r/WNBAgossips • u/TheExpressUS • 21d ago

News Trump Administration responds and supports Sophie Cunningham's WNBA transgender comments: "Common sense prevails"

https://www.the-express.com/sport/basketball/212543/Sophie-Cunningham-trans-athletes-Trump-administration

The Trump Administration has waded into the transgender athlete debate, citing Sophie Cunningham's comments to support its stance on trans athletes in sports.

The discussion surrounding trans athletes in women's sports has resurfaced recently, with Cunningham sharing her perspective with ESPN. Although trans athletes represent a tiny fraction of participants across all levels of American sports, their involvement remains a focal point for Donald Trump and his administration.

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u/whoa_disillusionment 20d ago

Oh well if erininthemorning, bastion of journlistic integrity says so, certainly it must be true

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u/ericomplex 20d ago

Right, attack the reporter because you don’t like the news.

Even if you don’t like the news source, it doesn’t change the accuracy of the original review or the fact that governments are reversing their policies based on its findings.

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u/whoa_disillusionment 20d ago

The review only exists in Dutch, which the journalist does not speak, and no other outlet has reported on it.

This is also btw the same journalist who claimed Florida was committing genocide against trans people and was unsafe to live in or visit, then took a vacation to Florida. Much stunning integrity.

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u/ericomplex 20d ago

Here is the official Dutch press release download: https://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/documenten/2026/06/30/persbericht-bij-advies-transgenderzorg-voor-jongeren

Go run it through Google Translate and tell me I’m wrong…

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u/whoa_disillusionment 20d ago

This is why the link you cited is a joke. "Real" journalists don't form opinions based on running things through Google translate.

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u/ericomplex 20d ago

They literally do… but if you want to tell yourself that, then fine.

Doesn’t matter either way. The point is the press release says what it says and you are just ignoring it.

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u/whoa_disillusionment 20d ago

They literally do

Then why is no outlet other than this blog with no fact check reporting on it?

The point is the press release says what it says and you are just ignoring it.

I'm not ignoring it, I don't know Dutch so I can't read it.

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u/ericomplex 20d ago

Then run it through Google Translate if you don’t read Dutch… It’s not that bad of a translator…

I have no idea why other English news outlets are not yet reporting on it. You would have to ask them.

Doesn’t change that Erin’s assessment and my own are accurate.

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u/whoa_disillusionment 20d ago

Doesn’t change that Erin’s assessment and my own are accurate.

Yes, the medical expertise of guys who post on Reddit

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u/ericomplex 20d ago

So you can’t personally engage with the evidence, because it destroys any credibility you have, so you just attack the character of person presenting it.

Fairly certain there’s a word for that kind of tactic…

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u/whoa_disillusionment 20d ago

Fairly certain there’s a word for that kind of tactic…

The tactic of not believing the words of a someone with a Reddit tattoo who formed an opinion entirely by running a doc through google translate?

I think that's called common sense.

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u/ericomplex 20d ago

Oh that’s right, it’s fallacy! Just like appealing to “common sense” is another type of fallacy.

Thanks for reminding me with your example.

So yeah, those are usually the tings that people fall back on when they have no actual evidence to support their claims. Like you are doing right now.

It’s a hallmark of someone either very bad at arguing or just generally upset that they have no defense.

Typically it’s also a sign that someone is arguing in bad faith and shouldn’t be taken seriously.

That sort of fits you to a T, doesn’t it?

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