If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
I believe NCAA president and former Republican MA governor Charlie Baker said in Congressional testimony less than 10 out of tens of thousands of NCAA student athletes...
my wildly unpopular opinion has always been that we, as a society, care about sports far, far too much and I think the current rupturous unraveling of our place on the world stage is us paying for that obsession
True, and at the same time, transphobes don't care about women's sports in the slightest, and hold them in contempt.
Linda McMahon, famous athlete exploiter, just claimed that Riley Gaines "lost an event to a man". She tied to a woman, and they both lost to four other women. They won't correct that.
The entirety of the trans community in sports about to be undone so some bitch can come 5th place instead of tying for 5th. And we're supposed to be the snowflakes?
Yeah but you can just flip this argument around. Why hold on to such an unpopular position just because you want to save two trans athletes from being kicked off a team? Some people are never going to let some of these fringe positions go no matter how much PR damage it does to Democrats.
Mocking people for caring about trans people in high school sports while also disavowing Democrats who backpaddle on the issue of trans people in high school sports is incoherent. And honestly it is not even a serious attempt at persuasion.
conservatives attack trans athletes bc they see it as a wedge to pass their larger goal (eradicate trans ppl)
liberals defend trans athletes because they don't wanna concede ground towards their larger goal (prevent eradication of trans ppl)
You're right to note that this is rethoric, not argument.
George Orwell wrote in one of his essays that any serious "good" party in a conflict will put out propaganda that is both mendacious and ridiculous. Goal is to win a war, not win a debate. Makes sense to keep in mind wrt ukraine, but also for politics in general
As the parent of a trans person I can testify that getting them to go outside and touch grass can be a challenge and we should be encouraging them to engage in organized sports
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If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson
Linda McMahon, famous athlete exploiter, just claimed that Riley Gaines "lost an event to a man". She tied to a woman, and they both lost to four other women. They won't correct that.
liberals defend trans athletes because they don't wanna concede ground towards their larger goal (prevent eradication of trans ppl)
You're right to note that this is rethoric, not argument.