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Basketball star Caitlin Clark was one of the first celebs out of the gate to like Taylor Swift’s long-awaited endorsement of Kamala Harris on Tuesday night

The WNBA rookie was the toast of the right-wing media earlier this year after an on-court showdown with her old NCAA nemesis Angel Reese. Clark came out to denounce the likes of Fox News and Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy for using her as a pawn in the culture wars, saying it was “unacceptable,” but she has always kept quiet about her political affiliations until now.

The former Iowa Hawkeyes star is likely to have disappointed a legion of fans in deep red Indiana, where she plays for the Fever.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

This lady is a certified badass.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

The WNBA rookie was the toast of the right-wing media earlier this year after an on-court showdown with her old NCAA nemesis Angel Reese. Clark came out to denounce the likes of Fox News and Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy for using her as a pawn in the culture wars, saying it was “unacceptable,” but she has always kept quiet about her political affiliations until now.

Huh, the fascists celebrating a female athlete? Sounds suspicious.. I wonder if it's racism..

Yup! 🤦

Good on her for putting them in their place when it would have been so much easier to betray her principles by keeping quiet! ✊

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Well, those redneck assholes can go back to losing if that’s what they’re into. They made her get political and meow they’re mad about it. Fuck'em.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Conservatives going haywire when a woman has a different opinion than them is a tale as old as time. Before Switf it was the Dixie Chicks. Before that it was John Wyane trying to get a chance to assualt Sacheen Littlefeather for speaking out against genocide and the depiction of her people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Alright meow, hand over your license and registration

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is this, endorsement endorsements?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Just a story about how much information metadata conveys.

Her like was an endorsement, even if she didn't make her own statement.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Racists are in shambles right now...

Over the years they latch onto literally anyone white and claim they're on the same side. They did it with Taylor back in the day. And Caitlin recently.

Any white person who lives in a red state knows how fucked up that is. I can't even count how many racists just fucking assume that since I'm white I'm also a shitty racist. It's insane the type.of shit these idiots will say in the smallest amount of.privacy to someone they think they agree with

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Any white person who lives in a red state knows how fucked up that is. I can't even count how many racists just fucking assume that since I'm white I'm also a shitty racist.

YUP!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Try being a white male with a beard...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I tried that once. Yeah it was real fucking bad. Thankfully they mostly stopped talking to me since I quit the whole beard and male things.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

My favorite comeback is, “my husband would be furious you said that!”

Oh, that looks on their faces…

I don’t have a husband, but it’s worth every eye popping gasp they utter

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That reminds me of how Stephen Fry would stop homophobes from beating him up in school:

He'd use their homophobia to his advantage by loudly saying "stop! Stop! I'm getting an erection!"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Holy shit, that's beautiful! How do they respond?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They most often don’t, which is the point ;)

I live in Florida and work at an orange-themed home improvement store. The store, itself, is surprisingly LGBTQ-friendly, but, every once-in-a-while I’ll hear something not-so-friendly from a customer. As I work in both sales and customer service, the point is to shut them the fuck up while also being terribly polite. And I certainly don’t want to continue the conversation with them or get into an argument.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol.

I know. I literally look like the poster for the Aryan Brotherhood, including the big red beard common in Appalachia. Not really shit I can do about it, but when a white supremacist thinks of the ideal "us" I'm what they picture in their head.

They tend to shut up now pretty easily, but I got in my fair share of scraps when I was younger over it.

Cold cock a couple Nazis at local punk shows tho and pretty soon Nazis stop showing up to local punk shows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They ain’t gonna learn they ain’t welcome any other way

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago