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[+] -53 points 1 year ago* (10 children)
  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago*

    you’re saying it’s cool to criticize physical aspects of a person over which they only have so much control?

    When that person's famous for actively pushing transphobic policies by pretending they're a top athlete? Yes. Nothing wrong with not being the very best. I certainly am not at anything.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago

    Again you keep saying physical aspects as if someone's athletic performance is something they're born with. A person's performance on a field of play or what have you is not something they're given at Birth. It's an extremely ignorant thing to say. Those four swimmers that beat her didn't beat her because they were predestined to, they beat her because they put in the work. They beat her because they had the mental drive and physical dedication to work harder than she did. Maybe if she didn't spend so much time thinking about how much she hated transsexual people how much she wanted them exterminated and how easy it would be to grift conservative morons she would have done better. Although to be fair I thought about that last for a few times myself.

    I've seen some lazy sea lion performances in my day, but this is might take the cake.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago*

    Seriously? We're in a trans community, and you're saying it's cool to criticize physical aspects of a person over which they only have so much control?

    That's such a dumb assertion. Sure there are some athletes that have inborn physical advantages in some sports but the vast majority of athletes are just regular people that train very hard. Also even those innate physical advantages will not make it a guarantee that someone wins in that sport, they still need to put in the work in training before they can take advantage of them.

    For example, even though Michael Phelps has a longer than average arm span that doesn't mean he can jump in the water with no training and win the Olympics. The man wouldn't have gotten all those medals if he didn't train constantly since he was 11.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Look, you're in the wrong. Learn and grow from it. Or at least try.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Riley Gaines came equal fifth with a trans woman, and then spun that into a narrative where competing with trans women is unfair on cis women. The top four finishers were cis women. She lies, constantly, about how the system was stacked against her, when she's just not a very good swimmer. She brought the conversation onto this topic, that she would actually be able to excel if the playing field were "fair". Pointing out that she wouldn't is not only reasonable, but it's important to do, because it lays bare the fact that both her and the trans woman that's caused her to feel so disaffected are equally not that good compared to their peers.

    It's really bold of you, a cis person, to come into a trans space, and tell us all off for 'being mean to' someone who you admitted you had never heard of, when she is a TERF who has used her platform to help pass trans sports bans in a number of states. It has a real "you must be tolerant of the intolerant" vibe to it. I think you should try and be introspective about the privilege that you have, that's led you to have this opinion.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Riley Gaines is a hate monger and a grifter. She is a disgusting and vile creature! (ie. A typical republikkklan) She deserves all the vitriol she receives, plus a lot more. I'd be good mocking her for her obvious lack of intelligence, too, as well as her loser attempt to blame another for her own life failures.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    No. You just can't admit that you're wrong, or at least, well out of step with popular opinion, so you are doubling down. I'm just unsure whether you like the albeit negative attention, or whether you need to always be right. Neither of those are positive traits, although I'll grant you points for having a strong mind. A strong, SMART mind, however, would intuit when to back off.....

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  • [+] 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    That fact you're triggered enough[...]

    You played your hand of being a shitty person. Please leave this space now.

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  • [+] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
    1. No, I'm not going to go trawling your history, I simply don't care enough
    2. The rest of the world does exist you know.
    3. You can be a shitty person based off some things and not others. The way you've acted in this thread and especially using the word triggered in that fashion while talking to a minority group, isn't a good look. Maybe you could try being introspective instead of making light of trauma and PTSD.
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