing anyone. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2024/09/11/caitlin-clark-taylor-swift-kamala-harris-president-endorsement/75182367007/
That’s disappointing.
IMO that’s fair, a like is just a like, don’t over analyze it.
Agreed. The situation is fraught with peril. Being famous, being an athlete, getting sponsorships, Clark and Swift are not at all in the same position in terms of fame and financial security. I like to see people with principles stand up for what they believe regardless of the consequences, but I understand why most don’t. I’ve had second thoughts about putting up lawn signs for fear of becoming a target of political violence, and I’m nobody.
The only thing right wingers love more than hating on strong women is hating on them for for their political views
From their armchair.
