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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 262 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

More recently, in a House hearing on a Republican bill to ban trans people from sports, Ocasio-Cortez delivered a searing rebuke: “Republicans, who have voted consistently against the Violence Against Women Act, who have taken the rights of all women to have control over their own body, who as women are bleeding out in parking lots, now want to pretend today that they care about women. And why? To open up genital inspection on little girls across this country in the name of attacking trans girls. We have two words. Not today.”

Nailed it

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Mentioning the genital inspections of little girls while this whole Epstein files debate happens seems prescient.

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 168 points 1 day ago
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 116 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's amazing, the stupid shit that having hundreds of thousands of people praising you can get you to believe.

Like how Riley Gaines was ever a good athlete.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Riley Gaines is the biggest loser ever!

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago

Gaines? Moar liek Losses, amirite?

[–] bobaworld@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

I mean placing 5th in the division 1 NCAA championship is pretty damn impressive...

[–] Embargo@lemmy.zip 66 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stop! Stop! She's already dead! 😢

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She ain't in the ground yet....

Keep going.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago

Riley needs to be in tatters!

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 63 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Was she swimming against 5 trans swimmers or does she just suck?

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 84 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

She just sucks, and instead of trying to improve herself decided to hop on the conservative hate train to attack the trans woman. The three top spots were all cis women.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not only attacking one of the most vulnerable demographics in the country, but it's attacking one of the most vulnerable demographics in the country over the most pettiest bullshit I can imagine. She's upset because she didn't get 5th place.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 23 hours ago

It's not even that; she got fifth place. She's upset that she had to share fifth place with a trans woman. I also feel the need to point out that it was her last competitive event, so it's not exactly like competitive swimming is a vital component of her life that she kept doing moving forward. She's just a vile, terrible person who realized she could make a career as a right-wing grifter.

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[–] Zink@programming.dev 17 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's one of the most stereotypically conservative / republican grievances I've ever heard.

It's not the people at the top keeping the actual glory and/or money that are the problem. And it's not that you suck. The problem that other rando who is just a bit more disadvantaged in life than you but who is about to catch up to the amount of stuff you have!

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

Dead on. But I mean, hey- you've got to pick the bad-faith arguments you can win, right?

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 26 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

She tied with a trans swimmer for 5th place. During the ceremony, they didn’t have two 5th places trophies so they had one hold 5th and one hold 6th. She held the 6th and threw a fit about it.

Cardio sports such as swimming and running are actually more difficult for transgender women Strength based sports tend to be easier for them.

I really encourage people to watch the Last Week Tonight segment on trans sports. It’s really good and it specifically calls out this exact incident.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 19 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

My favorite part is when trump says he could beat her in a race.

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[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

HAHAHA SHOTS FIRED all around!!!

Look at the pic. She knows.

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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Why are they getting a trophy for 5th and 6th? Is that normal for swimming.

[–] bobaworld@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I mean getting 5th place in the division 1 NCAA national championship is actually very impressive. People acting like she was a bad athlete because she got 5th place is crazy.

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[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

She just sucks.

She was beaten by four cis women for sure and one trans woman by a split second, who the judges had to check photo-finish for fifty place (gains placed sixth)

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

She just sucked really, really hard. And why is it always 5th place? The girl who said she lost to a transgender runner a few years ago didn't make it 2nd or 3rd... but also 5th (or maybe 6th). So even if those runners weren't there. She still would have gotten nothing.

[–] frankiehollywood@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Take down Trump the tyrant.

[–] atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It won’t really matter what she says, because republicans won’t hear this argument. They live in a different online reality than we do.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Will the transphobic @imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works hear it or will they need to be removed as admin?

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can what they live in be considered reality?

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[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago
[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
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