Your thinly veiled bigotry is still just bigotry, despite hiding it behind a strawman

  • moakley@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    If we count retired athletes and Olympic sports then I can just barely get there:

    • Venus Williams
    • Serena Williams
    • Anna Kournikova
    • Kerri Strug
    • Nancy Kerrigan
    • Tonya Harding
    • Michele Kwan
    • Simone Biles
    • Katie Ledecky
    • Caitlin Clark

    So now I get to talk about trans women in sports!

    Um… yeah. I don’t know. Whatever the solution is, I think it should be handled with empathy and respect for trans rights.

  • tiramichu@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I’m not into any sports at all, of any kind. I dont think I could even name 10 athletes in total - either male or female.

    I’m also pretty sure that wouldn’t be a blocker on me having a meaningful discussion about trans inclusivity in sports

    • tyler@programming.dev
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      1 month ago

      Well yeah, you don’t care about either side of the issue, you just care about inclusivity. The meme is making a point that most people that make these comments aren’t caring because they actually care about both sports (which would be the opposite of your situation), but because they are just bigots.