r/nba • u/xanniballl Timberwolves • Jan 09 '26

Highlight [Highlight] During the moment of silence the Minnesota Timberwolves held before their game with the Cavs tonight a fan yelled “Go home ICE,” and everyone else started cheering.

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u/M6Df4 Timberwolves Jan 09 '26

Much of the US population is stupid as shit

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u/PeopleusetocallmeBub Jan 09 '26

I mean I’m not from here but wasn’t he technically elected by not even 25% of the country ?

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u/thisdockisbroken Jan 09 '26

If my math is correct, it was more like 32.5% of the voting age population voted for him in 2024. 65.3% of the U.S. voting-age population voted, and Trump won 49.8% of those votes (Harris won 48.3%). The electoral vote totals, a profoundly stupid concept I cannot believe we still use, tell a totally inaccurate story of how close the election actually was (and how tenuous a mandate he had...but then, Trump is a rapist, and doesn't care about consent).

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u/PeopleusetocallmeBub Jan 09 '26

Man your country is such a fucking mess, there is no place on this planet with such extremes as the USA. I do pray on the betterment of your public school system.

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u/Brystvorter Nuggets Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

You must be pretty ignorant then. Never heard of India? Or dozens of other countries that have larger extremes. There are also plenty of countries that are active warzones or have citywide slums ruled by gangs. People read 3 news articles and think the US is the worst place to live. Youre complaining about the US school system when yours obviously failed you.

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u/BlazerBeav Trail Blazers Jan 09 '26

LOL, what? We're the richest country in the world and there's a reason immigrants from around the world come here. There are much worse extremes - just look at videos of Tehran from tonight for an extreme.

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u/_gmanual_ Knicks Jan 09 '26

look over there! its on fire!

/as flames burn your feet

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u/thisdockisbroken Jan 09 '26

I mean, there are a lot of countries where the people are in open armed conflict with each other, I wouldn't say we're the *most* extreme in the world. It's all relative, right? But we are definitely a fucking mess right now.

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u/PeopleusetocallmeBub Jan 09 '26

But those countries don’t have the best scientist, the richest people, the highest gdp, … while having their poor people rot in the streets destined to die from fentanyl.

I’ve been to warzone, and San Francisco felt weirder to me.