Originally published at: Alito and Kavanaugh Give Fox News-esque Recitation of Anti-Trans Talking Points
The Supreme Court majority’s radicalization on trans issues has become apparent not just in its unusual willingness to take up so many cases on the topic, but in its eagerness to shoehorn anti-trans refrains into unrelated cases. Justice Samuel Alito, dissatisfied with the double header cases on trans women in sports before him, pivoted to…
1 Like
When Panic Ruled: the Roberts Court.
7 Likes
Nothing like some grown men who are going to mess up a lot of lives because anything other than occasional, missionary position sex just scares the shit out of them, and it makes them feel icky.
Seems like I heard a bit of news on NPR this week about a study done in England which is proving that trans women in sports MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. If they are good athletes, they win, if they aren’t they lose…just like every woman on the team.
Gotta look that up and see if I can find the origin of that study.
10 Likes
You know the sports issue is more complicated than Fox news or right wingers vs the world. The reason there are mens competitions and womens competitions is that otherwise women would NEVER win anything. Look at marathon runners or sprinters or skiers or many many other sports the mens times are faster, longer higher whatever. Putting gender identified is not the same as biological sex which for physical acts like sports there is an advantage to the Y chromosome leading to larger bones, less body percent fat and taller, etc. and it makes a difference. Respect Trans people allow them to define themselves – but have a binary or no sex defined category for them to compete in – that’s what the NY Road Runners has for their marathons. Men’s Women’s and binary.
3 Likes
Trans rights, another small culture war allowing Republicans to drive a wedge between working class people and Democrats. It feels like ground hogs day.
7 Likes
Working class, people ARE Democrats.
But I think you understand their playbook
1 Like
This a state and local issue. It has no place in national politics.
1 Like
Except for all the Fux News suckers.
1 Like
What a stunning waste of time by our highest court. There are so many other actual important issues that they should be devoting their time to.
3 Likes
I think I know what this boils down to, when certain men want to assault women and girls, they want to be assured these people are in fact female.
2 Likes
“Boys who can’t make the boys team will transition to female so they can be on the girls’ team.”
This bespeaks more than total ignorance of what the experience of transitioning entails for the trans person, particularly transitioning from male to female. You become, in a moment, an object of blind and ignorant hatred by people like the GOP Scotus justices, who, as here, base their objections to you precisely on that ignorance. “I don’t know you, and I’m not even going to bother to try to imagine what it’s like to be you, but I’m going to invent a bunch of ignorant shit to justify my contempt and hatred for you.”
6 Likes
Once again, these pompous blowhards decide they know more than anyone with experience or expertise. Even when the venue is hearing from people who actually do have legitimate evidence. “Forget your facts, I will believe what I want to believe!” What a way to run a “supreme” court!
3 Likes
Linking to a post from the parallel story:
by @Scoutmom
5 Likes
Democrats lost 2 out of the last three elections because of those “deplorable suckers.” When you are in a hole the first thing you need to do is stop digging.
1 Like
Blatant obvious ugly ignorance of Kavanaugh, Roberts, Alito, Barrett. So ignorant that they do not get it at all. There needs to be a test for judges about the meaning and practice of bigotry.
3 Likes
There are a ton of solutions out there - kids in sports can be judged not by sex, but by time in appropriate sports for example - but these bigoted loads only want to out-load eachother. My only hope is they have to confront those they have judged in their own private lives