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

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    I generally feel bad for Caitlin Clark in the amount of complete bullshit this woman has had to endure this year.

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      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.

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      Seriously, this is just all the people that never watched women’s sports anyways lol

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    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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    Maybe, just maybe, she was endorsing Taylor Swift’s statements regarding do your own research and make your own choice but please vote. Hard to be negative about that (unless of course your entire political party is a bunch of racist, sexist, xenophobic fascists lol).

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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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    The 22-year-old last posted on Instagram on August 18. On that post, fans questioned her decision to like Swift’s post and accused her of “caving.” Others outright claimed they would no longer support the young star.

    How fragile do you have to be to behave this way? Cause this isn’t what a calm and confident person would do. This is the behavior of bratty fucking children in adult costumes.

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      If you support stealing from me, I don’t want your support.

      Anyone with half a brain should realize committing fraud against a bank hurts the people who use those banks… and insure those banks, and bail out those banks if they make bad investments, say to someone lying about the worth of their assets to lock in deals that when they are failed to be paid, like all his other bankruptcies filed, the bank is left with far less than anticipated, and then they have to raise fees/decrease interests paid out, charge higher interest rates or simply get a bail out from the Feds. All of those things effect the working class.

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        Steve Erwin voice: hee we 'ave an actual Trump Supporrta in the woild, friends. Be caaful! 'E’s dangerous! Gotta be reeeeaalll quoiet around these beauts.

        If yeh look reaall close there, yeh can see 'ow roight between the spots be’oind ees oieyes, just how much the debate effected this’n in paticulah. Fascinating stuff WOAH, caaful now don’t get too close, Bob. That’s roight… noice an easy.

        Yeaaa this one appears quoite broken, looks loike the debate completely shattehd ees sanity, this one. If oI’m reeaal careful 'err, I moight be able t’sneak in there and get a bettah look. Nice an easy, nice an easy.

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        Either my reading comprehension is borked, or that of literally everyone downvoting and replying to this post is…

        I thought you were laying out why Trump is (convicted of) stealing from banks and that she (WNBA star) wouldn’t want support from people supporting that guy.

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          Yeah, I was saying I wouldn’t want Trump supporters support, oh well.

          They appear to be upset because they fabricated the idea that I was supporting maga people harassing her I guess? Once someone downvotes, people follow.

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    She can’t be bothered by the entire WNBA and ESPN constantly being negative to her, these fake fan bigots and morons aren’t going to do anything to her.

    However these people are still weird and deplorable.

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    Unpopular opinion: She would also be harassed if she had endorsed Trump.

    EDIT: I’ll admit, I got curious about what kind of comments a celeb gets on social media after endorsing Trump. Some people have said that they deserve the harassment, which is at least honest. To be totally clear, I think that Trump is uniquely evil in the modern history of America. He is a grifter and I don’t see how anyone could support him or his policies. He is a racist, chauvinist, likely rapist, dangerous for our economy, physical safety, and basic rights.

    My only point is that maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to throw stones. Taking a political stand is risky for any celebrity, and we should be respectful of people when they do. Also, vote early.

    Well, you tell me: Is this harassment?

    She the first one they would throw off the wall #handmaidstale

    I can’t with you. Next tatoo of that big forehead, should be “Pendeja”!

    PLEASE DO NOT GET YOUR POLITICAL ADVICE FROM A WOMAN OF HER KIND!

    🤡🙃🤡🙃🤡

    Stay over there with “your people”!

    You’re White wash!

    FOR SURE SHE AINT BLACK

    SHUT UP, B****!

    No wonder Kanye dated you. 🤢🤮

    Joseline was right. #Disgusting.

    You are frugly.

    Says the girl who has a Black mom and white dad that only rides black 🍆 🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️ Did you let Trump eat you up?

    🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️

    🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

    Watching unedited videos of you, I’m wondering when did your face become so saggy??

    Straight up drag man.

    airhead

    By those fake big teeth

    You look like you have BV.

    😂😂😂😂This heaux done lost her small mind

    I mean I guess…he must hv really grabbed her by the 🐈!!!🤷🏽‍♀️😹😹

    You’re 40 years old. Lay off the filters and you only on this level cause you slept with a football size team of celebrities

    This is what happens when rappers get airheads off the pole and empower them.

    your not to bright are you?

    Burnt out shawty

    Source.

    Also, WOW, corporate social media is really a sad, angry garbage pile. Thank goodness for the fediverse.

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        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.

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      Sure, but

      1. She didn’t endorse Harris

      2. 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.

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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.

        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.

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          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.

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            Funny that you pointed out that my questioning of what you claimed was valid, but I was showered with downvotes.

            Amazing.

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                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.

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            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.

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            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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    Clark on her own personal account likes a post on Twitter.

    MAGA: Keep politics out of sports!

    Chief’s Kicker (Butker): Makes a misogynist and politically charged speech at a Christian college graduation.

    MAGA: Way to tell them like it is! Keep it up.

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    That’s like 3rd degree endorsement. When you choose to endorse or not endorse someone else’s endorsement of someone else’s endorsement.

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    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.

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      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.

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      Like it or not, elections are a popularity contest, and having Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark showing support for Harris is a good thing.

      Even if you don’t know who they are, they’re big names who will turn out voters.

      And if you think having a platform disqualifies you from weighing in on politics, then tell that to Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan lol.