The Western Michigan business is a great example of people believing what they want in spite of facts with click-whore media whipping up the resentment instead of reporting the facts.
Posted on September 25, 2026 at 11:25:29 AM by hurryup
It all started with Limbaugh. There's a shitload of money to be made off of resentment and righteous indignation. They are drugs, and we've all taken them at some time or another.
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Maybe a bit of a stretch, but is the widespread dislike of Michigan in the Harbaugh+ era possibly…
- By Craig
September 25, 2026 at 11:14:26 AM
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Stalions maximalists and MAGA are 100% overlap fwiw. Every anti-Michigan conspiracy theorist has a right wing lunatic Twitter page *
- By Nikos
September 25, 2026 at 12:31:00 PM
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Certainly there is a social media and maga-type-fan influence on all of it. lol at Iowa being wholesome. tampering, gambling investigation, racial discrimination lawsuit all very recent, plus the 2011 rhabdomyolysis incident*
- By mtb
September 25, 2026 at 11:45:09 AM
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hmm, in my limited experience...
- By Dunder
September 25, 2026 at 11:34:26 AM
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Possibly. I think Michigan is among a handful of teams / universities (Bama, ND, OSU, PSU to an extent) that people love to hate
- By BigLake
September 25, 2026 at 11:18:27 AM
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Sports has the same problem has politics and everything else. Tribalism, the media isn't serious anymore, everyone thinks their opinion matters and counts as facts.*
- By gbmcq
September 25, 2026 at 11:17:42 AM
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The Western Michigan business is a great example of people believing what they want in spite of facts with click-whore media whipping up the resentment instead of reporting the facts.
- By hurryup
September 25, 2026 at 11:25:29 AM
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Well said***
- By Craig
September 25, 2026 at 11:22:07 AM
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