They are making it clear: announce your support for Harris, get harassed.

98 points

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?

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81 points

Spot the difference…

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12 points

Yes.

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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.

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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” ✊

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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.

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I’m not sure what flagrant fouls have to do with being racist?

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Yes

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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.

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12 points

Look at what they vote for. That’s your answer.

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14 points

That Hillary Clinton deplorables comment? Most truthful thing she’s ever said in her life.

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12 points

She just miscalculated how big that basket really was.

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And then they leaned into hard. Like they all thought “Well the cat’s out of the bag”

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Republicans absolutely are this despicable.

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You could say that their only move is threats and Harris-ment

I preemptively accept my downvotes for this terrible pun

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Yes it’s terrible, but I laughed. 😋

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✋️🟨

Another one and you’re out

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Your pun freshens the breath as well

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9 points

But are they sexual Harris mints?

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10 points

Depends on your kink, I guess?

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9 points

You are putting them in your mouth, so… kinda?

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🤦

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Devils advocate here: If she voiced support for Trump, a lot of us here would be equally upset.

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1.) Devil’s* Advocate

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. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Equally upset? Doubtful. Taking to her Xitter and harassing her? Probably not.

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I wouldn’t have harassed her. I wouldn’t have even tried to talk to her.

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She’s been warned of ya. Knows to cross the street if she sees you coming

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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?

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The idea is “playing” devil’s advocate. Saying you are the devil’s advocate just screams how ignorant you really are.

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There’s a difference between insulting her on a forum thread, insulting her in her replies / tagging her official account.

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That would require going on Instagram

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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.

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I have never cared so strongly about something that I felt it was appropriate to harass someone via Twitter for their views on it.

I’ll be negatively judging them, sure, but I’m not going to flood their DMs with death threats. That’s some basement dwelling troglodyte bullshit right there.

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Oh poor thing, could she sleep that night?! /s Haters gonna hate

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142 points

Its always “shut up and dribble” when someone disagrees with you.

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“Shut up and dribble” says some random plumber from Gary Indiana, as if he’s somehow more qualified to discuss politics.

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Nah Gary is really close to Chicago, and goes heavily Democrat. Western suburbs of Indianapolis are where you find high concentrations of wackadoos.

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Still part of that northern Hoosier class. Lemme tell you a thing about Southern Indiana…

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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 The Handmaid’s Tale.

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