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Republicans have made Americans believe transgender athletes are everywhere. They’re barely anywhere (www.advocate.com)
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A poll conducted by The Bulwark and independent Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pablo Torre shows that misperception. About 15 percent of Americans believe between 1 percent and 5 percent of athletes in the NCAA are transgender, meaning as many as 1 in 20 athletes. Another 14 percent of Americans think trans athletes make up between 6 percent and 25 percent of NCAA athletes, or as many as 1 in 4.

Combined, those respondents account for 29 percent of those surveyed, nearly matching the 31 percent who, correctly, believe fewer than 1 percent of student-athletes are trans.

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[–] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wait, are you telling me that right-wing media misled its viewers? Stop the presses.

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    [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    They also don't understand that trans athletes have a statistically pretty bad record

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    [–] 8 points 1 week ago*

    It's less than 10 out of around 500,000. Or 0.0019%

    How this managed to such a defining issue is beyond me.

    It's 10 people who wanna play sports, let them play sports, FFS

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    [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    They're barely anywhere in general, and the problematic/delinquent ones even less so. But you gotta scapegoat if you wanna get away with murder/sociopathic greed/unfettered hedonism to the point of pedophilia, and the best way to do so is to know your audience and point fingers at whoever they already hate. The problem is less so the leader and more the already existing and widespread ignorance and hatred.

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    [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Even if they were everywhere, who the fuck cares???

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