Throwaway@lemm.eeM to Conservative@lemm.ee · 1 year agoMartial arts competition changes rules after female fighters pull out over safety fears after facing trans grapplersnypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down129
arrow-up1-16arrow-down1external-linkMartial arts competition changes rules after female fighters pull out over safety fears after facing trans grapplersnypost.comThrowaway@lemm.eeM to Conservative@lemm.ee · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squarejimbolauski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoI understand just fine, you’re trying to claim that only allowing males to compete against other males is somehow banning trans females.
minus-squarePizzaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThat is not what I am saying. Hence your inability to understand.
minus-squarejimbolauski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year ago Forcing people to compete with people they are unequal with is effectively a blanket ban. Not being good enough to compete is not a ban of any kind. By that logic obese people are banned from Olympic sprinting.
minus-squarePizzaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYou’re just arguing against a strawman.
minus-squarejimbolauski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAre you calling yourself a strawman or your position?
minus-squarePizzaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThen you must not understand what a strawman is. Here you go https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
minus-squarejimbolauski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYou claimed I was arguing against a strawman, I still don’t know if you’re calling yourself or your argument a strawman.
I understand just fine, you’re trying to claim that only allowing males to compete against other males is somehow banning trans females.
That is not what I am saying. Hence your inability to understand.
Not being good enough to compete is not a ban of any kind. By that logic obese people are banned from Olympic sprinting.
You’re just arguing against a strawman.
Are you calling yourself a strawman or your position?
Then you must not understand what a strawman is.
Here you go
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
You claimed I was arguing against a strawman, I still don’t know if you’re calling yourself or your argument a strawman.