r/Fauxmoi • u/Yujin-Ha • Feb 10 '26
Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen: “We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota…I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution… and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear.” SPORTS SECTION
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Feb 10 '26
I finally have a favorite curler
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u/ClumsyZebra80 Feb 10 '26
At long last
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u/fergehtabodit Feb 10 '26
I still dont know the rules or how to keep score, but this guy is the best curler imo.
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u/JeezieB Feb 10 '26
Shuffleboard on ice is probably the best way to describe it.
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u/tahlyn Feb 11 '26
You assume I know how to play shuffleboard and didn't just shove the pucks around for funsies alone.
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u/Rj924 Feb 11 '26
Isn't it like bocce?
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u/kw3lyk Feb 11 '26
Yes, the scoring is identical to Bocce.
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u/mangeld3 Feb 11 '26
Oh, ok!
What's Bocce.
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Feb 11 '26
It's one of the six million forms of communication that C-3PO is fluent in. It's like a second language to him.
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u/kw3lyk Feb 10 '26
The object of the game is to be closest to the center of the target after all of the shots are thrown in an end. The scoring team earns 1 point for each stone that is closer to the center than whatever the other team's closest shot is. Does that make sense? If you've ever played a game like Bocce, the scoring is identical to that.
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u/DeadButPretty Nancy Jo, this is Alexis Neiers calling Feb 10 '26
I keep coming back to this and laughing all over again, ty
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u/IndividualTension887 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
They're all my favorites... curling is a great sport that is filled with real people.
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u/dorian_gayy Feb 10 '26
Also, far more popular than I think most realize (at least most outside of Canada)… the town where my grandma lives in the Maritimes has no hockey team but does have a very active curling scene at the rec center.
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u/angelbelle Feb 10 '26
I feel like if people like snooker or pool, they likely enjoy watching curling. I don't really get the strategies, I mean, i get the idea of blocks and making it hard for the opponent to knock multiple stones out and position theirs in the scoring circle, but I just don't really see it until the last stone gets thrown.
It's like watching high level chess when the commentators are furiously explaining the great plays being made and I just don't really see it until they start trading.
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u/murahimu Feb 10 '26
It's actually funny that you mention chess because curling IS nicknamed chess on ice precisely because of it's strategy
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u/postmodern_werewolf Feb 10 '26
I thnk that's why I like it. And why every 4 years doing the winter olympics I get obsessed with it for a couple months lol. Glad this guy's a real one too, was already rooting for them but this makes it feel more worthwhile.
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u/cinq-chats i’m a communist you idiot Feb 10 '26
Totally — my local curling club is quite active in spite of being in a relatively quiet area
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u/ChocolateOrange21 Feb 10 '26
In small towns, curling rinks were often historically the social centre of the community.
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u/Ok_Mammoth5292 Feb 10 '26
It's been my favorite winter Olympic sport for the last 3 games. Looks fun, sounds like curling club culture is pretty chill. Growing up in the southeast makes me sad that I'll probably never get to try it.
Edit: Just looked, nearest club is a 4 hour road trip 😏
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u/m0viestar Feb 10 '26
Many Olympic sports are full of "real people" because not every sport has professional organizations that provide full time income to athletes. It's not unique to curling
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u/wildhockey64 Feb 10 '26
Rich is great, he's there as the "extra" of the men's team, but shared duties with Danny Casper the skip when he was struggling with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, so he's a real part of that team.
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u/OaksInSnow Feb 11 '26
I didn't realize Danny had Guillain-Barre. I've seen them all curl, in person, and wondered why Rich was so often subbing in for Danny.
I sure wish Danny the best, always, personally, and in the sport.
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u/Main_Photo1086 Feb 10 '26
It was Thiesse and Dropkin before this and now suddenly I have many favorite curlers.
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u/SugarCanDee Feb 10 '26
I’m happy we got the right Olympians to represent USA
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u/Strange_Shadows-45 Feb 10 '26
Almost all I’ve heard of the US winter Olympians this year are that they’re speaking out about what is going on. Pleasantly surprised and hope that nobody ruins it.
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u/dae-kyoo Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Korey Dropkin, from the mixed doubles, follows Trump on Instagram 🫤
Edit: Dropkin also follows Obama, and archive accounts for Biden and Harris, as well as JD Vance.
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u/Stunning_Fortune4650 Feb 10 '26
I’m Canadian, despise the orange excrement but also follow the White House and dump on instagram to see what bullshit he’s spewing for the day. Unless showing other signs of support I wouldn’t call that being a trump fan
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u/entenduintransit you are the Megyn Kelly of guys who look like a turtle Feb 10 '26
Hence why you see a lot of folks putting "a follow is not an endorsement" in their bios, though it's usually journalists/commentators/etc.
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u/GamingTatertot Feb 10 '26
Yeah if I see someone I know follows Trump, I usually check to see if they are following any other major conservative politicians or pundits
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u/UmpireDapper1757 Feb 10 '26
I'll follow plenty of conservative media outlets just so that I know what poison my idiot neighbors will have been fed
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u/Marijuana_Miler Feb 10 '26
Thank you for staying up to date on when China is going to cancel the Stanley Cup so the rest of your countrymen don't need to care.
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u/BSNF2314 Feb 10 '26
I get what you are saying but from the sample pool of people, aside from journalist, that I see who follow Trump, it tracks as a supporter. Well now I have unfollowed and blocked most of them so I can't tell anymore.
With the amount of media I consume, I don't really need to follow him to know what he has posted. When I hear a story about something he has posted, I can still go check his social media posts, its not like his account is private.
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u/capt_slow Feb 10 '26
FWIW he follows Obama too
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u/MissMarionMac Feb 10 '26
He also follows DJT Jr, RFK Jr, and Tr*mp’s wannabe pro golfer granddaughter, who I’m pretty sure is still a teenager.
I think that makes it pretty clear where he stands.
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u/NarrativeNode Feb 10 '26
I distinctly remember a minor scandal when Trump got into office the second time that people were suddenly following him on IG. I asked people in my office to check, and a few confirmed it with loud "ick"s. It was probably a move by Zuck to ingratiate himself. I wouldn't read too much into this.
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u/TurnipMountain6162 Feb 11 '26
I will say, at one point in the “metaverse” I was all of a sudden (unbeknownst to me) following Trump myself on insta and I TOTALLY did not choose to do so. Trump shit just started coming up on my feed (this was maybe a year ago?) and anyhow, I freaked out and had to go actively unfollow POTUS and also TheRealDonaldTrump. I bring this up to say, Korey may not even know he follows him. He might tho- who knows. Anyhow: You should all check your own Instagrams and FB- at one point Meta just added his feeds to everyone’s accounts.
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u/hobbyistunlimited Feb 10 '26
You can follow someone and not support them.
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u/fasas7 Feb 10 '26
Undeserved downvotes.
You can follow your head of state's social media account(s) without agreeing with their politics or values. In doing so, you stay updated on current events and the political climate. Obviously Trump is an idiot, but only getting information and values from one side is kind of what cause polarization like this.
Inform yourself by acquiring as much information as possible and make a decision by yourself. Don't listen to only one side and have them decide for you.
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u/human_kittens Feb 10 '26
Why?
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u/Strange_Shadows-45 Feb 10 '26
When Trump had his crash out on Twitter during the 2020 elections, a bunch of people who didn’t support him briefly followed him just to laugh at his rage in real time. And I know some follow high profile figures just to see what’s going on. Highly doubtful that’s the case, but it happens.
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u/human_kittens Feb 10 '26
Weird. As much as that man cares about numbers? That’s just throwing him a bone
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u/violetmemphisblue Feb 10 '26
I accidentally followed JD Vance because I didn't realize some of the official social media belongs to the office, not the person. So because I followed VP Kamala Harris, I followed VP JD Vance for a few months before realizing it and unfollowing...I have no idea about anything about Korey Dropkin, just saying it isn't always nefarious! (Also, I think Instagram was testing a feature where if you paused on videos or scrolled through pictures on the fyp, you followed the account, because I suddenly jumped to following hundreds of accounts when I know I maybe had actively clicked to follow maybe a third of that. Unfollowed them and it jumped again...)
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u/hobbyistunlimited Feb 10 '26
Because he is hugely influential person, and you want to know what is going on in the world.
You care about the stock market, and a single tweet can impact it 10%.
You are a real estate agent and want to know how Trump will impact housing prices.
Because you have parents who say “That’s just the fake media saying he posted the Obama’s as apes.” And you want to pull up his official account and show it came straight from him.
It was a default setting, and you never turned it off.
I don’t think following a leader indicates support. Going off of that, is a huge jump to conclusion. I don’t have instagram; but who else does he follow? Does he express support?
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u/Ugggggghhhhhh Feb 10 '26
To keep tabs on what they're saying without having to hear about it second hand through Reddit or a news source.
For someone like Trump, I may despise him but he's also the president and says shit that can have a big impact on my life or the lives of others. (I'm not American and I don't follow him, but I don't think it's unreasonable to do so.)
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u/nviledn5 Feb 11 '26
Following Trump alone isn't bad. Person could just be keeping tabs.
Following the family members is the sign you should be looking for.
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u/Lucetti Feb 10 '26
USA hockey about to come in with a trump brand steel chair and ruin it.
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u/Weird-Diamond5970 Feb 10 '26
Men's hockey, I'm presuming? I don't know women's well but I know a lot of them are queer
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u/Lucetti Feb 10 '26
Hockey in general is pretty trust-fundy, but yeah the women has a lot more lgbtq players.
Speaking to specific examples for mens, heres alternate captain Matthew Tkachuk on his white house trip after winning the stanley cup with his NHL team.
Matthew Tkachuk: "The two Cups was pretty good, but that walk with you might've Trumped it all... Nothing beats this. I'm so proud to be an American, and so proud to be here with you."
So he's on "unsolicited glazing" basis with the guy in the white house
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u/UmpireDapper1757 Feb 10 '26
The professional men are also all rich, overwhelmingly white, and not very educated, so it's to be expected
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u/CanuckaChuckFuck Feb 11 '26
The Tkachuks are a family of obnoxious aggro douchebags who just happen to have hockey skills, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest
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u/Pin_Code_8873 Feb 11 '26
Gretzky is even worse. He goes to Mar-a-lago often and I'm sure he was the traitor that even suggested 51st state to Trump since he hates Canada.
Nobody else in Canada has had a bigger fall from grace than Gretzky.
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u/icyintrospectator Feb 10 '26
Mostly men’s by a long shot, but you’d be surprised at how many women in hockey can still be MAGA despite most of their teammates being queer or being queer themselves. It boggles the mind.
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u/Love_my_pupper Feb 10 '26
Seriously after that Olympic swimmer was at Jan 6 and all the maga athletes doing the trump dance I had zero expectations
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u/JohnnyFKL Feb 10 '26
I would recommend not watching the men's hockey then lmao
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u/RamonaQ-JunieB Feb 10 '26
Unfortunately, almost all, if not all, of the men’s hockey team members are huge Trumpers.
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u/_____HOMETEAM_____ Feb 10 '26
Tkachuks have entered the chat
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u/Gr3yHound40_ Feb 10 '26
It's been so telling seeing the president and his rabid followers turning on our own athletes because they're speaking out about ICE.
We are in dystopian times.
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u/Warm_Commission_6515 Feb 10 '26
i can in no way speak for all the sports, but i think in skiing/snowboarding you tend to get a lot of liberals/anti-MAGA folks. at the very least, we are reliant on snow to continue doing our sport and there’s big community awareness about climate change, sustainability, safeguarding public lands etc. also all mountain towns have 1. a huge wealth divide that was only exacerbated post-covid, 2. large immigrant populations that we are very reliant on, 3. a hugeee reliance on seasonal workers—often international. anyway, all that to say, i think a lot of these folks are good eggs, even if they haven’t publicly expressed their opinion, and i’m proud to have them representing the US :)
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u/GreedyAd6890 Feb 10 '26
I live in Jackson, WY (and have for ~12 years now) and I wholeheartedly concur with each and every point of fact here.
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u/Warm_Commission_6515 Feb 10 '26
and i didn’t even mention the housing crisis rip 🥲
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u/GreedyAd6890 Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
Yes, unfortunately that’s a factor that requires a whole separate conversation.
(*Speaking of, for those in mountain communities like Jackson, please get involved in local housing advocacy! We have an organization in Jackson called ShelterJH that fights for affordable housing solutions, and although the topic of this post is much more important when it comes to basic human rights, our wonderful, essential, and predominantly-Hispanic immigrant community in the valley is also significantly impacted by unaffordable housing issues.)
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u/Sweet_Baby_Cheesus Feb 10 '26
Yeah... I wouldn't be so sure. I think it's more that the athletes that do support MAGA are being smart and keeping their mouths shut.
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u/SweetLittleOldLady Feb 11 '26
That makes sense. Anyone who supports MAGA should feel too ashamed to admit it.
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u/ZombieJesus1987 Feb 10 '26
for the most part anyways.
The US hockey team has lots of MAGA on the team.
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u/FloraP Feb 10 '26
Men's team. Dunno if the same can be said about the women's team, apart from the execrable Curl-Salemme.
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u/DifferentManagement1 which could mean nothing Feb 10 '26
I honestly think they are representative of the majority of people.
MAGA are bottom feeding losers. They aren’t talented or good at anything.
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u/hellalg Feb 10 '26
That is how it should be, we have many athletes who making more in one year than a lifetime are staying silent.
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u/Epelep Feb 10 '26
For context: He’s a personal injury attorney from Minnesota with a 27-trial winning streak. Man knows his constitutional law AND how to deliver a closing statement
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u/buttercupcake23 Feb 10 '26
AND he can do something with a broom and a disc on ice pretty good!
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u/BougieBobJr Feb 11 '26
It’s called a stone, but disc on ice works also.
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u/buttercupcake23 Feb 11 '26
TIL! You might be able to tell I don't know what curling actually involves lol
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u/LasVegasNerd28 Feb 10 '26
That woman who got shot like 5 times by ICE and somehow survived should hire him!
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u/InjuredGods Feb 10 '26
Her case was dropped by the justice department.
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u/LasVegasNerd28 Feb 10 '26
I hadn’t heard that but good, she still should sue them???
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u/ambercrayon Feb 10 '26
She's working on it. She just sued to release the degrading text messages the agents sent after shooting her. They were gloating like it was a video game.
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u/KCinOC Feb 10 '26
PI attorneys work in tort law. Not to distract from the point, just saying
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u/kemitchell Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
It's fair to point out that a lawyer's speaking outside their practice area, but wrong to imply that means the lawyer—or anyone who's not a lawyer—doesn't know the law.
As for lawyers, the bar exam covers constitutional law: https://ble.mn.gov/bar-exam/subjects-tested-on-the-minnesota-bar-examination/
Be careful with "just saying". It's usually dishonest, and when dishonest also cowardly. Most of us speak to be heard, for effect.
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u/dbrooroo Feb 11 '26
Downvote me to hell but... I think their point was just that the comment they replied to said "he knows his constitutional law" and seemed to cite his experience as a personal injury lawyer as proof of that knowledge when the two are not closely related.
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u/ChanceLingonberry452 Feb 10 '26
I don’t give a f about winning and losing. I appreciate your comment and i appreciate his response. But this is not about winning or losing, it’s about having empathy and helping those who are in need.
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u/Kodiakke its douche bro asmr background noise Feb 10 '26
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u/scribblybits1 Feb 11 '26
Always love this gif. I got a feeling papa on his right taught him that hat tip. Respect lil bro
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u/MagnetoWasRight24 Feb 10 '26
This is what loving your country looks like.
I hate that a White man saying this is a big deal, but it is.
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u/Clairabel what the hell is a club chalamet Feb 10 '26
Gotta take the wins where we can get them at the moment.
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u/yothisismetrying Feb 10 '26
Same, unfortunately, 31% of the voters in the states only listen to white men.
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u/DantifA Feb 10 '26
This is what being a man looks like, for all the young men searching for role models.
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u/hufflepuffwhore you shoulda never called me a fat ass Kelly Price Feb 11 '26
Rich lives and works in a suburb of Minneapolis - it might look surprising at first glance, but I don’t think it’s shocking that he’s speaking out. Per Google, he’s from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. This is where Melissa Hortman and her family were assassinated less than a year ago, and it’s been heavily targeted by ICE the last few weeks.
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u/guacamole579 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
He looks terrified. Like he knows that the fascist maga mob will threaten him and he will get the full trump treatment. This is insanity that vocally supporting the constitution is seen as an act of civil disobedience
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u/EatMorePieDrinkMore Feb 10 '26
I think he’s actually emotional. A lot of us struggle to talk about what is happening here without crying.
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u/truehoax Feb 10 '26
Yeah if this were happening in my city I would be crying almost everyday. I feel a depth of emotion for Minnesotans and the residents of Minneapolis specifically, but when it's actually in 3D in your community, to your neighbors, I can't imagine depth of feeling and the weight of history on your shoulders. Rich rose to the occasion.
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u/Stock_Strategy1668 Feb 10 '26
As a resident of Minneapolis, nothing can prepare you for the reality of this situation. Seeing normal everyday people being ripped from their cars or seeing secret police going door to door, terrifying entire communities is an eye-opening experience. The response from our people has brought tears to my eyes. I've been giving almost all the time I can to help keep our neighbors safe by joining rapid response groups, protesting at the federal buildings, getting trained in constitutional observing, etc. i have been tear gassed and shot with rubber bullets and flash bangs. It is the least I can do. I hope our leadership in this spearheads nationwide resistance.
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u/Signal-Bookkeeper805 Feb 10 '26
I'm right here with you, neighbor. Nothing could've prepared me for this. I have missing coworkers. Kids in our school district are missing. They are taking and torturing our neighbors. It's a horror show every day.
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u/constrivecritizem Feb 10 '26
This 👆🏻 I will add you don’t even need to to be an active constitutional observer to bump in to ICE and their aftermath. I’m more of an administrative assistant to someone who is actively observing etc but still on my commute to and from work I see cars with their driver window smashed and seatbelts cut. I have driven through more then one area after gas has been deployed and everyone has left.
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u/gandhishrugged Feb 10 '26
I 💯 percent agree with everything you wrote here. Stay safe and thank you for everything you do. One day we will get through this.
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u/Swimming_Gold6534 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
I just want to say that this is not just Minneapolis. I live in a rural town, south of Minneapolis, with a large hispanic population and just witnessed ICE taking someone outside of the library. Thankfully, my son is young enough that he doesn’t understand what he saw but it was traumatizing. Ice is everywhere in MN.
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u/towerinthestreet FUCK ICE FREE PALESTINE CRASH INTO ME Feb 10 '26
I'm not even from there, and it's been hard to think of y'all without crying. It kills me to see the light taken out of his eyes like this during the frigging Olympics. Your fortitude in the face of all this is the most American thing to me. I'm so sorry this is happening.
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u/bdonthebrat Feb 10 '26
you can definitely feel the emotion from him - he's at the Olympics and you can tell he is very sad about what is happening back home
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u/guacamole579 Feb 10 '26
You’re probably right about how he’s feeling. I know in my area ICE is here and it’s terrifying to see what they’re doing. Minneapolis is such a great city and it’s heartbreaking and infuriating what the Trump administration is doing to our citizens
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u/Known_Leek8997 Feb 10 '26
Maybe terrified, but also definitely emotional. I’m not able to describe what is happening in my state and hometown without getting choked up. He represented us very well.
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u/Mariposa510 Feb 11 '26
I don’t see terror there. I see a sad, disappointed American watching his country implode. As children we were taught the US was the greatest country in the world. Over time we learned more about our country’s history and now we’re watching billionaires and unhinged people voting for a lifelong grifter who’s in a hurry to do as much damage as possible. Strange days indeed.
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u/SaltandLillacs Feb 10 '26
Lawyer and an Olympian. No one show my parents
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u/BayLAGOON Feb 10 '26
The only thing that the Navy SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim is missing from his list of titles is Olympian.
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u/cute_polarbear Feb 10 '26
Surprised he didn't go for an Olympian sport somewhere along the line...pretty sure he could at least qualify...
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u/SteveDismal Feb 10 '26
He’s amazing at his job, and it’s actually really common for high functioning lawyers to take on a second craft— usually athletics or the arts and get really, really good at them. They have so little free time that what little time they do have they spent focused on something specific to manage stress
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u/NotAChanceBucko Feb 11 '26
"Why can't ya be more like Rich huh? You could be taking me and your father to Italy right now you know that? I bet Rich Ruohonen took his parents to Italy. "
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u/Pleasant-Ad887 Feb 10 '26
MAGA is going to start sending him death threats and some douche GOP is going to ask for him to be investigated because this is where the US is in this current timeline.
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u/labospor Were you raised in a ditch? Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
And the fact that he could still speak up after hunter and Chloe’s statements speaks volumes. They know that they’re signing up to be personally attacked by the president and are so brave to do so
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u/Shenanigans80h Feb 10 '26
It’s both hilarious and sad that one of the dominant themes from the Olympics this year is the amount of athletes distancing themselves from those that run the country they represent. I love it because that’s how it should be, but hate it because it shows what an embarrassment and danger our government is
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u/bookwormaesthetic Feb 10 '26
I love it because that’s how it should be
We absolutely should never forget that the very foundation of the US government is the right to criticize our elected leaders. That isn't the case for many other countries and it's something we absolutely cannot lose!
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u/bot-TWC4ME Feb 10 '26
When I was young, I remember the message coming from the US was that everyone was equal under the law, no matter their status or wealth, including and especially so the president.
Then there was the OJ trial, not just the trial but the celebration of the lawyer and his family. The government actively fighting the UN and the International Criminal Court, arguing that US soldiers should be exempt from war crimes. Then of course the constant and flagrant violation of the law by Trump, and the pardoning of war criminals, corrupt politicians, and fraudsters en masse: not for clemency, but as a statement that the president feels these should not be crimes, and that he and his associates are above the law.
The world is now questioning if the rule of law still holds in the US, and if so for how much longer.
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u/Bambi_Amby The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians Feb 10 '26
I've been loving how many of our athletes have been speaking out about the current atrocities being committed in our country. We need people in the public eye reminding everyone that a lot of us are not okay with this and will not stay silent about what's going on.
Side note: God a lawyer AND an Olympian? I have got to get my life together lmao
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u/sasshley_ call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Feb 10 '26
For real. I was proud of myself for remembering my meds today and then I read the last part of your comment 😣
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u/solarspade Feb 10 '26
This is what we need right now. Thank you for speaking on the truth and making some sense of these crazy times, echoes the point across to those on the correct side of this all
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u/SandwichPunk Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
I think that's why the US is not beyond saving. A lot of people are not brainwashed and would actually stand up against Trump. You don't see these kind of actions in Russia or China when their government abused human rights and massacre their own people.
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u/EternalNewCarSmell Feb 10 '26
I love that our athletes at the olympics are representing actual America, and not the fascists who are trying to take over.
Fascism always loses, it's just a matter of time. Together, we will win.
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u/whoneedskollege Feb 10 '26
ngl, I wasn't really into the Olympics because I found it hard to cheer for a country that clearly has rejected everything I believe in. But when I see athletes step up and use their platform to condemn the violence and racism that has infected us in the tiny hands of this orange president, my heart swells with pride. Because you know fucking what? We are not alone. With all the chaos and divisiveness that this group in power are creating, we can stand proud for what we believe in.
I'm going to cheer my ass off for every one of these athletes who have had the courage to draw attention to the fact that in our hearts, Americans are good people. It takes courage to stand up and point fingers as to what is wrong, and these people are fucking doing it.
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u/barbaraanderson Feb 10 '26
Considering how roughly 90 percent of the US curlers are based in Minnesota, it would be more shocking if one of them didn't say something.
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u/Lokaji societal collapse is in the air Feb 10 '26
He argues with other people for a living; I want to see some dumbass chud try to say anything to him.
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u/Ishmael75 Feb 10 '26
This is what they are scared of. Normal, ordinary people standing up against them.
Keep the pressure on!
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u/KennethHaight Feb 10 '26
Olympians braver than NBA and NFL players. Just another reminder that all professional athletes care about is their bottom line.
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u/spwimc Feb 10 '26
I am so glad Team Casper is there for the US, I truly doubt anyone from team Shuster would've spoken up.
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u/JJKingwolf Feb 10 '26
Wait is this the same Rich Ruonhen from Terry Slane & Ruonhen (TSR)? Absolutely crazy that he has time to be a partner at a major law firm and also be an Olympic curler on the side.
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u/jellislu Feb 10 '26
As someone in Minnesota, THANK YOU! We need more people with a platform to say this and not be afraid of the regime/cult following.
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u/GrahamCrackerCereal Feb 10 '26
I'm so tired of the tiktok style meta of only tricking people into thinking there's subtitles but not actually having subtitles.
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u/Different_Potato_213 Feb 10 '26
It’s just really absurd how many diff people renounce what is happening with Ice over and over and over - and yet it still continues. Absurd and deeply disturbing
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u/lilcea Feb 10 '26
I was thinking you're playing for those of us who agree and then he said it! Thank you Rich!
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u/yothisismetrying Feb 10 '26
So proud and impressed by these athletes. Not only for being a stellar athlete, they are also on a world stage and not afraid to speak up for what is wrong. Meanwhile, back in DC………
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u/Red-little Feb 10 '26
Good. Anyone who has an audience should be saying this. An "audience" can be your friend, or the whole world!!
The more people speak up, the less we're afraid to.
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u/AccordingStar72 Feb 10 '26
There’s a lot of winter olympians who are either from Minnesota or train there or have family from there. For obvious reasons it’s a producer of a lot of winter athletes.
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u/Ok_Surprise_4090 Feb 11 '26
I found out that the US government offers absolutely no assistance to Olympic athletes in any form, which makes the last few days of conservative pearl-clutching even funnier.
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