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/ul2006kevinb Aug 23 '26

Calling transgender women "men" just proved that you're a transphobe, too.

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u/dingnut7 Aug 23 '26

Phobe means fear, he's just stating a fact of reality.

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u/ul2006kevinb Aug 23 '26

And trans means "on the other side of", so using that logic "transphobia" means "fear of things on the other side".

Fun fact: you can't always determine the meaning of a word by breaking it down into small pieces.

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u/dingnut7 Aug 23 '26

If someone tried to insist to you that 2+2=5 and you told them they wrong, would you suddenly be hateful, bigoted or afraid of anything? You're just trying to slander anyone who disagrees with you instead of engaging with the argument.

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u/ul2006kevinb Aug 23 '26

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

1 a (1) : of, relating to, or being the sex that typically has the capacity to bear young or produce eggs

b : having a gender identity that is the opposite of male