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AOC To Anti-Trans Swimmer Riley Gaines: "Maybe If You Channeled All This Anger Into Swimming Faster You Wouldn’t Have Come In Fifth." (www.erininthemorning.com)
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[–] 73 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Was she swimming against 5 trans swimmers or does she just suck?

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  • [–] 91 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    She just sucks, and instead of trying to improve herself decided to hop on the conservative hate train to attack the trans woman. The three top spots were all cis women.

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

    It's not only attacking one of the most vulnerable demographics in the country, but it's attacking one of the most vulnerable demographics in the country over the most pettiest bullshit I can imagine. She's upset because she didn't get 5th place.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    It's not even that; she got fifth place. She's upset that she had to share fifth place with a trans woman. I also feel the need to point out that it was her last competitive event, so it's not exactly like competitive swimming is a vital component of her life that she kept doing moving forward. She's just a vile, terrible person who realized she could make a career as a right-wing grifter.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    She’s upset because she didn’t get 5th place.

    It's worse than that: she did get 5^th^ place.

    In March 2022, while swimming for the University of Kentucky in the 200-yard freestyle at the NCAA championship (her final competitive event race), Gaines tied for fifth place with University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who subsequently became the first openly trans woman champion in the NCAA women's division after winning the 500-yard freestyle later at the same meet. While Thomas held the fifth-place trophy after the finish, Gaines held an equally-sized sixth-place trophy while waiting for another fifth-place trophy in the mail.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_Gaines

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's one of the most stereotypically conservative / republican grievances I've ever heard.

    It's not the people at the top keeping the actual glory and/or money that are the problem. And it's not that you suck. The problem that other rando who is just a bit more disadvantaged in life than you but who is about to catch up to the amount of stuff you have!

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    She tied with a trans swimmer for 5th place. During the ceremony, they didn’t have two 5th places trophies so they had one hold 5th and one hold 6th. She held the 6th and threw a fit about it.

    Cardio sports such as swimming and running are actually more difficult for transgender women Strength based sports tend to be easier for them.

    I really encourage people to watch the Last Week Tonight segment on trans sports. It’s really good and it specifically calls out this exact incident.

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

    My favorite part is when trump says he could beat her in a race.

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

    Why are they getting a trophy for 5th and 6th? Is that normal for swimming.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    She just sucked really, really hard. And why is it always 5th place? The girl who said she lost to a transgender runner a few years ago didn't make it 2nd or 3rd... but also 5th (or maybe 6th). So even if those runners weren't there. She still would have gotten nothing.

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