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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Jan 23, 2021 1:33:25 GMT -5
My very “woke” friend Sally 🤷♀️ This was her response to our discussion of trans women in women’s sports 🤷♀️ there were over 200 responses and basically all of them agreeing with this statement. Anyone who has a differing opinion is a “bigot” and cancelled.
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Post by stellarfeller on Jan 23, 2021 2:39:53 GMT -5
How big of an issue is this, though? I may be out of touch, but are there really a lot of trans women wanting to play competitive sports with cis women? If not, then it seems like people are making a mountain out of a molehill.
Also, how do you define being “cancelled”?
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Post by alicechalmers on Jan 23, 2021 7:50:57 GMT -5
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Post by alicechalmers on Jan 23, 2021 8:08:31 GMT -5
As for cancel culture, the new mantra is “trans women are women” and if you don’t swallow and digest that hook, line, and sinker them you’re bigoted and not progressive. Fuck that.
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Jan 23, 2021 9:31:45 GMT -5
How big of an issue is this, though? I may be out of touch, but are there really a lot of trans women wanting to play competitive sports with cis women? If not, then it seems like people are making a mountain out of a molehill. Also, how do you define being “cancelled”? I’d say having your friend say “fuck you, bigot” for having a differing opinion than theirs on a very nuanced issue is surely one definition of being “cancelled”. I’d say another definition is telling women born with vaginas “tough shit, don’t play” if they feel it’s unfair to have to athletically compete against women born with a penis. Telling cis women to “suck it up buttercup and let the penis people do their thing the way they want” is EXACTLY why Title 9 exist in the first place.
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Post by villanelle on Jan 23, 2021 14:55:10 GMT -5
What's interesting is that Sally's post could easily have been used as an argument against creating women's sports at all. Is she against Title IV because if women don't want to compete against men they are cowards and can just quit?
But I also agree that you weren't being canceled. You were being disagreed with and disrespected, but "canceled" would be starting a campaign to get people to stop seeing you for dentistry work, not telling you to fuck off. I don't think it's a nuanced definition of canceled. I think it's pretty clearly not canceling, because she wasn't in any way trying to shut down your life or livelihood.
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Jan 23, 2021 19:36:55 GMT -5
What's interesting is that Sally's post could easily have been used as an argument against creating women's sports at all. Is she against Title IV because if women don't want to compete against men they are cowards and can just quit? But I also agree that you weren't being canceled. You were being disagreed with and disrespected, but "canceled" would be starting a campaign to get people to stop seeing you for dentistry work, not telling you to fuck off. I don't think it's a nuanced definition of canceled. I think it's pretty clearly not canceling, because she wasn't in any way trying to shut down your life or livelihood. I do feel like she is cancelling any female athlete that doesn’t share her thoughts. I’ve also read some more of her stuff lately (haven’t had much interaction with her recently) and fully believe she belongs on an FBI watch list 😳
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Feb 21, 2021 12:35:10 GMT -5
This came across my feed today - I feel like this is just another example of people who are born with penises asserting dominance over people born with vaginas. One of my friends who is lesbian says this is a huge issue for her in lesbian social circles.
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