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The thing is the sports thing is an issue, but not for why you're thinking.
Conservatives do not care about women's sports, what they care about is a wedge issue. Something they can point to and say "See we knew they were bad."
Even if you wanna say they have a point, the idea that transwomen have an unfair advantage has been debunked. Every league that lets transpeople play typically require blood tests to prove the person has been on hormones long enough for any advantage to be gone.
Transwomen in sports is not a real concern, it's just how the Right gets their foot in the door. And it's clearly working on you given how overly hostile you're being towards me.
It's not that I REALLY support Trans Athletes, in reality I can count them on one hand. The problem is that the athlete non-issue is being used as an anti-trans dogwhistle
I'm not seeing everyone as the enemy, you are seeing us as unreasonable simply because we refuse to be labeled as dangerous by the Right.
I'm saying you are unreasonable based on the things you said. Not about what conservatives are doing. It's based on you spouting far right talking points about Gavin Newsom as if he's Trump's right hand man. Your main justification was he went on Charlie Kirk, and you didn't even cite specific policies or statements to justify your statement that he hates trans people. How is that reasonable? I'm literally asking for your reasons. It's the definition of being reasonable.
I never said Gavin Newsom was Trump's right hand man nor did I repeat any right wing talking points.
I merely stated that Gavin dislikes transpeople, uses the "women's sports" dog whistle, and has said the Dems need to drop transpeople to win.
He can be anti trump and a transphobic bigot at the same time. And he is
It’s pretty hyperbolic to say Newsom’s stance is “the same as the far right.” The far right is pushing outright bans on gender-affirming care, forced outing of kids, bathroom bans, and even criminal penalties. Newsom, by contrast, has signed laws making California a trans sanctuary state, protecting student privacy, expanding gender-neutral IDs, and safeguarding trans prisoners.
You also said he went on Charlie Kirk to talk about how much he hates you. You never said which part. Did you just hear about the interview and jump on some anti Newsom band wagon or what did he say specifically that you construe as hatred?