Riley Gaines came equal fifth with a trans woman, and then spun that into a narrative where competing with trans women is unfair on cis women. The top four finishers were cis women. She lies, constantly, about how the system was stacked against her, when she’s just not a very good swimmer. She brought the conversation onto this topic, that she would actually be able to excel if the playing field were “fair”. Pointing out that she wouldn’t is not only reasonable, but it’s important to do, because it lays bare the fact that both her and the trans woman that’s caused her to feel so disaffected are equally not that good compared to their peers.
It’s really bold of you, a cis person, to come into a trans space, and tell us all off for ‘being mean to’ someone who you admitted you had never heard of, when she is a TERF who has used her platform to help pass trans sports bans in a number of states. It has a real “you must be tolerant of the intolerant” vibe to it. I think you should try and be introspective about the privilege that you have, that’s led you to have this opinion.
I didn’t “come in here & tell [you] all off,” I simply said I felt AOC shouldn’t have involved their performance in her rebuttal because it was sinking to their level. The fact you took that as a personal attack is maybe something you should be the one reflecting upon. Nowhere did I say the shitty attitude should be tolerated - just that we should make sure that’s all we are attacking in response, lest we open ourselves up to being dismissed for illegitimate or unfair attacks of our own.
Riley Gaines is a hate monger and a grifter. She is a disgusting and vile creature! (ie. A typical republikkklan) She deserves all the vitriol she receives, plus a lot more.
I’d be good mocking her for her obvious lack of intelligence, too, as well as her loser attempt to blame another for her own life failures.
No. You just can’t admit that you’re wrong, or at least, well out of step with popular opinion, so you are doubling down.
I’m just unsure whether you like the albeit negative attention, or whether you need to always be right. Neither of those are positive traits, although I’ll grant you points for having a strong mind. A strong, SMART mind, however, would intuit when to back off…
Popular opinion got us Trump. You’re entitled to your opinion just as I am mine. Funnily enough, who’s right or wrong here is also a matter of opinion. That fact you’re triggered enough to fire off so many responses to me in so many threads tells me you probably aren’t being terribly level-headed in your thinking, so with that in mind I’m taking your opinions with a grain of salt.
ETA: I’m merely vigorously arguing my opinion until proven wrong, as I would expect you to. I’ve even made some minor concessions in places despite your claims otherwise. Nobody has definitively proven my perspective invalid as of yet, IMHO.
No, I’m not. Mob mentality doesn’t make right, just might.
Riley Gaines came equal fifth with a trans woman, and then spun that into a narrative where competing with trans women is unfair on cis women. The top four finishers were cis women. She lies, constantly, about how the system was stacked against her, when she’s just not a very good swimmer. She brought the conversation onto this topic, that she would actually be able to excel if the playing field were “fair”. Pointing out that she wouldn’t is not only reasonable, but it’s important to do, because it lays bare the fact that both her and the trans woman that’s caused her to feel so disaffected are equally not that good compared to their peers.
It’s really bold of you, a cis person, to come into a trans space, and tell us all off for ‘being mean to’ someone who you admitted you had never heard of, when she is a TERF who has used her platform to help pass trans sports bans in a number of states. It has a real “you must be tolerant of the intolerant” vibe to it. I think you should try and be introspective about the privilege that you have, that’s led you to have this opinion.
I didn’t “come in here & tell [you] all off,” I simply said I felt AOC shouldn’t have involved their performance in her rebuttal because it was sinking to their level. The fact you took that as a personal attack is maybe something you should be the one reflecting upon. Nowhere did I say the shitty attitude should be tolerated - just that we should make sure that’s all we are attacking in response, lest we open ourselves up to being dismissed for illegitimate or unfair attacks of our own.
Riley Gaines is a hate monger and a grifter. She is a disgusting and vile creature! (ie. A typical republikkklan) She deserves all the vitriol she receives, plus a lot more. I’d be good mocking her for her obvious lack of intelligence, too, as well as her loser attempt to blame another for her own life failures.
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No. You just can’t admit that you’re wrong, or at least, well out of step with popular opinion, so you are doubling down. I’m just unsure whether you like the albeit negative attention, or whether you need to always be right. Neither of those are positive traits, although I’ll grant you points for having a strong mind. A strong, SMART mind, however, would intuit when to back off…
Popular opinion got us Trump. You’re entitled to your opinion just as I am mine. Funnily enough, who’s right or wrong here is also a matter of opinion. That fact you’re triggered enough to fire off so many responses to me in so many threads tells me you probably aren’t being terribly level-headed in your thinking, so with that in mind I’m taking your opinions with a grain of salt.
ETA: I’m merely vigorously arguing my opinion until proven wrong, as I would expect you to. I’ve even made some minor concessions in places despite your claims otherwise. Nobody has definitively proven my perspective invalid as of yet, IMHO.
You played your hand of being a shitty person. Please leave this space now.
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Double down and don’t learn anything? Of course you will ! I didn’t expect anything else, tbh.
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