(April 12, 2017 at 10:10 am)Pitsligo Wrote: Don't tell me everyone cares so much about this issue in sport it's worth this huge thread. It's just another avenue to dehumanise, like water fountains used to be.
This right here shows me that most of the people here who don't think it *might* be something worth considering are people who don't care about sports. I'll tell you right fucking now that people who care about sports will obsess for decades over a shortstop who let a ball slide between his feet during the World Series, debate for hours every time they see each other soon after a game where a controversial rule led to a loss or a win. Ever heard of the Snow Bowl? We still talk about that shit here in Mass. It happened more than a decade ago. Fuck you for thinking my interest in whether sports are fair is because I want to dehumanize someone. You're attributing malice to a genuine interest in sports because you don't fucking understand it. Fuck off with your shit accusations.
Quote:They've lost the battle against black people. They've lost the argument against gay people. Now those who need to have prejudice are going after trans people. I wonder who is next?
Well, I'm here arguing that it might be unfair, and that it is important if it is. I've never argued against gay, black or trans people in my life. I'm arguing for athletes who want fair competition, including trans individuals. *If* an unfair advantage exists, those athletes want to know too, I'm sure. It's important we know if there is and how to fix it. If you can definitively prove that, across a large sample group, trans and bio female athletes are comparable enough to compete against each other, that can only be good for the credibility of trans women in sports.
It's a ludicrous leap to suggest that people discussing trans athletes are bored racists. Fuck yourself. I know alpha male is known to be a conservative who I would not be surprised to find is racist, but what about the rest of us? I'm sure my rainbow-colored array of friends and family will be surprised to learn I'm a racist homophobe whose only interest in the fairness of sports is to demean trans individuals.
