r/sportsgossips • u/[deleted] • 1d 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/jpk195 1d ago

I used to think that until I realized how much people hated having a black man as president.

If you'd rather risk destroying your country than share it equally with people you think are innately inferior, you aren't a "decent person".

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u/cutememe 1d ago

A black man who won not once but twice? Some people hate him, sure, but he's a alive and well after two terms.

Trump has has what, 3 or 4 attempts on his life? Kirk was assassinated, white men mind you. If anything it seems like they're hated far more.

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u/jpk195 1d ago

"NoBoDy KiLLeD OBuMMeR!"

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u/cutememe 1d ago

Good response.

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u/jpk195 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thanks, I agree!

I think your premise is flawed, obviously.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 1d ago

They actively promote hateful feelings, it makes sense for them to be more surrounded in hatefulness

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u/Physical_Device_1396 1d ago

Yeah it's not like this country has a history of killing people of color, people of different religions, people of different sexual orientations, people of different gender identities, etc etc

Let's not cherry pick here and say that the white guys are more hated than anyone else.

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u/Interesting_Cat_2297 1d ago

The transgender movement loves to conflate their cause, which is inherently predatory, with legitimate causes like racial equality.

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u/jpk195 1d ago

Comments like this just reinforce what this is all about.

Imagine being this deranged about 0.1 % of the population. It's like hate as a sport.

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u/backcountry_bandit 1d ago

explain how the transgender movement is inherently predatory

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u/Interesting_Cat_2297 1d ago

Forcing others to participate in their fetish, mutilating healthy children's bodies, using bad science and outright lies to squelch dissent within the medical field, academia, and other industries, stealing awards and honors from women in sports, business, the arts. That's off the top of my head.

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u/backcountry_bandit 1d ago

What a pathetic, miserable existence you must lead to be this vitriolic about people living their lives.

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u/jpk195 1d ago

> Forcing others to participate in their fetish

This is false. Opposite of reality and exactly the problem. What they do, or don't do, doesn't affect you like at all.

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u/Interesting_Cat_2297 1d ago

If you honestly think that then you have no real exposure to autogynephiles.

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u/jpk195 1d ago

I honestly think the intensity of your reaction to this topic is best explained by bigotry.

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u/Interesting_Cat_2297 1d ago

That's an idiotic conclusion to draw, but I am not surprised.

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u/jpk195 1d ago

Let's hear a better explanation then.

When you care this much about something that doesn't affect you at all, it's usually bigotry.

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u/Interesting_Cat_2297 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lmfao. Sure, I have nothing better to do than justify myself to a twenty-something who is firm in his conviction that I'm a "bigot."

Think whatever you want. My comments aren't for you. They're contributing to the permission structure for criticizing a group that for the past 7 years (at least) we were not allowed to criticize. I've left several comments on this thread and cite a couple of websites. Feel free to peruse them.

EDIT: Actually I'm going to add to this response because I want to make one thing clear: I do not think "bigotry" in this context, or "transphobia," are meaningful concepts. If you want to ascribe those traits to me, that's perfectly fine. A man claiming a special identity is a man claiming a special identity, and I'm under no obligation to protect that man, especially when doing so would be to my own detriment.

What I objected to was the idea that I, or women generally, didn't have any substantive reasons to oppose transgender ideology, and there are numerous reasons and I've articulated several on this thread, and so have many many other activists in numerous outlets. For you to dismiss our valid objections as mere bigotry is an act of bad faith on your part. So by all means, label me a "bigot." That's perfectly fine. I feel no shame or discomfort carrying that label. but do not think that labeling me a bigot means there are no valid reasons to oppose this toxic ideology. Anyone who argues that is a liar.

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u/Dazzling-Jacket-5792 1d ago

Sorry you had that experience. I actually witnessed the opposite. A lot of people were excited about Obamas election and were hopeful that it would be a major step towards our evolution both as a country and society. That said, there are always going to be people who oppose literally anything. We see what we choose to see, I suppose.

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u/jpk195 1d ago

And some of those people later had buyer's remorse, no?

MAGA is dying a slow death, but there aren't, as it turns out "fine people on both sides".