Confidence is high
DOCTOR McKinnon is off to the races.
Final TT prep before worlds!! I head to Manchester tomorrow. I’m anticipating 500m and 200m TT PBs…and a new masters women 200m TT world record.
#rainbowfoxracing #rainbowfox #worldchampion #herthighness…
He’s anticipating a new world record. How can he be so confident? Could it be because he’s anticipating it in a women’s race?
Those hashtags are exactly the kind most athletes use, right? And most philosophers, presumably.
Especially #herthighness
For example, could you imagine the amazing Nicola Adams tagging herself #herthighness?
She is also, as it happens a B; one of those letters in the alphabet soup that doesn’t seem to count any more.
So what do you reckon? Do you think she crows about her actually earned titles in her hashtags? I’m guessing not.
Some nice, big banners at the race welcoming Mckinnon with “BLOKE” and “CHEAT” would be a nice gesture of fairness and inclusivity. A crowd full of spectators wearing Magdalen Berns masks would be in the spirit of things, too. Racing against an empty field and zero “competitiors” would be a nice touch, but women cyclists cannot, presumably, professionally afford to stage such an action.
Curious. At the bottom of the linked tweet it says “More replies,” but when you click on it no more replies are shown. Have thet been disappeared? Deboosted?
The sponsor made an interesting choice.
I don’t know if it would convince me they know much about plumbing.
Good question about the More Replies – I got the same result.
When people of color were finally permitted to join mainstream athletics it was exciting. We knew those who excelled had to overcome a lot of adversity in order to train and succeed. They had to struggle hard for decades for their talents to be given their due. It was inspirational
MacKinnon enters the race under the mantle of having overcome privilege. He had to complain for a few years in order to be accepted as not being over-qualified. Not quite the same ‘wow’ factor.
latsot beat me to the mockery of “#herthighness”. Come on, really?
If you look at the hashtag, there’s McKinnon tagging herself here and there, but it’s mostly right-wing nut jobs making fun of Hillary Clinton.
Skeletor – Freudian slip?
Sorry, everyone, my last comment referenced a post of Skeletor’s that disappeared when OB fixed his comment. So if it doesn’t make sense, that’s why.
It’s OK, Ikn, it’s not as though anything makes any sense any more.