Ben Jenkins

Wu-Tang is for the children. He/Him

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@ecf2times_ @EugeneREQUIEM5 He doesn't have to make them "appear" equal. They ARE equal. Two separate instances of a player committing a foul in the process of scrambling for a loose ball.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@MiddleIsntBad @SharonKyle00 The WNBA had white women in it before Caitlin Clark got there.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@NeutrinoWay @cckent22 Nope. I disagree that she's the dirtiest player (Sophie, Marina, DiJonai, and CC herself are all in that conversation), but criticism is fine. Unfortunately, most of the discourse directed AT's way has not been "honest criticism."

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@CCMVPLoading "Fist to the throat" is such a disingenuous framing, and you know it... unless you haven't actually watched the play. It was a standard flagrant. Yes they missed it live (not unusual), but y'all are acting like AT should be banned from the league. It wasn't a noteworthy foul.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@cc22goddess There's an incredibly obvious reason for this, but you wouldn't like it since it doesn't fit your narrative.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@John_KernanIND @CaitlinClark22 No one wants to "do her harm". It's a physical game. She's not the only one who ever gets fouled hard, nor is she the only one who ever gets fouled without a call. Also the league was already in the process of expansion when she got there, far from "dying".

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@CarterAustin803 @DBGyt_ I appreciate that. Folks defending AT aren't saying they're happy CC got hurt. We are just frustrated by a certain subset of CC fans (and "fans") gleefully turning a normal foul into an excuse to spread bigotry.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@CarterAustin803 @DBGyt_ The thing is that she does. Sometimes refs miss calls. She isn't the only one who ever gets fouled without a call. She isn't the only one who ever gets called for a weak foul. She isn't the only one who gets fouled hard. It's a victim complex that is exhausting for non-CC fans.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@CarterAustin803 @DBGyt_ The original post is complaining about AT's teammates supporting her publicly during a time when she is being bombarded by hate speech. You didn't say anything hateful, but we are only even discussing this two days after the fact because many CC fans want to call it a hate crime.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@CarterAustin803 @DBGyt_ Then do that. Nobody is preventing her from playing basketball. You don't need to turn a missed foul call into a targeted hate campaign. Sometimes fouls get missed. Y'all are asking for her to get special treatment.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@DBGyt_ Uh, they're acting that way because there's an entire army of people who don't even watch the WNBA spewing endless racism, homophobia, and somehow transphobia at her over a foul that wouldn't otherwise be noteworthy.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@CarterAustin803 @DBGyt_ Lol y'all not even trying to hide it...

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@ImJustQuentin FOH "purposely". It was a clean steal. Unfortunate that Phee got hurt, but injuries happen in sports. It's a physical league and AT is a physical player.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@Whistler_kf @MicCapesRaps Those are not contradictory. You should eat healthy, but you don't have to.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@kingshmegland @HoopHerSpeaks The contact to the neck would be the same level of flagrant. Hand to the face and literally in the mouth is even worse.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@laserbeaum @EugeneREQUIEM5 @PhoenixMercury WTF are you talking about? It's literally the exact same thing. Someone making a physical play in an attempt to grab a loose ball, and committing a foul in the process.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@MountaineersMan @ttwittweettwatt Other fanbases have called AT "dirty" for sure, but CC fans are the only ones constantly throwing racist dog whistles and calls for harsh legal punishment.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

@rowse_david @ttwittweettwatt Yes, players dive on the floor scrambling for a loose ball several times a game.

[Ben Jenkins @Bent_Frames]

If the roles were reversed nobody would be talking about it, not even actual WNBA fans. Mercury fans would've been upset for a few minutes because a foul wasn't called, and then would've moved on because it was a normal basketball play and fouls get missed all the time.

[Brittany Hughes @RealBrittHughes]

Imagine if the roles here had been reversed. Just IMAGINE.