Take it all, it’s not mine anyway
Man explains how indifferent he is to women and their petty selfish desire to compete in sports against other women:
Australia’s most successful male Olympian Ian Thorpe has
hit back at[criticized] a decision by international swimming’s governing body Fina to ban transgender women athletes from elite female competitions.The swimming great, who won five gold medals at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games, said the sport’s leaders had made the wrong decision.
“This is a very complicated issue, I can’t deny that, and I am personally opposed to the position Fina has taken on this,” he said. “I am for fairness in sport, but I’m also for equality in sport. And in this instance, they’ve actually got it wrong.”
It’s not “equality” in sport for men to be allowed to compete against women.
Also, and all too obviously and familiarly, it’s no skin off his ass, is it. If it’s no skin off your ass maybe you should just shut up about it. It’s very easy for men to say “Oh let trans women compete against women, that’s equality.” It will never ever ever ever ever cost them anything. It will only ever cost other people anything. That’s why they should shut up about it. They’re breezily giving away other people’s rights, not their own.
Following a storm of controversy, and a campaign of harassment against a swimmer who won an American collegiate event, Fina banned transgender women from competing in women’s races unless they had transitioned before the age of 12.
What a disgustingly dishonest paragraph. There was no “campaign of harassment” against William Thomas. The Australian Associated Press lies about the facts and suppresses the relevant details about William “Lia” Thomas.
Fina’s June ruling was welcomed by some of Australia’s Olympic stars, including Tokyo gold medallists Cate Campbell and Emily Seebohm, who had previously voiced concerns about “fairness” and physiological differences between men and women.
Note the scare quotes on “fairness” – as if fairness had nothing to do with it. There were no scare quotes for “campaign of harassment” which was in fact a lie, but there are scare quotes on fairness as if it were in fact fair for hulking Lia Thomas to take all the prizes.
The five-time Olympic champion called Fina’s decision a “temporary solution” that failed to consider the implications it could have on the gender-diverse community.
Thorpe has failed to consider the implications of all of this for [not “on”] the women community.
What. an. asshole.
The ‘fairness’ may be because it’s ‘not fair’ to trans people? Even then the scare quotes are rubbish.
I listened to an interview with some Dem politician from Michigan. They were describing how making Dobbs and the Dem response to it a central plank of the campaign is perceived to have paid off. They were then asked about trans sports ‘rights’ (my scare quotes) and responded that the hysteria was a nonsense because it is all about a couple of athletes at school sports and who cares. I just about threw my cup of tea at the laptop. I was still angry later that day when I stumbled across a twitter account with picture after picture of men standing on sporting podiums intended for women.
Thorpe is also a gay man, once again showing there is no team in QUILTBAG.
See also: Tom Daley. Male diver who thinks male divers should be allowed to compete against female divers and you’re a bigot if you’re a woman who objects.
Also uses surrogates. I doubt these facts are coincidental.
“I am for fairness in sport, but I’m also for equality in sport.” Thorpe wants equality between cheaters and non-cheaters, he just doesn’t know it.
“Fina banned transgender women from competing in women’s races unless they had transitioned before the age of 12.”
Still too generous. A male person that has had reduced physical performance for any reason is still male.
Anyone responsible for a child under the age of 12 who doesn’t prevent them from “transitioning” (in any medical way) should face prison time. Until the parent/guardian is no longer responsible for them at least. Along with the “doctors” who perform or prescribe any unnecessary “treatments” to mutilate these children. I think there need to be SEVERE consequences with no exceptions. Let them play dress up until they are legally adults, then if they don’t grow out of it, it’s up to them. There should be no males in female sports no matter what age.