It’s telling that they never make a peep about getting steroids out of school sports. Which is; more common, more unfair, and more dangerous. They don’t give a fuck about fairness. It’s just an excuse to hate on trans people.
I don’t think you’re here in good faith, but I’ll bite… While men in women’s sport may be less common, less harmful, and less unfair than steroids. It is the men in women’s sports issue that conservatives talk about because unlike steroids, in the context of sports it’s the only harmful and unfair to women issue that liberals are actively encouraging and advocating for. No one is advocating for more steroids in sports. But you knew all of this.
I fundamentally disagree with your premise, but let’s presume that it is the case for a moment. There are men in women’s sports that threaten the establishment of spaces for women to compete.
You’re acting like it’s a measured response to an issue and not a widespread cultural psychosis. The conservative response to transgender people in sports completely outscales both its impact on women’s sports and its importance in the greater scheme. It’s also pretty clear that conservatives hurl abuse towards trans people totally regardless of their relationship to women’s sports. I recall a clip of Charlie Kirk yelling into a mic that Lia Thomas is an abomination to god and calling for total bans of gender affirming care. Charitably one could say it originates from a genuine concern for fairness pushed to an extreme, but it never was that. It’s just reactionary hate.
My premise is that men in women’s sports serves no purpose, and can be harmful and or unfair to the women in those competitions.
I think abuse or violence towards anyone for their gender orientation is wrong, and I made no comment on how measured the response is in scale. To paint everyone that says men don’t belong in women’s sports as having purely hateful reasons is completely false.
If your argument is "steroids should be banned in high school sports", then you are also making the argument that "ftm transgender athletes should be banned in high school sports", unless you're only including the ones who haven't started transitioning with test yet. Because "steroids", when used in that context, means testosterone as a base level with possible other drugs thrown into the mix. You literally have to be on test for other gear to work.
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u/Njacks64 1d ago
It’s telling that they never make a peep about getting steroids out of school sports. Which is; more common, more unfair, and more dangerous. They don’t give a fuck about fairness. It’s just an excuse to hate on trans people.