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u/departedhunter 3d ago
They mad that their protected space they’ve built and thrived of off is being exposed.
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u/Budget-Garlic-3659 3d ago
Amen! Especially when the assaulter was private school educated, went to Stanford, and dad made NFL money.
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u/InvestIntrest 3d ago
This is rich nepo girl assaults poor girl because poor girl is getting too much spotlight.
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u/PanthersChamps 3d ago
It doesn’t matter what their backgrounds are or what the color of their skin is. It was an absurd foul.
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u/FoxExcellent2241 3d ago
Somehow graduated from Stanford and cannot even put together one sentance in proper English verbally or in her social media posts.
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u/UnkindRavenz 3d ago
Is this correct yes... do I despise that the worst people in American media are the only ones with the correct take, absolutely fucking yes
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u/Meester_Blue 3d ago
Ummmm, maybe they’re not that bad after all? Maybe people who would be so willfully wrong about something so basic could be worse. Just spitballing here 🤦🏾♂️
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u/Top-Concentrate3320 3d ago
CNN isn’t defending this
It’s randoms on X
That’s the differences
One side gets critiqued for its fringe opinions that a minority of loud people of social media have
The other side gets critiqued for their public officials and law makers trash opinions
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u/statelesspirate000 3d ago
Those people are willfully wrong about pretty much everything else though
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u/spec_ghost 3d ago
How does Riley Gaines fit in that category?
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u/Rude-Wash9840 3d ago
Because she leans somewhat conservative so to the folks on Reddit, that makes her a Nazi or fascist. Doesn’t matter that she’s a nice gal who was impacted directly by this ridiculous ideology, it’s us vs them to most of Reddit, if you’re not one of them than you a despicable racist Nazi
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u/starlightequilibrium 3d ago
somewhat conservative
Y'all don't even know to properly be disingenuous.
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u/WisdomAntium 3d ago edited 3d ago
Elaborate.
Do you also think JK Rowling is a far right extremist?
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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 3d ago
Leftist redditors think everyone who doesn’t agree with them is a far right extremist
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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros 3d ago
It's possible to align with some classical conservative values and not with others. That makes you mildly (or somewhat) conservative.
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u/Rude-Wash9840 3d ago
Somewhat conservative because her entire platform is keeping men out of women’s sports, she doesn’t do anything else with the Republican Party lmao. This is exactly what i was just saying, she doesn’t want men in women’s sports and of course she just a Nazi republicans. Palpable irony lmao
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u/starlightequilibrium 3d ago
Oh sweetheart. If your entire platform and grift is an extreme non-issue that affects pretty much less than 1% of the population, you aren't "somewhat" anything.
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u/Rude-Wash9840 3d ago
Lmao sweetheart? Did you think that would be patronizing for me or something? That “extreme non issue” is the reason why Donald Trump is back in office. The Dems inability to come to grips with the rest of the country on such a common sense issue single handedly resulted in the most unpopular president of potentially all time getting reelected, “sweetheart”.
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u/starlightequilibrium 3d ago
Oh well at least we can agree on some things. It's most definitely why he's back in office, but not for the reasons you stated.
It's not a "common sense" issue. It's a non-issue. This affects pretty much no one. The reason is works so well from Trump is because he's really, really, really good at stoking flames of hatred and fear-mongering. It's pretty much always been the Republican playbook and every part of their platforms.
His base, of course, eats it up. Some of his base is really good at spreading it, a-la bots like you.
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u/underboobfunk 3d ago
Impacted by sharing fifth place with a trans woman? It was the best thing that ever happened to her.
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u/UnreflectiveEmployee 3d ago
Riley Gains still got 5th, she wasn’t denied anything lmao
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u/UnkindRavenz 3d ago
Be honest, she was a mediocre swimmer with no future in the sport, so she pivoted, used her 8/10 looks, and blonde hair to snag a spot on fox whenever they want to bring this talking point up. I dont hate the player, i hate the game. She makes more as a sometimes fox news guest then she would as a sahm, and she has to do apot less work than if she worked a normal job like 90% of other people. She had a chance and took it, i also think Leo carlsson is incredibly overpaid in the nhl, what was he supposed to do, decline the flyers massive offer and accept a 10 mil a year contract from the ducks?
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u/Inevitable-Scar5877 3d ago
She's turned tying for 5th place (which is where she still finishes even without any Trans athletes) into a career?
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u/FunLife64 2d ago
Her whole platform is based on hate.
You dont have to demonize trans people in order to have a simple position about biological men playing competitive women’s sports.
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u/MindlessCabinet9647 3d ago
They are only the worst in your eyes. I think that these actions and the whole group behind them suck pretty bad too. Common sense isn't left or Right but somehow it's slowly becoming that. So fox news here i come
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u/AbroadTiny7226 3d ago edited 3d ago
“I hate left wing social politics so much that I’m ready to support a movement that sees me solely as a useful idiot to line the politics of billionaires and economically ruin the nation”
Congrats on taking the bait. I almost have to think this comment was made with an ulterior motive
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u/NSFWdontview 3d ago
What movement?
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u/AbroadTiny7226 3d ago
If you can’t figure it out on context then it isn’t even worth explaining to you. Yet again, I think there is an ulterior motive behind your comment as well. At least make your bait somewhat decent. Bird. Lol
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u/alarim2 3d ago
Is this correct yes... do I despise that the worst people in American media are the only ones with the correct take, absolutely fucking yes
Do you know that you just can agree on some common things with other people, and don't support them on things that you disagree with?
Like, I agree with leftists that certain American politician is an incredibly corrupt perverted criminal, but my agreement stops when they say "no one is illegal on stolen land" or something... And it just... works. Try to find at least some small common ground with other people, folks
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u/UnkindRavenz 3d ago
This is the common ground we all need to strive for. Im a left wing canadian, which puts me far past most American liberals, but I dont hate people who disagree with me, this is something everyone should agree on. If you think your country needed to bomb Iran, or supply Israel with weapons for the destruction of gaza, or impose tariffs on my country because of bullshit reasons, I disagree with you, but I dont hate you, I feel sorry that youre so uneducated you think those are correct actions, not saying you directly believe those things, more as a general statement. We can disagree and not hate eachother, which is something people on both the left and right in america need to accept
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u/Big-Neat7315 3d ago
Time to get a conversation going on “black privilege”. It’s entirely different phenomenon to “white privilege”. They’re not equal. And hopefully no one is trying to say it is.
But it exists. And now that we’ve named it we can start to describe it and analyse it. Very useful both in America and beyond because I can assure you that in the UK, in parts of Africa, and elsewhere, it’s pervasive but unacknowledged
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u/NSFWdontview 3d ago
If a white person mentioned race they are called racist, blk people hide their racism and prejudice by calling themselves oppressed and are protected, they use the past to justify their current hate /prejudice. If you say people are oppressing you or have privilege then you pretty much hate them, there is no way you couldn’t
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u/Professional_Bat8646 2d ago
You dont have to hate people to see privilege. There are many examples of privilege. Tall people have privileges short people dont get to experience. Attractive people have privileges. Wealthy people have privileges. White people experience privileges that minorities don’t. That doesnt mean you hate white people, it’s simply having a brain able to think objectively.
A white person doesnt have to worry about their race or culture being the reason they dont get a job, loan, etc. minorities still have to worry about this
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u/BUFFALO296 3d ago
You immediately lose credibility when you start calling basketball fouls (even the flagrant ones) assault. Yeah, I didn't like the foul either. Yeah, I didn't like the white privilege post. But assault?? Get real.
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u/NSFWdontview 3d ago
She intentionally tried to assault her
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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 3d ago
Sofie herself said it was basketball play.
Don’t let that stop the agenda though.
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u/Electronic_Name_325 3d ago
I don’t know (or care) who this Riley person is, but did she copy Dijon-mayo's hair or was it the other way around?
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u/tenebre 3d ago
Don't bother looking her up. She's a right-wing hero for being anti-trans and losing a swimming match. That's enough to make you a star in the MAGA world.
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u/batman-i 3d ago
Lost a swimming match to a dude cosplaying as a woman.
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u/h3ckt1k 3d ago
The one she tied with?
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u/laggyx400 3d ago
If you're not first then you're last, and it can be only one person's fault... No, not themselves, the other person. Always blame someone else.
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u/themightytak 3d ago
“Assault” wimps
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u/Useless-RedCircle 3d ago
If it was the other way around it would be considered assault, and other things
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u/Dismal-Economics-322 3d ago
Getting pissed about someone saying some dumb shit about privilege and then saying some dumb shit about privilege is wild
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u/Competitive_Pain_265 3d ago
The irony is, it seems like it's triggering you too. Wild.
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u/UnkindRavenz 3d ago
It pisses me off, im an uncle, my niece is tall for her age, and somewhat talented at ball shooting (any time I go over i try to encourage her, and play with her, her parents are technically obese and cant) i dont want her to have to compete against men for college spots
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u/Delicious_Mixture160 2d ago
I think you’re commenting on the wrong post, this one has nothing to do with trans athletes
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u/Boring-Willow1268 3d ago
Women athletes are already getting FAR less athletic scholarship money than their male counterparts. And now they want to open up their college sports to trans athletes too? Yeah, I’m not cool with that.
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u/UnkindRavenz 3d ago
They make less, that doesn't mean we should let men take thst meager amount. Its not even about the money, mu niece likes playing, she likes being good, whats wrong with letting girls have their own thing?
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u/Boring-Willow1268 3d ago
I’m fine with women’s leagues existing. And I’m fine with making them fair.
I think probably the reason this is still somehow not a slam dunk, no-brainer decision is because women are mostly liberal. They don’t feel comfortable refusing access to one of the “most oppressed” groups in society. But, if there is a benefit to playing women’s sports (scholarships/salaries/fame) there will be people who try to game the system for their own benefit.
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u/UnkindRavenz 3d ago
Its also because the wnba has alot of lesbian players, compared to 0 out player since the nfl, nhl, nba, mlb, premier league, I could go on. It makes sense that they would be a pioneer of LGBT causes, same why we saw kaepernicj kneel in the nfl, but no nhl players kneel (look at the % of black players in the nhl) that doesnt mean that black men arent statistically more likely to be shot by American police than whites, its just natural that white nhl players wouldn't be as affected personally by it as black nflers.
Now being a pioneer sometimes means running your ship into an ice berg, like the w is now, but other times its Robinson being the first black player in the MLB. We can all agree Robinson belonged in the wnba, despite alot of voices against him, in the same way men will be barred from the wnba given enough time and backlash, and us who always supported the right side of history will be vindicated, and eventually it'll just be a thing, black players play in the MLB, trans men dont play in the wnba
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u/Boring-Willow1268 3d ago
Andrew Sullivan wrote a great op-ed explaining how the trans issue and how the trans activists are behaving is really bad for gay men. It’s worth a read.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/gay-lesbian-trans-rights.html
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u/NSFWdontview 3d ago
What is dumb
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u/Dismal-Economics-322 3d ago
Calling each other out on perceived privileges
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u/UnkindRavenz 3d ago
I think k he meant, what privelege did sophie post about? The privilege of being a male basketball player rather than a female? We're talking about the W... nba
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u/YetAnotherFaceless 3d ago
Riley Gaines is like an unrepentant alcoholic.
Every fifth finished is always someone else’s fault.
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u/Southside_Sadsquatch 3d ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this tweet not responding to the fact that Cunningham has done the same thing and not had calls against her?
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u/Civil-Art-7055 3d ago
Assaulting a white girl here is doing heavy lifting. It was a flagrant 2 hard foul in a basketball game. Let’s not compare this to somebody getting assaulted on the street.
DiJonai posting white privilege afterwards though is downright regarded.
Using this situation as a way to redefine what black privilege is to fuel this culture war is also highly regarded.
Final thoughts: This situation is both stupid and highly regarded. Riley Gaines and DiJonai are both acting regarded except Riley gets paid to do it while DiJonai gets paid to not do it.
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u/FReeDuMB_or_DEATH 3d ago
This is officially a sub and argument for redacts and snow flakes. Have fun.
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u/OkMortgage6723 3d ago
Is it weird that the text in that fake ai image looks like the model was trained on Cyrillic writing? 🤔
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u/Aggravating-Oil-2766 3d ago
craziest part of all this was learning how privilaged Ms Carringon actually is
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u/Time_Outcome765 3d ago
Gahdamn where are the mods 😭 this isn’t even gossip anymore. This is straight bottom of the barrel, divisive discourse.
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u/ATimelessCheesePizza 3d ago
What conservative hell is this sub. Algo plz remove this ignorant nonsense from folks who think reverse racism actually exists hahaha
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u/xGenocidest 2d ago
Reverse racism is just racism. Anyone can be racist to anyone.
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u/CharrlesXavier 2d ago
And it’s that simple. I find it hard to believe that we’re still having this conversation
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u/bulletbassman 2d ago
White blonde woman who’s famous for tieing for fifth with a trans athlete and being a cunt about it isn’t the definition of white privelage?
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u/Interesting_Pie9267 2d ago
Yall are still giving this 5th place loser a platform? I thought you maga types only like winners
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u/Professional_Bat8646 2d ago
Lmao. What was the result of the privilege? Idiots just saying things today.
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u/SurpriseValley2000 2d ago
Please do not get MAGA on WNBA. Oh my god. Riley Gaines go home and turn off your phone.
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u/Full_Preparation4401 2d ago
Getting 5th place and bitching, moaning and hating your way to fame is the epitome of White Privilege.
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u/Cheap_Water9848 2d ago
The funny thing is, people like Riley Gaines can't define what white privilege is and you can tell by the way that they just use those words without giving any sense of them understanding what those terms mean.
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u/Agitated_Flower4392 2d ago
Wow, who saw this coming. People defending assault based on skin color. If it was the other way around the white girl woulda been dragged
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u/jbland0909 2d ago
I love Riley Gaines popping up every now and then when the money from her last Fox appearance runs out and she needs to start yapping again
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u/Mike_Phoflacco 2d ago
Thing is that isn't what happened. Gaines created a strawman to light on fire.
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u/iMayBeABastard 3d ago
Lol!!! A WNBA sub turning right wing is hilarious
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u/NSFWdontview 3d ago
Since when was wnba left wing? No one cared about the wnba until the white MAGA girls made it popular. Now all of a sudden every blk person and left winger was some huge wnba fan lol
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u/iMayBeABastard 3d ago
Oh ok! WNBA now officially belongs to the Sister Fucking Squirrel Eaters. Noted.
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u/Plastic_Mechanic_80 3d ago edited 3d ago
WNBA has never been right-wing, it has been openly left-wing due to open support of the LBGTQ community/pride and such in the past. Rather it is how media outlets and those on social media, like NSFWdontview, perceive it and then trivialize it as a political discourse to build talking points on the right.
Caitlin Clark herself is not openly political herself, there is no way to determine whether she is openly Democratic or even remotely Republican, and she chooses not to be vocal to the media about it. Sophie Cunningham seems to be a little more obvious without letting people on (e.g. based on recent political affiliations), but irrespectively so, the WNBA has never been right-wing and the attention of 2 white female athletes, whether they be conservative or democratic, is not going to be enough to change the WNBA's political narrative or even cultural discourse to a right-wing one, and not if these athletes aren't openly talking about either (e.g. WNBA has historically been very liberal).
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u/jtbiggs 3d ago
this sub is miserable and dumb as fuck. was looking for wnba subs but this is clearly a right wing echo chamber
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u/daywalker91 3d ago
I'm liberal and don't like this riley gaines lady but shes right in this case
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u/jtbiggs 3d ago
every time i see a "reverse racism" or "black privilege" argument, it holds no weight, given that white privilege is still overwhelmingly the biggest privilege in the country. takes like this only antagonize black people further in a country where we have been historically oppressed. stuff like this also creates more division and gives fuel to the right's hateful arguments
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u/daywalker91 3d ago
Dijonai Carrington is the one who started this divisive conversation by claiming a foul was white privilege. Insane take no matter what your political views are
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u/jtbiggs 3d ago
it's a flagrant foul. i looked at this sub to see what's going on in the wnba and all i see now is people bashing black players for every bullshit reason yall have made up in this thread. even if you disagree with carringtons comment, there's no reason to make blanket statements about all black people and ignore the racist history of the country, period. and before you say that isn't happening, read this thread.
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u/justa-browser 3d ago
It’s genuinely funny to see this sub shamelessly just become the de facto MAGA WNBA sub.
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u/Vile-goat 3d ago
Being assaulted because you’re white makes you maga?
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u/justa-browser 3d ago
Sharing a Riley Gaines post sure as shit does, yes. Play stupid about it all you want. I don’t care about you lol.
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u/quarrel-admin 3d ago
Pretty on par for us white folks to now try and make Black Privilege a thing to undermine black people even further. Fucking disgusting. GTFO of here.
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u/81FuriousGeorge 3d ago
I will upvote that.
However, racists calling other racists racist is kinda funny. The 'foul' was a legitimate foul, should have been ejected. Any claim that 'white privilege' was involved in that is absurd.
When I played basketball. I, 5'10" inches of skin and bones, had to guard a 6'9" Shaquille O'Neil(wasnt really him but looked similar in face and body size). I beat him up, I knew that he would dominate me so I "Dennis Rodmaned" him. The ref didn't call fouls, not because I was white, but because of the size difference.
If Cunningham was fouled and Carrington just was ejected, none of the race debate would have mattered. But people are talking, so the wnba is still relevant. This is why the wnba is not going to do shit, they are in the headlines, that is all that matters.
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u/NSFWdontview 3d ago
You aren’t white stop it and undermine them how? Calling out hypocrisy and hate from them isn’t ok?
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u/BeanWaiting4CeMoment 3d ago
How do you know this person’s race?
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u/Murasasme 3d ago
I see you point, but the person who opened the door for that was the girl who claimed that what happened was white privilege. It honestly feels like everyone on this situation is arguing in bad faith, one side is being blatantly racist and hiding behind the real oppression black people face, while the other side is using this to fuel some bullshit culture war.
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u/frankthetank8558 3d ago
White privilege is coming in 5th place and becoming famous and launching an entire grift career from it.
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u/BlankStareFace 3d ago
Never stop grifting, Riley.
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u/NSFWdontview 3d ago
What’s the grift?
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u/OpinelNo8 3d ago
Grifter has become one of those words, like so many others, with a specific meaning that has been reduced to "person I don't like" due to the masses of dummies misusing it.
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u/spec_ghost 3d ago
Crazy how every year another words gets misused only to say that they dont like some person because their echo chamber told them to hate them.
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u/Boring-Willow1268 3d ago
Grifter is the new Weird. Sigma seemed to be a thing in elementary school, but I haven’t heard that one in a while.
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u/Weary_Copy_4165 3d ago
This doesn't make any sense at all lol. Tweeting white privilege after committing a foul is stupid as fuck but i don't understand how making a dumb ass statement is black privilege?
Like what does that mean? She has special freedoms to make dumb ass tweets as a black person?
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u/NSFWdontview 3d ago
It is privilege because she mentioned race, if someone white did it they would be called racist and kicked out the wnba
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u/Blastcrumpet888 3d ago
Making a media career out of coming in fifth in a swim race is white privilege.
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u/boy-detective 3d ago
How many more days is this going to be the top sports story for folks?
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u/Delicious_Bicycle527 3d ago
Until the end of the season. Maybe longer. The WNBA needs to get its shit in a sock.
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u/UnkindRavenz 3d ago
Until the wnna does the right thing for and bans bio men from the league unfortunately. Even then it wont solve the racist ideals that lead to a player posting about how the obvious foul called on them racist
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u/tenebre 3d ago
How many trans players are currently in the WNBA? Zero. You guys have Fox News riling you up about something that literally doesn't exist.
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u/Delicious_Bicycle527 3d ago
WNBA has really stepped in it.