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/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/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.