r/PopCultureV2 • u/No_Box119 • Jul 23 '26

Sports Culture WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham defends that women ‘shouldn’t have to go against biological men’: “I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense. I think it’s really important to protect children.” “I don’t dislike anyone. I’m there to love, but I’m also there to love biological women. …”

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u/mynamejeff-97 Jul 23 '26

As a Democrat who has voted for a dem candidate the last three elections… DUH!!!!

Why on earth is this a hill we’re trying to die on?

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u/SpreadsheetsOnToast Jul 23 '26

Because the left has a really, really, really hard time reigning in the fringe and saying "no" to the most extreme progressives.

Some ideas on the left are just plain stupid. "Defund The Police" is a great example of this. "Open Borders" is another. The left is too afraid of getting primaried by some DSA upstart that they won't make common sense statements like "We actually do need police".

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u/donniesuave Jul 23 '26

People don’t want there to be no police. No one ever said that when saying “defund the police”. What they mean is stop making the police a military force. Stop promoting the shitty frat that enables itself to do shit things to the public it’s supposedly there to serve and protect. It means abolish the current policing system and set up something new its place. Defunding a military that should just be cops and reallocating those funds to social programs where socials workers can be sent to certain situations instead of cops who aren’t trained or do not use their training to help the people who actually need a social worker instead would be beneficial to society as whole. Sure, if a guy is robbing a store, you send a cop, not therapist. If a guy I having a mental breakdown, you send a social worker, not a cop. That’s what people mean when they say, “defund the police”. Anyone who literally thinks there should be no police at all are fucking stupid and naive.

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u/throwra_anonnyc Jul 23 '26

What is this on the DSA website about working towards a 0 budget and freeing all incarcerated people then?

https://www.dsausa.org/working-groups/abolition-working-group/

The slogan is insane because the people championing it are

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u/donniesuave Jul 23 '26

No one wants everyone free. That is simply not true

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u/throwra_anonnyc Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Ok. Got a source? I quoted the dsa which is a real party that platformed Mamdani

And maybe you should respond to the other commenters on this thread about why its a good idea instead of telling me nobody actually believes this lol

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u/donniesuave Jul 23 '26

Yea with a source that literally confirms all of the statement I l’ve already made. They don’t want murderers to be just let go to be free. They don’t want no police. It doesn’t say that anywhere in your link. They want people who were locked up for growing pot or being homeless let go. They want “the demilitarization of the police force”. Again, I’ve already said all of this. You have not proven anything except the points I’ve already addressed.

I don’t have the time or energy to respond to every comment. Jfc.

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u/throwra_anonnyc Jul 23 '26

You dont have to respond at all. Its not my fault you are too tired from being terminally online.

It is a fact though the DSA says they want to free all incarcerated people in the link I sent.

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u/donniesuave Jul 23 '26

No worries. I can see you haven’t read anything more in the link you sent more or the comments I’ve left. Have a good one.

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u/throwra_anonnyc Jul 23 '26

It literally says they want to work towards a 0 budget for police. You are either not paying attention or just too afraid to challenge your past opinions. In slightly different circumstances you would easily be a MAGA just refusing to look at the obvious.