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It's not even about "biological men competing in womens sports", ultimately what it's about is not wanting trans people to exist at all. The sports thing is a red herring, don't fall for the bait.
When kids are trans, what they need is all the help and support we can provide. Puberty blockers and hormones to help facilitate. God forbid a kid should be comfortable in their own skin.
But, oh, no, we can't allow that either because, again, the end goal is making it harder or impossible for them to simply exist. It's not about sports and never has been.
Nope that's bullshit. If you attributed that to Newsom then you're the problem, not Newsom.
Yes, that is exactly what it is about. This one thing.
p.s. Did you actually delete my post just because I took this political stand of saying its not fair for trans women to compete in womens sports? Why would you do that? Is nobody allowed to have even a mildly politically incorrect opinion here? An enforced echo chamber does not help anybody.
I removed it because you're engaging in transphobic dog whistles that are not fit for our communities.
And, again, as explained above, the sports argument is a red herring. That's NOT what any of this is about, any more than it's about "protecting children" or whatever other bullshit they want to throw out.
They want to eliminate trans people, full stop. Eliminating puberty blockers and hormone treatment, bathroom laws, and the nonsense about sports.
It all boils down to they don't want trans people to exist, and if you start buying one piece of it, you buy all of it.
It's the trans equivalent of what got Jimmy The Greek fired back in 1988, but I recognize that's a little farther back than the internet remembers these days.
I'm not because I'm not transphobic and I don't hate trans people at all. I just have a political disagreement with you about athletics.
Okay maybe some of them do. But I don't. I just have a simple political disagreement with you about athletics.
I am proof that your slippery slope assumption is definitely false. There is a 0% chance that I am ever going to hate trans people. I just have a simple political disagreement with you about athletics. And if you don't think there are other people here who have the same opinion, you're wrong. By shutting down the discussion, you are depriving everybody of the opportunity to learn more and maybe have their minds changed. As a mod you should be trying very hard not to create an echo chamber. Or else explicitly list this opinion and any other opinions that people are not allowed to have here.
You arguing that having an athletics disagreement is the equivalent of "wanting to eliminate trans people" sounds to me like the equivalent of conservatives saying that wanting common sense gun regulations is the equivalent of "wanting to take your gun from you". i.e. You're taking a mild position and translating that into the most extreme position possible. That's not something I want to see in a regular commenter, let alone a mod with the ability to silence people with disagreeable opinions.
https://transactual.org.uk/transphobia/
f) Tacit transphobia is still transphobia.
Actions designed to harm or take away trans people’s human rights are still transphobic even when not expressed in explicitly transphobic language, or not expressed in language at all. This tacit transphobia is often referred to as ‘dogwhistle’ transphobia. For example, one UK based transphobic hate group bought a full page advert which read: ‘Woman: an adult human female.’ The statement itself is not transphobic, but when the context for the statement is that the group in question believe that trans women can never be female the transphobic intent is clear. Similarly, when a football ‘fan’ throws a banana at a black player during a match, the racist intent is clear even though bananas are not inherently racist.
pretty heavy handed. can't say i like this or agree with you equating it with racism.