Why can’t we just have a separate category for trans folks as far as competitions and shit and be done with it.
So your proposal is “separate but equal”? Where have I heard that before?
I think instead of pretending these Nazi assholes are doing anything but singling out a vulnerable population in order to divide the opposition, everyone should call them on their shit and tell them to fuck off. Takes real pieces of shit to threaten kids just trying to figure out who they are (and adults too for that matter) and trying to find joy in this world.
I believe they are referring to racial segregation in the US which adopted a ‘separate but equal’ mantra [in theory]. In practice, it was EXTREMELY unequal and clearly racist, with a white majority being first class citizens and a black minority as second class (or worse) citizens. Separation between mens and womens sports is separate and also unequal, the reasoning for which could be debated, but population wise thats a 50/50 split so in practice it ends up being ‘less unequal’ than would a segregation between a majority and minority. The trans population is less than 1% of the total pop, so ‘separate but equal’ would most definitely become highly unequal in practice. Is it compassionate, then, to have the handful of trans kids play sports against themselves in what would most definitely be ‘second-class’ conditions? How many ways must our society tell these kids that they are ‘others’?
So your proposal is “separate but equal”? Where have I heard that before?
I think instead of pretending these Nazi assholes are doing anything but singling out a vulnerable population in order to divide the opposition, everyone should call them on their shit and tell them to fuck off. Takes real pieces of shit to threaten kids just trying to figure out who they are (and adults too for that matter) and trying to find joy in this world.
Women’s and men are separate. I don’t get ya.
Why are men and women’s sports separate?
I dunno. Nothing condescending. I have zero issues with trans people.
But it just doesn’t make logical sense to have trans people win and usually it seems by a wide margin in physical competitions.
Who wants to think they’re the best woman athlete if you have a biological advantage. I would feel like I’m Cheating
It’s bleeding obvious why this is just wrong. It’s like a square peg in a round hole. Sorry it just doesn’t work.
Move on.
I believe they are referring to racial segregation in the US which adopted a ‘separate but equal’ mantra [in theory]. In practice, it was EXTREMELY unequal and clearly racist, with a white majority being first class citizens and a black minority as second class (or worse) citizens. Separation between mens and womens sports is separate and also unequal, the reasoning for which could be debated, but population wise thats a 50/50 split so in practice it ends up being ‘less unequal’ than would a segregation between a majority and minority. The trans population is less than 1% of the total pop, so ‘separate but equal’ would most definitely become highly unequal in practice. Is it compassionate, then, to have the handful of trans kids play sports against themselves in what would most definitely be ‘second-class’ conditions? How many ways must our society tell these kids that they are ‘others’?