Originally Posted by
seau grateau
Sure, and as long as it's a respectful conversation, I don't see why it should be an issue. I was pretty disappointed to see it get shut down here.
Originally Posted by
queerpunk
People have a lot of ****ty things to say about trans people. And in the case of a trans person winning stuff, people have a lot of particularly badly-informed, science-has-proven-it-wrong things to say. Loudly.
Makes it hard to believe that people are coming to the conversation in good faith, without an axe to grind about their prejudices.
I wholeheartedly agree with both of you and also wouldn't tolerate it.
But, "don't throw the baby out with the bath water". There is obviously room for honest discussion and debate on this topic.
I think the knee-jerk reaction to anything other than 100% support for what was done and how it was done is seen as [whatever]-phobic, when there could be some other very valid points to be debated.
Similar examples that I've seen come up in our world:
- Should Olympians be allowed to compete at Masters Track Nationals/Worlds?
- Should UCI Pros be allowed to compete at Collegiate Track Nationals?
- Are they simply cherry-picking (relatively) easy championships to pad their resumes and egos?
- Should International pro level racers be allowed to enter local/regional events to win cash?
- Even if
technically eligible, should they respectfully decline to participate?
These are all things that I've seen happen and people have varied opinions about...and the conversations can be productive.