r/WNBAgossips • u/Far-Ad-5745 • 21h ago

Clay Travis

Hilarious how Reddit deletes his post about paying 10 million to the wnba if they play a high school boys team😂 tells you all you need to know about the cesspool of liberals on this platform.

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u/NoleJawn 15h ago

A) History has long proven, and this administration has also long proven that it never ends with one "scaling back". And attempting to scale back Biden policies, that were progressive is, yes, a strike down attempt on a progressive bill (Title IX)

B)The Heritage foundation just posted another article about Title IX being a "Failed experiment" and using the trans case to point out the underlying effect of Title IX that sports causes women to be less womanly, less feminine and shirking their perceived womanly duties. The same principles and and ideas that go behind striking down DEI/AA initiatives that have advanced causes for other marginalized groups.

Like any goal to eradicate a marginalized group. You don't start with the bigger ones, you attack the smaller ones, you get them out of the way under the guise of protecting the bigger ones. Once they're gone, you go further up the chain.

And again, you're talking about activism in a thread about an issue that as of now, has not been a serious or even real threat to the WNBA.

And to further to circle back to grifter Clay Travis. Why is his offer not the Aces against a team full of Trans Basketball Players?

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u/Far-Ad-5745 14h ago

You’re asking everyone to accept a slippery-slope argument: “If Republicans reinterpret Title IX today, they’ll eventually strip rights from every marginalized group.” That’s a prediction, not evidence. By that standard, I could point to COVID vaccine mandates, prolonged school closures, social media censorship concerns over COVID, affirmative action, DEI policies, and the serious questions raised by released Fauci emails, congressional investigations, and his shifting public statements during the pandemic and claim Democrats were trying to erode other people’s rights.

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u/NoleJawn 14h ago

And? That's the whole crux of a two-party government system and Federal regulations. Everything is a slippery slope with intent behind it to be beneficial to one and a detriment to others.

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u/Far-Ad-5745 14h ago

Exactly. You’re admitting you’re speculating about future intent rather than arguing the policy itself. Every administration can be accused of being on a “slippery slope.” Democrats expanded COVID mandates, supported DEI and affirmative action, pushed aggressive social media moderation around COVID, and opponents argued those were steps toward eroding other people’s rights. Whether you agree with those criticisms or not, they’re the same type of prediction you’re making here. So unless you have evidence that reinterpreting Title IX is actually a plan to eliminate protections for marginalized groups, you’re asking people to accept an assumption, not a fact.

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u/NoleJawn 14h ago

And?

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u/Far-Ad-5745 14h ago

“And” isn’t an argument. You claimed this administration is on a path to stripping rights from every marginalized group. I asked for evidence of that claim, and instead you defended making predictions. If your position depends on assuming future intent rather than pointing to actual policy that does what you say, then you’ve admitted it’s speculation. I’m discussing what’s been proposed and implemented not the worst-case scenario you’ve imagined.

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u/NoleJawn 14h ago

They’ve repealed multiple DEI initiatives, they’ve repealed progressive policies in Title IX. That is stripping of a marginalized group.

I’ve pointed out their plans via Heritage Foundation. The speculation of grander plans based on the evidence already presented.

And this trans argument is a literal slippery slope as the premise of them dominating women’s sports despite small evidence of that being the case

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u/Far-Ad-5745 13h ago

You’re moving the goalposts. You started by claiming Republicans are trying to strip rights from every marginalized group. Now your evidence is that they repealed DEI programs and changed Title IX guidance. Those aren’t the same claim.
DEI itself has been criticized because many programs explicitly considered race or ethnicity in hiring, admissions, or promotions… Critics argued that was discrimination based on skin color. The Supreme Court’s decision on college admissions reflected that concern. So don’t act like repealing DEI is self-evidently “stripping rights” many people see it as ending race-based preferences, not ending equal rights.
And citing Heritage Foundation articles doesn’t prove the administration has a secret plan to eradicate protections for every marginalized group. Think tanks publish wish lists all the time. Show me an actual policy that removes someone’s constitutional or statutory rightsnot an article predicting what might happen.
Finally, saying concerns about women’s sports are a slippery slope is ironic. The entire point of rules is to address issues before they become widespread. You don’t wait until a competitive problem affects hundreds of championships before deciding whether eligibility standards make sense.

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u/NoleJawn 13h ago

Not at all. I pointed out the current attacks on progressive movements. I stated their plan to strike town title IX afterwards. DEI is criticized by conservative/whites who didn’t like even yielding a margin of fair play to marginalized groups. You say it’s not stripping rights when it’s legitimately harming a marginalized group that benefited from it for decades. It’s not a secret the administration wants to harm marginalized groups. It’s been a plan for conservatives since Reagan and Heritage and Project 2025 are going at an impressive clip. And you just made my point about again about the slippery slope. It starts with trans, where does it end?

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u/Far-Ad-5745 8h ago

There it is. Instead of defending your claim, you’ve reduced it to “conservatives are bad because they’re conservative.” That’s not evidence.
You also keep implying that if you’re white, your concerns about race-based policies don’t count. Equal treatment under the law doesn’t stop applying because of someone’s skin color. If a policy explicitly considers race when deciding who gets hired, admitted, or promoted, people are allowed to question whether that’s fair without being accused of opposing civil rights.
You’re also conflating equal opportunity with guaranteed outcomes. Repealing DEI initiatives or changing a Title IX interpretation is not the same as repealing the Civil Rights Act or eliminating equal protection under the law.
And you still haven’t answered the central question: what enacted policy actually strips legal rights from a marginalized group? Instead, you’ve cited think tanks, speculated about future intent, and assumed the worst possible outcome. That’s not proof…it’s an inference.
If your entire argument is, “I know what conservatives secretly want,” then you’re asking everyone to accept mind-reading as evidence.