Mass Media calls criticism of Lia Thomas' new records "Transphobic Rhetoric"

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Women are crazy, not retarded. Crazy and smart and fight dirty as hell. Basically demons walking the earth. And yet beautiful and amazing as well.

Better.

My only complaint with women isn't so much women, but the American legal system. There are advantages to being a woman, legally. Of course, there are negatives in American society overall to being a woman.

And I will fully admit transgender women get it the worst, by far.

But utterly refusing to accept classifications like we do weight, muscle density and other aspects in so many sports, and saying that 'segments' or otherwise 'discriminates' them ... is not going to build many allies.

It's the NCAA rules, for now. And any other sports federations that refuse to treat transgender women as women, 1:1, will result in anti-scientific statements like @DaShuckster, and called 'transphobic.'

I'm not arguing against the fact that there are not 'transphobic' conservatives out there. There are, very much so! But science is science, and redefining science with politics, and labeling anyone who disagrees as 'transphobic,' is a continued lie everyone is tired of.

Especially feminists. We all agree transgender women should be allowed to compete with women. But there are strong arguments those who only recently converted need to be classified differently when it comes to records.

It's going to happen sooner or later, whether people like it or not. Why? Actual science. It doesn't matter what @DaShuckster wants to 'blindly believe' with his 'Church of Progressivism,' it's still not true, and easily disproven.

 

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Second, OF COURSE the NCAA has rules regarding transgendered athletes. DUH!!! In fact, it was clearly pointed out in the article that the OP posted. Clearly none of our board's anti-trans posters ever bothered to read it.

We're all well aware of the NCAA ruling. But it's not based on science.

It's based on the 'Church of Progressivism' and their 'blind faith' followers who believe transgender women are immediately 'changed' from their male biology 'overnight.'

This is why even we Liberals and Libertarians are utterly dumbfounded. Progressives continue to argue easily disproven bullshit, and are utterly losing entire swaths of educated, Democratic voters.

We all agree transgender women should be in women's events. But just like multi-classifications based on weight and muscle mass and other things, there are easy ways to ensure biological women are competitive, as well as what criteria to transgender women must be met before they have no advantages over biological women.

Let me be clear: Lia Thomas only 'converted' a year ago, and spent the immediately prior years in college competing as a man, unrestricted, unmodified. Biological women are NOT competitive with Lia. Lia has to undergo many more years before she will have 'reduced advantages.' She will always have a slight advantage in the future, because she did go through biological male puberty, but that is more open to debate on how much it does impact. Many people consider male puberty to be only of a negligable advantage, as long as a transgender woman undergos many years reversing the advantages. Lia has only reversed it for 1 year. She still holds a massive, physical advantage, over biological women, and will for several years to come.

This is fact, and it is not disputed by the medical profession.

The NCAA rules are long cited and well-proven as not being based on science, but inclusion. Most of us are not against inclusion, but question the scoring, such as classification.

So ... this has nothing to do with transphobia, even if some Conservatives are using it to further that agenda. It's just like when people point out gun violence in inner cities, and try to get to the heart of the problem, it's not racist to do so ... it's called addressing the actual statistics.

 

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Better.

My only complaint with women isn't so much women, but the American legal system. There are advantages to being a woman, legally. Of course, there are negatives in American society overall to being a woman.

And I will fully admit transgender women get it the worst, by far.

But utterly refusing to accept classifications like we do weight, muscle density and other aspects in so many sports, and saying that 'segments' or otherwise 'discriminates' them ... is not going to build many allies.

It's the NCAA rules, for now. And any other sports federations that refuse to treat transgender women as women, 1:1, will result in anti-scientific statements like @DaShuckster, and called 'transphobic.'

I'm not arguing against the fact that there are not 'transphobic' conservatives out there. There are, very much so! But science is science, and redefining science with politics, and labeling anyone who disagrees as 'transphobic,' is a continued lie everyone is tired of.

Especially feminists. We all agree transgender women should be allowed to compete with women. But there are strong arguments those who only recently converted need to be classified differently when it comes to records.

It's going to happen sooner or later, whether people like it or not. Why? Actual science. It doesn't matter what @DaShuckster wants to 'blindly believe' with his 'Church of Progressivism,' it's still not true, and easily disproven.

There is no such thing as a "transgender woman". That's just a dude that thinks he should a chick.

 

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Well, it's a start. The NCAA is starting to admit there are _conflicting_ Title IX realities, and not every 'alternative view' is necessarily 'bigotry.' As always, we'll see...

NCAA to let each sport set trans athlete policies

The NCAA updated its policy on transgender athlete participation on Wednesday and will let each sport's governing body determine eligibility requirements.

www.espn.com