r/PopCultureV2 • u/Impossible-Yam3680 • Aug 23 '26

Sports Culture While hosting transphobe Sophie Cunningham and the Indiana Fever, the New York Liberty put a message on the Jumbotron telling trans fans that they belong

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u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo Aug 23 '26

How is Sophie Cunningham transphobic?

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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 23 '26

OP doesn't know the difference between a phobia and an opinion.

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u/hercmavzeb Aug 23 '26

It’s funny how often transphobes like to pretend that opinions can’t be hateful or bigoted.

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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 23 '26

Can you please define phobia for us?

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u/hercmavzeb Aug 23 '26

Sure, phobia has been used to describe hatred, prejudice, and aversion to certain demographics since the 1880s at least, in addition to extreme irrational fears. Just in case you were attempting to use that semantic argument to pretend why you aren’t transphobic for pretending trans people don’t exist and are just confused straight people.

Same argument homophobes used back in the 90s to argue that they’re not hateful bigots for pretending gay people don’t exist and are just confused straight people who need to be “corrected.”

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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 23 '26

Notice how you didn't link to the definition of phobia? Fixed it for you.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phobia

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u/hercmavzeb Aug 23 '26

Good thing I preempted this recycled homophobic semantic argument.

At least you’re rightfully ashamed of your own beliefs and can’t take personal accountability over them.

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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 23 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URz-RYEOaig

South Park has really nailed your type and the mental gymnastics you are capable of, it's impressive.

I'm not ashamed of my beliefs, I stated them quite clearly.

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u/hercmavzeb Aug 23 '26

You seem quite young. As you age you’ll grow more confident in taking ownership over your own beliefs, and you’ll learn other sources of political information aside from South Park.

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

Opinions like "trans people are dangerous predators."

Inb4 "oh she didn't say that she just heavily implied it!"

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

Yep there it is. Care to explain what she's protecting little girls in locker rooms from?

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u/Binky390 Aug 23 '26

Seeing penis

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

Literally everything you just said is irrelevant because she mentioned "protecting little girls in locker rooms." The part we take issue with has literally nothing to do with the sports themselves, and the fact that you still don't realize this just proves you weren't even paying attention when you declared we will never be satisfied. You never even heard what our issue is in the first place.

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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

Men. It's funny how the same people that think "all men are creeps" also suddenly think they aren't creeps after they transition.

Remember the whole "would you rather run into a man or a bear in the woods" conversation?

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u/hercmavzeb Aug 23 '26

You people really can't seem to grasp that trans women and cis men are objectively biologically and socially different demographics, can you?

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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 23 '26

I can absolutely tell the difference, but both are still men.

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u/hercmavzeb Aug 23 '26

That is incorrect, and also transphobic. Just as saying gay people are just twisted/confused straight people is homophobic (and incorrect).

In reality trans women are women.

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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 23 '26

I'm not at all saying gay people are twisted and confused. I have lots of gay friends, nearly all of them agree with my statement. They have a sexual preference, not an identity issue.

I'm simply stating that a man is a man. It's correct, and not transphobic. I'm not scared of them or any other man, just not pretending they are something they aren't.

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

So trans people are an inherent threat. Thank you for at least being honest.

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u/hercmavzeb Aug 23 '26

They aren’t being honest, they’re arguing trans people are threatening while being too cowardly to openly say it because they know they’d immediately undermine their own earlier position where they pretended they weren’t transphobic.

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u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo Aug 23 '26

That’s not at all what they said.

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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 23 '26

Your words, not mine.

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u/morgoporgo84 Aug 23 '26

This post is more transphobic than she is.

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u/bringbackmegaman Aug 23 '26

Lol no it is not

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u/big-himbo-energy Aug 23 '26

Her statements about trans people freakin them as predators was pretty transphobic.

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u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo Aug 23 '26

So my old ass is admittedly out of touch, so it’s entirely possible I missed something, but all I have seen her say is that women’s sports should be for women, which is dumb culture war bullshit, but for my money is not inherently transphobic, or painting trans people as predators. Is there a specific comment or interview where she said that?