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Svg on trump election

Posted: Wed Nov 9, 2016 10:17 pm
by Fennisdembo89

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Wed Nov 9, 2016 10:18 pm
by Fennisdembo89
He's going to get a lot of crap for this. I've never been more proud of my detroit pistons

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Wed Nov 9, 2016 10:50 pm
by tmorgan
Good work, SVG. Speak your mind.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Wed Nov 9, 2016 11:29 pm
by Dutch Michigan
Love that guy.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Wed Nov 9, 2016 11:39 pm
by In SVG We Trust
Bush was a good, honorable man? I can't respect his opinion, I think Trump is a nazi and there's no way I would have voted for him, but Killary is just as bad and the media and the famous and millionaire people are just against him because his economics, they don't care a s**t about the minorities. Is not racism to bombing Siria and other Middle East countries?

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Wed Nov 9, 2016 11:43 pm
by MotownMadness
I respect the hell out of Van Gundy so I'll just have a no comment on that. I do wish we could keep politics out of sports more though as it's mine and many others place of enjoyment away from the madness.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Wed Nov 9, 2016 11:43 pm
by Dutch Michigan
In SVG We Trust wrote:Bush was a good, honorable man? I can't respect his opinion, I think Trump is a nazi and there's no way I would have voted for him, but Killary is just as bad and the media and the famous and millionaire people are just against him because his economics, they don't care a s**t about the minorities. Is not racism to bombing Siria and other Middle East countries?


Both were very bad candidates. Bernie would've killed it but the DNC thought otherwise. I'll leave it at that.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Wed Nov 9, 2016 11:52 pm
by detroitKG
MotownMadness wrote:I respect the hell out of Van Gundy so I'll just have a no comment on that. I do wish we could keep politics out of sports more though as it's mine and many others place of enjoyment away from the madness.


I'll sign off on this.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:00 am
by bondom34
I love your coach.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:19 am
by Timmaytime
Yeah this is really cool of him to say. Stan Van is using sports and the media conglomerate that surrounds it as the vehicle to portray issues and express his dismay, similar to how Kaepernick or more recently, Nigel Hayes have. I wish more athletes/coaches/etc. would do this.

Glad he's not worried about possible repercussions for speaking his mind either (as he shouldn't).

Also, I give this thread about a day at most before it's locked for some perfectly legitimate reason :usa:

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:28 am
by ComboGuardCity
I'm proud to be a piston fan and even more so now.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:06 am
by DBC10
This is easily the best thing SVG has said and a lot of us who didn't vote for Trump feels.

I know I use this term a lot, but I think it lends even more credence to it now within context of Stan's comments. The sheer amount of mental gymnastics and irrational justification to look over his deeply troubling character issues is unfathomable in this day and age and still get elected.

I'll end it here. I'm really not in the mood for basketball or anything much really. I can't imagine how the players feel too, who would want to play right now?

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:08 am
by DetroitPistons
SVG needs to stick to basketball. Athletes and celebrities as a whole should just stay out of politics. It's really a damn shame that SVG trots out the same ridiculous accusations about Trump as every other uninformed liberal. All they do is shout sexist and racist and they have no clue what they're talking about. What a joke. This election shows that people are sick and tired of that false rhetoric and it's about time. I didn't vote for Trump and I have some disagreements with him but he is far better than that demon Hillary Clinton. Lets give him a chance to make America great again!

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:10 am
by In SVG We Trust
Read on Twitter

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:11 am
by ComboGuardCity
DetroitPistons wrote:SVG needs to stick to basketball. Athletes and celebrities as a whole should just stay out of politics. It's really a damn shame that SVG trots out the same ridiculous accusations about Trump as every other uninformed liberal. All they do is shout sexist and racist and they have no clue what they're talking about. What a joke. This election shows that people are sick and tired of that false rhetoric and it's about time. I didn't vote for Trump and I have some disagreements with him but he is far better than that demon Hillary Clinton. Lets give him a chance to make America great again!

Yeah celebrities should stay out of politics...except Donald trump?

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:19 am
by Fennisdembo89
Svg has always been a stand up guy that calls it how he sees it. To expect him to keep his mouth shut because he's a basketball coach isn't really feasible especially if you follow him and get a sense of what kind of man he is. We love him for that as a coach, yet some of you dislike him for that as a person.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:25 am
by The Moose
MotownMadness wrote:I respect the hell out of Van Gundy so I'll just have a no comment on that. I do wish we could keep politics out of sports more though as it's mine and many others place of enjoyment away from the madness.


My thoughts as well, I'll leave it as a no comment.

Re: RE: Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:27 am
by DetroitSho
ComboGuardCity wrote:
DetroitPistons wrote:SVG needs to stick to basketball. Athletes and celebrities as a whole should just stay out of politics. It's really a damn shame that SVG trots out the same ridiculous accusations about Trump as every other uninformed liberal. All they do is shout sexist and racist and they have no clue what they're talking about. What a joke. This election shows that people are sick and tired of that false rhetoric and it's about time. I didn't vote for Trump and I have some disagreements with him but he is far better than that demon Hillary Clinton. Lets give him a chance to make America great again!

Yeah celebrities should stay out of politics...except Donald trump?

Lololololololol oops

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:31 am
by The Moose
DetroitPistons wrote:SVG needs to stick to basketball. Athletes and celebrities as a whole should just stay out of politics. It's really a damn shame that SVG trots out the same ridiculous accusations about Trump as every other uninformed liberal. All they do is shout sexist and racist and they have no clue what they're talking about. What a joke. This election shows that people are sick and tired of that false rhetoric and it's about time. I didn't vote for Trump and I have some disagreements with him but he is far better than that demon Hillary Clinton. Lets give him a chance to make America great again!


The most ironic part is the inability of the liberals to think critically and self evaluate. They can't recognise that they have alienated a lot of the middle class with this rhetoric, people who were moderate or indifferent grew to become tired of their behaviour. The election results were a reactionary move to this, and what do they do?

Instead of thinking, hey, maybe we should approach this differently and try to persuade the opposition in a different manner, they've doubled down on the same decisive rhetoric.

Maybe they'll learn next election, probably not.

Re: Svg on trump election

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:33 am
by Cowology
I <3 SVG.