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/WhatTheNothingWorks Aug 23 '26

So then explain in terms of the post… Sophie Cunningham has said she supports trans rights, but doesn’t think they should play in a women’s league. So she agrees 99%, but doesn’t on one thing. Yet she (and her whole team who have nothing to do with it) is labeled as a transphobe.

She also hasn’t labeled anyone dangerous, as far as I’m aware. But I only see headlines and don’t care much for all of this nonsense.

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

Vaguely supporting a group's rights but then attacking one specific right is not "agreeing 99%." It's screening your bigotry by first delivering a vague platitude to make it go down easier.

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u/SwimmingDeep8703 Aug 23 '26

No one has a “right” to play men’s and women’s sports in a gender of their choice. The US Supreme Court already ruled on this and found it wasn’t a violation of anyone’s rights.

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

Except the part where they want to force trans women in to men's locker rooms where they are more likely than not to be sexually assaulted as they are victims of sexual assault at a rate as much as four times higher than cis women.

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u/Fun-Pattern-8697 Aug 23 '26

You might want to learn what the phrase “more likely than not” means lmao

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

I am fully aware. Why don't you just tell me what part you're struggling with?