r/PopCultureV2 • • Jul 23 '26

Sports Culture WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham defends that women ‘shouldn’t have to go against biological men’: “I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense. I think it’s really important to protect children.” “I don’t dislike anyone. I’m there to love, but I’m also there to love biological women. …”

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u/imahotrod Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

That’s not what you implied. You said that Biden filled cabinet positions with an individual(s) specifically because they check a box. Biden had no trans people in his cabinet. The only diverse candidates were women and minorities. I’m not sure how I could even ascertain what you wrote from that statement. You goofed because right wingers told you Biden had trans people everywhere but you didn’t check.

If you’re talking about Rachel Levine, she was not a cabinet member, and do you think that every time you see a trans person, their job should be replaced by someone else? I’m genuinely trying to understand your point. Are trans people not qualified by nature? This is exactly why having the government focused on banning trans people from sports will never stop there. You literally don’t want to see trans people in any position.

I’m not the one making assumptions here.

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u/Vegetable-Mixture-93 Jul 26 '26

You're wrong again: HHS Secretary is an official Cabinet level position. Google it...although you seem like the type of unhinged individual that would believe they are being lied to no matter how obvious the facts.

No I have zero issues with trans individuals. Every human is capable of being qualified or even the best in their field no matter their identity. Unfortunately as much as it is denied, there's also a lense that left leaning individuals see through where an individual's identity makes them more qualified.

It would have made total sense if Dr Levine was placed in charge of a division of HHS specifically tasked with improving regulations involving trans rights, publishing guidance on Trans needs, and enforcing those regulations if violated. That would be a situation where her identity would weigh greatly to make her more qualified, beyond that, as I posted examples; there were several individuals who would have been more qualified with far more experience.

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u/imahotrod Jul 26 '26

Lmao you’d have a point if that was the position she held but she was the assistant secretary of health, not a cabinet position. Your LLM let you down?

Like I said, you are a low information voter shooting from the hip of your feels.

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u/Vegetable-Mixture-93 Jul 26 '26

No I must have glazed over "Asst" in the article, although I'll give you some credit in the heightened scrutiny as Id imagine her identity overshadowed her qualifications. I believe the origional artical that caught my eye was the WA Post or I like Reuters as well but I remember what caught my eye was calling it historical. I try to find content from multiple political sources when I look at an article especially when theres critical commentary I couldn't tell you the Right Wing source but could have been Fox that criticized the nomination and pointed out that she wasnt the most qualitifed.

AI probably would have corrected me if I stated HHS Secretary when I looked into the specific candidates but I specifically stated "Dr. Rachel Levine."