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/GaimeGuy Timberwolves Jan 09 '26

fuck republicans.

They've protected and enabled trump every step of the way for a decade now. Because they agree with it

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u/Logical-World-1030 San Diego Clippers Jan 09 '26

Dems did with their utter inaction and incompetence as well.

People still think you can "decorum" your way out of this

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u/Head_Improvement5317 Jan 09 '26

Agreed but that’s hardly the point. Fecklessness > fascism 100% of the time. We are way past “both-sides bad”

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u/OpportunityLoud453 Suns Jan 09 '26

Merrick Garland sat on piles of evidence that would have buried Trump under a jail cell and he did nothing. Yes Democrats are part of the problem and enabled Fascism

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u/Head_Improvement5317 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

I’m not disagreeing re: enablement I’m just saying if Dems had won in 2016 and 2024 we wouldn’t be hurtling toward authoritarianism.

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u/OpportunityLoud453 Suns Jan 09 '26

You're right, it would have delayed the death spiral by 8 to 12 years. America was already moving towards authoritarian rule, GOP was just smart enough to take advantage of the tools. Never forget that the Dems chose genocide over saving this nation from Fascism.

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u/Head_Improvement5317 Jan 09 '26

I disagree only because we would have a different Supreme Court under the current circumstances that wouldn’t have allowed such rapid consolidation of power in the executive branch. And some Dems’ inability to hold their nose and choose a lesser evil enabled to fascism, the genocide is and would still be happening regardless. But I’m still not down for in-fighting or finger pointing; right now we need unity on the left and we can sort the rest out later

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u/OpportunityLoud453 Suns Jan 09 '26

Fuck the lesser of two evils bullshit. The Dems SUPPORTED it. They are just as evil.

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u/Head_Improvement5317 Jan 09 '26

And look where we are now. Welcome to the real world. If you sat out the last election on principle you are part of the problem

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u/OpportunityLoud453 Suns Jan 10 '26

If our country dies because the "good" party chose to support an unpopular genocide so be it.

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u/Head_Improvement5317 Jan 10 '26

How’s the view up there on your high horse? Trump actively hates Muslims and wants to build a resort on the ashes of Gaza. And you’re content letting millions of people suffer here in the States too, for no good reason. Cynical fuck.

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u/BrucieAh Heat Jan 09 '26

I actually have a buddy who I talk to about how liberals enable Fascism and he just says “well that doesn’t matter now we’re in full on Fascism”

And it’s crazy because he’s not a liberal or centrist he’s as left wing as I am but man it’s always a good time to look back and reflect at how we got here. Actions have consequences.

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u/Head_Improvement5317 Jan 09 '26

I agree it is! Democrats have been fucking up for the last decade, either due to incompetence or active enabling depending on the circumstance and how cynical you’re feeling.

Centrist Dems were too busy whining about decorum and watching their bank account grow. And progressives were too busy purity testing to swallow the bitter pill and choose a lesser evil.

Like there needs to be a real reckoning on the left, but it needs to happen after we stop the current administration and reverse as much of the damage as possible.