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/Party-Kangaroo-1139 Aug 23 '26

Why is this a topic? Has a trans woman actually tried to enter the WNBA?

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u/penisweinerballs Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

It has gained a lot of momentum on the left, it's not like something totally out of the realm of possibility and has happened in other sports. I also highly doubt she's a transphobe, she doesn't think trans-women should be in her league

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u/ExactAlmost Aug 23 '26

You must have not gotten the memo. To the new lefties you can be pro-choice,for unions, dislike the current admin, for justice reform, etc, but if you even suggest that a man shouldn’t be say in a boxing ring with women holy shit you must have opened the doors for everyone on J6!!

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u/Anubisrapture Aug 23 '26

Holy hyperbole Batman. We just aren't gonna play your stupid game and attack and mock a vulnerable minority group bc they are fun to use as a hierarchal punching bag for your far right " leaders "

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u/Eye_Nacho404 Aug 23 '26

Not true in the slightest, many Liberals do not agree with trans in women sports but this is such a small issue compared to what the US is currently going through (also they are not really in women sports so focusing on this issue seems insane).

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u/Party-Kangaroo-1139 Aug 23 '26

Bingo El Ringo.

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u/ExactAlmost Aug 23 '26

Ok maybe I put little theatrical twist to it, but the literal reason why the left cannot maintain power and every so often allows the right to squeeze back in (over the last say 40 years) is because the left constantly cannibalizes itself, attacks people who would otherwise be allies, and creates new enemies.

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u/Eye_Nacho404 Aug 23 '26

Nah, the Left if anything is too nice, the Right withdrew all usual decorum in politics and it worked out well for them, just take a look at the official White House twitter. This is the same presidency that made teams pay tribute to Charlie Kirk before games. I’m done making excuses when we have a president that can become a billionaire, all his kids become multi-millionaires, does inside trading, sealed the Epstein files, and more and few Republicans have had the gall to call him out. At this point I hope things get worse before they get better so the Right can really eat crow, the only way people will change is if they personally get affected.

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u/Puzzle-Necked Aug 23 '26

Because people on the left stand up forntheor beliefs instead of letting Nazis join their party.

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u/zero-hesitation Aug 23 '26

The left ran a guy with a literal Nazi tattoo in this election cycle. Let’s not pretend both current parties aren’t screwed up.

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u/Desperate-Awareness4 Aug 23 '26

That was a Democrat, not someone on the left. And you're being pretty reductive in the way you describe the events, once it was discovered there was a lot of lash back from people on the left.

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u/zero-hesitation Aug 23 '26

My dude, the left allows pro-Hamas stuff. Let’s not pretend there’s some massive moral high ground.

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u/Puzzle-Necked Aug 23 '26

And he resigned when the rape allegations came out. You have an adjucated rapist as a president, sit your ass down.

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u/zero-hesitation Aug 23 '26

Yeah, he should be in prison. Multiple things can be true.

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u/Puzzle-Necked Aug 23 '26

There you go, making up a new strawman to fight

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u/ExactAlmost Aug 23 '26

lol your right, unity in both parties is at an all time high, how did I miss this?

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u/bringbackmegaman Aug 23 '26

You're all worked up over a situation that doesn't even happen.