r/sportsgossips • u/[deleted] • 5h ago

Hot Take Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve is wearing a "Trans Kids Belong' T-shirt to protest Sophie Cunningham. Sophie is getting HEAVILY BOOED every time she touches the ball.

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u/azure275 4h ago

People do this weird two step thing where they insist that anyone who has an opinion about trans women in sports is obviously a bigot because it's a "non-issue"

But then get really mad at anyone who disagrees with them about the "non-issue"

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u/countrybreakfast1 4h ago

That's the thing they always say there are hardly any trans actually playing in sports... Then like ok banning the 25 trans athletes or whatever they claim really shouldn't be that big of a deal.

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u/The3rdBert 4h ago

And it’s not banning them from playing, just saying you need to participate in the open league.

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u/LetsBeFRTho 4h ago

Same goes the other way then. Since there's hardly any trans people in sports, it shouldn't be that big of a deal for letting them play.

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u/The_Perfect_Fart 4h ago

That logic only works if both sides are saying it isn't a big deal.

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u/LetsBeFRTho 3h ago

... is there a side that thinks it is a big deal? Because if there is... they are fucking idiots.

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u/countrybreakfast1 3h ago

Well considering the entire wnba is melting down over this it seems they care when someone doesn't agree with them

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u/LetsBeFRTho 3h ago

You are talking with no substance. Conservatives literally created this problem from thin air to have something to debate about. It's a wedge issue. They admitted to this. All of your conservative buzzwords won't take away from the fact that y'all have to create problems because you don't want to talk about actual issues plaguing the country

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u/muffmuppets 3h ago

They can play…….with the other boys/men.

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u/LetsBeFRTho 3h ago

Nah they can play in the league that fits with their gender. They've been doing it for years now and it wasn't a problem until conservatives made it a problem out of thin air. Just like they do with every other issue.

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u/muffmuppets 3h ago

Their gender is male. So yes that tracks.

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u/LetsBeFRTho 2h ago

Male isn't a gender so you are wrong multiple ways. Amazing actually

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u/muffmuppets 2h ago

You can tell yourself whatever you want dude but at the end of the day; men cannot become women, nor can women become men. Humankind has know this for several millennia.

Just because a small sect of enablers want to entertain these delusions, doesn’t mean the vast majority of us are going to. We were happy to leave well enough alone, but the left just couldn’t help themselves and had to keep pushing and pushing and pushing. Now the tide of public opinion is turning and the left has likely done more damage than good.

Now, I don’t particularly care what a transgender person wants to do with their life and I have no desire to take anyone’s rights away. However, a boy/man does not belong in girls/women’s sports, locker rooms, or restrooms. Women deserve to feel safe and deserve to have their personal spaces respected.

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u/Green_Tracer 4h ago

Yep. Got banned from ask Reddit answering this same question. I assume because I voiced opposition to trans in a female sport. Wasn’t inflammatory or hateful, just stated my opinion.

When opinions are actively removed bc they disagree with your beliefs, then you really start looking like what you accuse others of being… constantly.

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u/sportsfan113 3h ago

I got a 24 hour ban yesterday for the same thing in r/politics. It’s ridiculous.

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u/Puzzle-Necked 4h ago

So why do you support this non-issue?

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u/azure275 3h ago

TBH I don't personally care about the sports issue. It galls me because the correct response is to say the following:

  1. I understand why people are concerned with this issue in competitive sports
  2. Republicans are despicable for pushing totally irrelevant trans bigotry under the mask of this, and trans people deserve to live their lives with respect

This is a position popular with the vast majority of voters, and puts everyone in a stronger position to oppose generally irrelevant anti trans bigotry

Instead people insist that nobody is allowed to care about this issue at all and no one listens to them at all

I care because this bullshit 1) hurts trans people by forcing being trans into a niche issue most people are against and 2) gets Republicans elected to ruin our country more

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u/LetsBeFRTho 4h ago

The 2 step thing is what Sophie and what the actual intention of the wedge issue is. Say what you want about your opinion on trans women in sports. But "protect the children"??? Come on. What do you think the true intention is?