Newsom’s Bizarre Interview with MAGA Podcaster Platforms Anti-Trans Conspiracies
Newsom’s Bizarre Interview with MAGA Podcaster Platforms Anti-Trans Conspiracies
With Dems like these, who needs the GOP?
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“That's now no longer about celebrating your rights. It's about denying other people theirs,” Newsom said. “Marriage equality was about everyone's right [...] But your child may not have that same opportunity to get on the podium if a trans athlete is competing.”
Let's look at this...
NCAA says out of 500,000 athletes, 10 (0.002%) are trans.
If an estimated 1% of the US population is trans, that's 34,000,000 people.
Assuming that all 10 of those athletes win medals, Newsom would sacrifice the actual human rights of 34 million to see 10 people get a symbolic token? This is sounding like an excuse to be shitty.
3.4M, not 34M. And some trans athlete might not be open about it, understandably?
Not that it detracts from your point at all. As you said:
This is sounding like an excuse to be shitty.
Oops, thanks for the correction! 😊
I'm sure there are more. I looked up high school athletes too but didn't include it because estimates ranged to like 3-4% which sounded reeeeally high.
And if we are counting people who suffer because they're punishing trans people for existing, it likely is 10x the amount. I hope that everyone, trans or not, has 10 people that would be upset if the law was threatening them. I know it's making me really upset and nervous for some of the people I know.
Anyone who says we need to push people toward depression or self harm so what's her face can get her 8th place swim medal has some real issues....
Slippery slope. If we start giving trans athletes equal rights, soon we might be treating ALL of them like people. Where would that leave us?!
/s
I'm sure we could come up with something new to disagree on if we really tried. 😉