Davin

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[–] Davin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

How many transgender athletes are there? Of the very few there are, how many dominate?

You likely don't know, otherwise you'd have no issues at all with them. And if you do know, and you still have a problem, then your issue is one of bigotry and not protection.

For reference, there have been more female athletes sexually assaulted by coaches and other male identifying staff by a large margin than there have been medal placing transgender athletes. I'm sure you can find a few examples of transgender athletes placing in the top three, but unless you're completely stupid, then you know that's fallacious thinking to ignore the whole data set by cherry picking non representative samples.

You're basically for something that's not a problem in any measurable way, but not against things that are actually harming women. And I get it, you can be against both, but that doesn't change that transgender athletes are not a problem in any rational, real way. But to enforce a non-transgender policy will necessarily require putting women through very invasive examinations and tests that open them to even more sexual assault.

Now imagine being such a piece of shit against someone you've never met, who's not hurting anyone, that you don't want them to play sports against their peers. And then being so idiotic and emotionally irrational to say that they are not the victim of your idiotic bigotry.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 74 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Turns out, he wasn't hiding behind civilians. Which is a smart move since that's all Israel is blowing up.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago

I always thought it was because he's fat, so he leans forward to hide his huge belly. Works pretty well from the front where most pictures of him are taken.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

As are we all.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

It's a condemnation of capitalism and all of human society that an idiot like Elon is the wealthiest person on the planet.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I know it's that stupid. But it doesn't matter that it's stupid. They're going to use it when they see fit and they have captured the whole legal system to use at their discretion to enact it no matter how stupid it is.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

They're fascists, they're only going to enforce it when they want to hurt someone they don't like or when it benefits them. They don't give a shit about precedence or conviction or morality or anything other than what serves them in the moment. They have captured the courts, and both houses, and the presidency. Consistency or hypocrisy don't matter to them. They'll use whatever justification works in the moment and turn on a dime if it serves them.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

This is better than their AI commercial.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Say, that does look like Blade Runner...

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's scary because it's falling on a lot of us. And it won't just be the US that it falls on either.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

That's kind of a difficult thing to determine, when asked almost no one says they are, but if asked about policies, they tend to go for more progressive policies, even people that identify as conservatives will agree with more progressive policies. The people they vote for however, are definitely not progressive... Mostly, there are a few.

Then again, progressive in America is pretty much basic human rights and protecting vulnerable people which should be the minimum.

[–] Davin@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago (11 children)

I think it was both playing chicken against each other. Dem leadership refused to listen to "progressives", I E.: things that most Americans wanted, and the voters refused to vote until the Dems listened to them.

So they crashed into each other and now the country is going to burn down.

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