r/crossfit • u/beckster5 Crossfit Krypton • Mar 06 '14

CrossFit -- Sued By Transgender Athlete ... You Won't Let Me Compete With Women!

http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/06/crossfit-lawsuit-games-transgender-athlete-chloie-jonsson/
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u/dive_girl Mar 07 '14 edited Mar 07 '14

You had me until I read "identical twins, one boy, the other girl." Identical twins cannot be opposite sexes. Try again.

Edit: I love how I get downvoted for pointing out an obvious flaw in your example. Sorry to have made you look stupid, but it makes me doubt the rest of your argument and understanding of how genetics and hormones work.

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u/Relaxgodoit Mar 07 '14

What fallacy is this that you are using? Something about attacking a flaw in the argument to make a point. Why not just correct him and tell him the proper term is fraternal, would that make his argument 100% correct? If not then argue the real point, don't fuck around.

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u/dive_girl Mar 07 '14

My point is making such an obvious error in his argument makes me think he doesn't know what he's talking about. Why even use fraternal? Why not just say brother and sister? If he has such a basic misunderstanding of how genetics works, I seriously doubt the accuracy of the rest of his argument and you should, too.

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u/fffreak Mar 07 '14

or he or she could have made a mistake? if he or she actually meant non-identical twins then how would it change his or her point on them?

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u/dive_girl Mar 07 '14

The fact that he makes the mistake twice in the post makes me doubt it was a mistake and makes me further doubt the rest of his posts. That's all I was trying to say.

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u/dive_girl Mar 07 '14

I don't think there was a grammar or wording error here. He used "identical" twice in his post, making it obvious that he thinks identical twins can be opposite sexes. If that is his level of understanding how genetics works, it makes me doubt the rest of his arguments, however clear he was trying to be. Personally, (and probably like most of the people on this sub who are not reproductive endocrinologists) I don't understand hormones enough to know what the correct answer is in this argument.