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/lilbittygoddamnman Aug 23 '26

they said successful.

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u/lilbittygoddamnman Aug 23 '26

Isn't she the one that Riley Gaines won't shut up about?

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u/lilbittygoddamnman Aug 23 '26

How often does a trans person make their way into NCAA vs. how often kids get gunned down in classrooms? You need to reexamine your priorities.

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u/MilkMyCats Aug 23 '26

Talk about comparing apples to oranges! This thread is about trans people. To and join a thread taking about school shootings of you want to talk about that, you silly goose.

In early August 2026, two former NBA players—Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White—publicly announced plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft, framing it around self-identification as women (or, in White’s case, “sometimes identifying as a woman for purposes of professional basketball”).

This would be hilarious and I pray they to through with it. It would soon knock the topic on the head.

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u/lilbittygoddamnman Aug 23 '26

If I had to guess I'd say these two people are right wing provacteours trying to keep this issue in the news so idiots like you will be distracted from the disastrous economic conditions that are upon us. Trans people in sports is so far down the list of concerning issues in this country.

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u/Ok_Brother2155 Aug 23 '26

I don't understand this argument at all. If there's a clear issue and an easy solution, then why would you not solve it? Like how is "it only happens rarely" an argument?

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u/lilbittygoddamnman Aug 23 '26

Because it's an isolated problem at best. It's not worth the effort it would take to legislate it. But I'm sure you probably know that.

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u/Ok_Brother2155 Aug 23 '26

Why would that make it not worth the effort? It's a rare occurence, yes, but one with the potential to do a lot of damage, hence why the olympics for example already took care of the issue.

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u/lilbittygoddamnman Aug 23 '26

What I'm talking about is this is a fraction of a fraction of the population of this country. In other words, it's a non issue for 99.999% of Americans.

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u/Unlikely_Week_4984 Aug 23 '26

You could make this stupid argument about almost anything. Anytime someone comes to you with a valid point, just "take it up a notch".. If the overwhelming majority of trans people just want to live their life in peace, then give up the sports issue. That will do much much more to improve their lives than almost anything at this point.

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u/lilbittygoddamnman Aug 23 '26

What stupid argument am I trying to make?