Posted on Apr 2, 2022
5 reasons 'Lia' Thomas is not the new Jackie Robinson
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Well Lia isn’t black and has none of the grace, or style of Robinson. The lame stream media air brushes his face to make him look like a women. Anybody airbrush Robinson to make him look white?
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Are there any incidents of trans-men competing in male sports??? No of course not. Clearly there is a physical advantage for trans-women to compete in the female sports arena. The often used phrase from the trans community is, "I was born a...., but I identify as....". I don't really have an issue with this "self-identification". I have no real idea what it is like to have this mind set, but "self-identification" does not equate to reality. Do we now need to establish a new sporting category, Trans-men/women Professional..., where they can compete among one another?
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GySgt Charles O'Connell
SGT (Join to see) - Fair enough, so there are some out there competing. Though after a cursory scan I don’t find any that are achieving much success. Lack of success I would have to attribute to a reverse of what is happening with MTF athletes.
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I’d be curious as to your definition of success. Chris Mosier competed at the Olympic trials. Mack Beggs is a D1 wrestler. Schuyler Bailar was a D1 swimmer.
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GySgt Charles O'Connell
The definition seems to vary these days, I think it’s very much how the competitor sees it, “Oh its just an honor to have competed”. My view is 2nd place I’d just the first loser, said Paul Newman, I think.
Would their successes have been greater competing against their biological peers?
Perhaps the answer is to simply do away with gender specific sports. No more male/female teams, leagues, or professional groupings.
In any case it is clear that Thomas had the physical advantage over the other competitors, this advantage obviously attributed to being born a male.
Would their successes have been greater competing against their biological peers?
Perhaps the answer is to simply do away with gender specific sports. No more male/female teams, leagues, or professional groupings.
In any case it is clear that Thomas had the physical advantage over the other competitors, this advantage obviously attributed to being born a male.
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