So I hope you understand the point I was making here--y'all barely even know about trans men, and just assume I'm still talking about trans women when I say trans men. This is not an accident.
Link to where I did that? I never said transmen should be forced to compete with women and I understand they take hormones that would prevent them from competing in women's sports, as it should.So I hope you understand the point I was making here--y'all barely even know about trans men, and just assume I'm still talking about trans women when I say trans men. This is not an accident.
It's probably better than "no you can't play", I couldn't possibly care any less over who the fastest runner or swimmer or whatever is, so I'm probably not a good person to ask. The only person I'm competing against is myself.Is an asterisks addended to their victory also not singling them out and/or diminishing them? Just a point of argument, I honestly don't know what the answers are here. As I said earlier, we're probably just too regressive/immature culturally and we need to move forward.
Didn't say you did, and I didn't specifically respond to you, it was a generalized point. I'm sorry if you thought I was calling you out specifically.Link to where I did that? I never said transmen should be forced to compete with women and I understand they take hormones that would prevent them from competing in women's sports, as it should.
I've long supported that everything should go in sports. full-doping, chopping off limbs just to run faster, competing as transgender, whatever. who the fuck gives a fuck?
It's just sports, and sports is really dumb. I love sports, but that doesn't mean sports isn't stupid. Let them all have at each other to the full ability of human ingenuity. I don't know why we desperately cling to this myth of "fair." No one really gives a shit in the end. We just want to see humans or semi-humans (can't wait for the cybernetics starting to be a thing) performing against each other at the peak of physical and technological ability.
Considering the sexual abuse scandals that have rocked sports like gynmastics, I think we need to be disempowering sports officials from performing genital inspections.Now we have other states saying we need to hold genital inspections of people accused of being transgender. Genital inspections!
It does however come up from time to time and sadly people seem to have a lot of trouble "sorting it out" on their own without something having been mandated. (although it does seem like a waste of resources since we shouldn't have to do it at all!)
BS. People don't like it because it's an unfair advantage.The people who are having trouble sorting it out are the same people who think trans people shouldn't exist. It has nothing to do with sports but their own homophobic beliefs. The correct response is to tell them to pound sand instead of catering to their BS.
BS. People don't like it because it's an unfair advantage.
Yes, we all knew this would be surprising to you. You are who you are.It's a little surprising how the voting turned out. I would have thought it would be the exact opposite.
It's a little surprising how the voting turned out. I would have thought it would be the exact opposite.
The poll question is opposite the thread title. I'm guessing a lot of people didn't notice the change.Yes, we all knew this would be surprising to you. You are who you are.
Yep, I voted no at first then changed it after closer inspectionThe poll question is opposite the thread title. I'm guessing a lot of people didn't notice the change.
It is a bit confusing, and imprecise.The poll question is opposite the thread title. I'm guessing a lot of people didn't notice the change.
To thine own self be true.Yes, we all knew this would be surprising to you. You are who you are.
I don't watch sports, but I would if all the athletes were jacked up on cocaine and steroids.
It's a little surprising how the voting turned out. I would have thought it would be the exact opposite.
Apparently this place isn't as much of a "liberal echo-chamber" as many believe.
As per stereotyped by "The Reicht", I've never actually seen such a "liberal echo-chamber". But it makes sense peeps like greenie believes in these Unicorns.
As a leftist in Scandinavia I think most of you would think im an actual commie.It's also important to point out that not every Democrat IS a liberal at all and that the "silent majority" IS still a thing!
At one point I would have referred to my political views as "moderate" (really moderate though not traitor to my party like Manchin) however lately I've come to realize that I'm actually now more on the "conservative" side of the Democratic party.
As a leftist in Scandinavia I think most of you would think im an actual commie.
I am as left as I can be while still
1. Separation of powers and free press is at the heart of society.
2. Pro EU, actually pro anything that brings free people, countries, together.
3. Not Russia friendly.(been seeing that dude coming for a looong ass time)
Still, peeps I know that shares my values, a couple of trans people in that, thinks that trans women competing nationals or international weightlifting is absurd. No shaming found, but we gotta figure something out.