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The transphobic person has gained 2000+ followers since this topic started. What an utter shit show this world has become.
I'd argue that she's not a transphobe. She seems to be just pro-women's-rights and seems to be upset that gender dysphoric man is winning prize money that was allocated for women athletes. It is a controversial topic but she's not arguing against the trans women's right to exist, or insulting her, she's just against her taking money from biological women.
Do you want inequity for women to accommodate trans athletes?
spare us all the "a male on estrogen supplements/ hormone therapy has the same body as a female" nonesense
Tagging the most trollish culture warriors would suggest to me that she’s something less than pure of heart. For argument’s sake let’s say she’s not a transphobe. There’s some honest and respectful freedom from vs freedom to debate to be had in there somewhere (though this seems like a bad test case for it). The next most obvious explanation is that she’s just a competitive person (“person who likes to win” might be more apt if we’re being honest) and she wants to take measures to maximize the chances of her winning. And marginalizing (in the most non-pejorative sense of the word) trans people works towards that end. Maybe she’d happily session the park with them, lend a skate tool, or go out for ice cream afterwards. But when there’s money on the line… things are different. I’d be willing to bet that some percentage of the Ben Shapiros of the world are not transphobic, or racist, xenophobic, or whatever… but they are mediocre talents who’ve found a lucrative niche tossing other people under the bus for money and status. And with no moral compass they’ll do whatever it takes to keep it going. It’s the same path and the same outcome, and really, which is worse: actually believing it or being a mercenary? I’m honestly not sure. My point being, labeling or not labeling someone a “transphobe” is less productive than saying they’re doing some transphobic shit regardless of their intent.
Maybe this woman needs to be more open hearted and accepting like the vast majority of other folks in womens comps? Maybe Mens contest skaters need to be more open hearted and cool? Maybe marginalization and oppression, like skateboarding, aren’t things that are well suited to being scored and turned into a competition?