Got blocked for a very reasonable fact check on anti trans athlete propaganda. These people do not want to learn facts about this issue. - ThreadSky

katelynburns.com • 21 days ago

Got blocked for a very reasonable fact check on anti trans athlete propaganda. These people do not want to learn facts about this issue.

Reposted from Katelyn Burns

The same runner in this clip ended up not getting a college scholarship while multiple cis competitors did, because the trans runner got slower the longer she was on HRT.

This was the trans runner's first race and it might have been before she started HRT. It's mot representative of reality.

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isfriday.bsky.social•21 days ago

If they talked to literally any trans athletes they'd know that the hrt process erodes your muscles and aerobic capacity quickly.

But they won't talk to trans athletes

thebeehammer.com•20 days ago

“These people do not want to learn” was a complete sentence. All of their arguments are fake-faith-based and in bad faith.

drhello.bsky.social•21 days ago

Facts hurt their feelings

bschillace.brandyschillace.com•21 days ago

Dedicated to ignorance. 🤯 I spent three years writing a book about how this unfolded in the Weimar leading up to Nazi takeover, and now watching the same — Twain said history doesn’t repeat, it rhymes. But I’m pretty sure this time it’s given up on adaptation and just gone for a replay.

lavamonster.bsky.social•21 days ago

I’ve already got this one blocked myself apparently.

mitchosull.bsky.social•21 days ago

Facts just completely destroy their narrative and they don’t like it

katelynburns.com•21 days ago

Idk why this would prompt a block. I was not rude or insulting. I just explained the context of the video she posted.

obscurem.bsky.social•21 days ago

I'm not condoning her behavior, but I may have an explanation: Rachel Bitecofer believes Dems lost because Republicans demonized trans people. She's a cynic who believes winning is more important than facts. She'd rather have trans people safe than truth. That defending trans is for after winning.

siobhanftb.bsky.social•21 days ago

FWIW her presence on an anti trans troll blocklist gives me cause to doubt what you think

aryafairywren.bsky.social•21 days ago

to be clear, 'lists' on bluesky (that you can see through clearsky) are often used as a harassment vehicle; you have to check reputability of those lists first. what criteria are used 4 adding people? do they provide proof? or, did the list just "appear out of nowhere" and get populated by accounts?

siobhanftb.bsky.social•21 days ago

I'm well aware.

obscurem.bsky.social•21 days ago

She definitely deserves to be on that block list. Her attempts at stopping Republicans hurt trans people. Which is messed up.

skywitches.net•21 days ago

I have a different hypothesis: She hates transgender people. (She’s subscribed to some blocklist I’ve been put on, and the blocklists I’ve been put on are made by either cranks and/or transphobes)

katelynburns.com•21 days ago

We might win if we actually argued effectively on trans issues rather than sticking our head in the sand.

obscurem.bsky.social•21 days ago

Definitely, yea. A parable for you: A traveler proved the moon wasn’t silver with facts, but villagers clung to their belief. A storyteller spun a tale of the moon trading silver for wisdom, and hearts began to shift.

converselina.bsky.social•21 days ago

cognitive dissonance, if I were a wagering woman

cryokitty.bsky.social•21 days ago

Facts get in the way of their narrative.

maxcarnage.bsky.social•21 days ago

Feelings don't care about your facts

johannamellis.bsky.social•21 days ago

Facts are hard apparently

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