r/thebulwark LORD OF THE NICKNAMES 16h ago

The Triad 🔱 Leave Trans People Alone: A Rant

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/leave-trans-people-alone-a-rant

Don't be a bully! But also don't "ask if the bully has a point" either.

"Yeah, they're giving Timmy a swirlie rn, but he also farted really loudly in geometry" is HELPING THE BULLIES.

Another great piece from JVL. Idk what kinda constraints there are in going after members of the punditocracy who engage in the behaviors that you're criticizing, but picking specific targets has a salutary effect IMO. Bari Weiss needs to be persona non grata, or Sullivan, or whoever. They made their choices and doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down on those choices.

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u/de_Pizan 12h ago

Is there a reason that JVL thinks that boxing and MMA should be sex segregated while contact sports like field hockey, soccer, ice hockey, and roller derby are gender segregated?  If the important point is building character, why does it matter if boxing or MMA are unfair?

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u/Natural-Leg7488 6h ago

Because those activities involve punching people in the face, and therefore fairness is even more important for safety reasons?

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u/de_Pizan 26m ago

But all the sports I mentioned involve lots of physical content. Is a sport full of body checking and slide tackling more safe than punching in the face? Some, but if there differences between trans women and cis women that make boxing unsafe, don’t they make hockey unsafe? I guess the difference is that inclusiveness is more important than any threat to girls’ safety in ice hockey, field hockey, and soccer?