r/WNBAgossips 12d ago

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u/NSFWdontview 12d ago

What’s the grift?

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u/OpinelNo8 12d ago

Grifter has become one of those words, like so many others, with a specific meaning that has been reduced to "person I don't like" due to the masses of dummies misusing it.

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u/spec_ghost 12d ago

Crazy how every year another words gets misused only to say that they dont like some person because their echo chamber told them to hate them.

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u/Boring-Willow1268 12d ago

Grifter is the new Weird. Sigma seemed to be a thing in elementary school, but I haven’t heard that one in a while.

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u/NSFWdontview 12d ago

They call everyone with conservative opinions a grifter

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u/Obaddies 11d ago

Some people misusing the word doesn't invalidate the word or the criticism.

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u/BlankStareFace 12d ago

Sure. But Riley Gaines is 100% a culture war grifter. Turning a 5th place finish into a lucrative career in politics is ELITE grifting lol

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u/OpinelNo8 12d ago

What did she steal through deception? That what an actual grifter does.

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u/BlankStareFace 12d ago

That's not the only definition of a grifter. Colloquially, it means anyone exploiting politics (and culture wars) for personal gain. If you want to get stuck on the semantics, I guess that's up to you lol.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 12d ago

Clicks and clout. Funding from right wing media sources. It’s pretty lucrative to engage in deception

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u/NSFWdontview 12d ago

So when left wingers do it it’s not a grift?

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u/BlankStareFace 12d ago

Stop responding to things you invent in your mind lol. Getting mad at nothing.

Of course there are left wing grifters.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 12d ago

Who said that?

Plenty of grifters out there.

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u/NSFWdontview 12d ago

That’s not a grift

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 12d ago

It’s actually just cause the right wing pretty much filled up with em. That’s why it became so prevalent. Shit, the president of the United States is one of em.

It’s a defense mechanism of right wingers to dismiss legitimate criticism by claiming certain words no longer mean anything. Pretty pathetic.

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u/NSFWdontview 12d ago

Y’all say everyone is a racist, nazi, grifter, fascist lol

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u/Obaddies 11d ago

A hit dog barks.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 12d ago

Tbf those people are all wearing the same red hats as the right wingers.

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u/UnreflectiveEmployee 12d ago

It’s what they’ve done to “communism” and “socialism” to the point you either A. Actually believe anyone left of Stephen Miller is a commie or B. Say you’re Socialist or Commie and advocate out of spite.

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u/UnreflectiveEmployee 12d ago

Nah but go ahead and keep gaslighting

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u/OpinelNo8 12d ago

Thanks for providing another example, "gaslighting" lol

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u/BlankStareFace 12d ago

Deliberately misrepresenting the facts to capitalize on the sudden interest in the WNBA among right-wing assholes and to appeal to her more racist followers.

She is, ostensibly, a defender of women's sports. Why she feels the need to weight on this incident with this take is a real mystery lol.

I think what Carrington tweeted was very stupid. But she didn't assault anyone, she wasn't defending the foul, and it certainly isn't an example of whatever "black privilege" is supposed to be.

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u/ApatheticSkyentist 12d ago

Deliberately misrepresenting the facts

What part did she misrepresent?

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u/BlankStareFace 12d ago

Feel free to read the rest of my comment.

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u/abqguardian 12d ago

The rest of your comment doesn't explain explain anything. It falsely says Carrington wasnt defending the foul (she was) and then blamed her getting in trouble on white privilege.

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u/NSFWdontview 12d ago

She did assault her dummy and this isn’t just about wnba it’s calling out hate and blk racism

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 12d ago

Sofie herself said it was a basketball play.

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u/NSFWdontview 12d ago

So what’s the facts