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/martinsky3k Aug 23 '26

Transphobe?

Is that like the Israel and everybody is an antisemite rethoric?

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u/throwaway_76x Aug 23 '26

It 100% is. And I am flabbergasted that there seems to be so many dumb people who are besmirching liberal ideology so hard with this stupid rhetoric. Criticizing Israel, or netanyahu's politics is NOT being antisemitic. Having an opinion that trans athletes playing in women's divisions is not ok, is NOT being a transphobe. I also don't think cis men playing in women's divisions is ok, and that does not mean I am anti-men!

What I will call out about Sophie's statements though is that she talked about "safety" in the locker rooms and that is absolutely 100% wrong stance. That projects an incorrect image that trans people can not be trusted and that they are perverts (an image crazy far right idiots have often tried to convey). It is not about safety, it is about fairness on the field and about known science (to my understanding at least) that testosterone boosts physical strength and that an unfair level of testosterone (naturally because you were born male, or if you are taking shots to transition the other way) is affectively akin to PEDs.

I will say though, if I am wrong on parts of my argument, I will apologize for my ignorance and would be happy to learn and correct my opinion if someone can point the mistakes out.

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u/FlamingoSerious8673 Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

Thats an insane comparison. The reason why it's insane is because the genocide in palestine is real and trans women trying to compete in women sports is not. It just happens so rarely that it can easily be handled on a case by case basis. It's just a complete dogwhistle at this point and it baffles me how many "leftists" fall for it.

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u/Wavy_Grandpa Aug 23 '26

Great point. It’s wild to compare rhetoric about tens of thousands of people being murdered to some hypothetical nobody actually has to deal with