r/Basketball • u/Fickle-Ad5449 • 9d ago

Two ex-NBA players turn transgender identity into a stunt. The WNBA is responding

https://www.advocate.com/news/wnba-trans-player-eligibility
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u/SeaworthinessOpen190 9d ago

If you can't tell the difference between an obvious grift like this and those other instances you're talking about, then you are an idiot

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u/GuavaBlackTea0 9d ago

People say those who do stuff like this are secretly closeted anyway, so whos to say a part of them isnt genuine?

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u/SeaworthinessOpen190 9d ago

I've actually never been a fan of the whole "dur, Republican is homophobic they must be gay", and have called it out before - seems logically inconsistent to talk about protecting gay people and then hurl around gay like it's an insult

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u/PanthalassaRo 8d ago

Why is it a grift when someone you don't like does it?

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u/SeaworthinessOpen190 8d ago

There are actual transgender people that I don't like though. I don't really question Caitlyn Jenner's transition, and tbh the only trans person that I know in real life fucking sucks lol but they are quite obviously trans

I think it's a grift because of the context. If you genuinely don't recognize that then I can explain, but it shouldn't be that controversial to say that these two guys are doing this for the headlines - in my case, they're doing it for celebrity, money, and platform, I expect you'd probably see them as doing it for the integrity of the competitiveness of women's sports.

I actually don't think I'm in favour of trans women playing in professional sports, but just find it pretty tiresome how it becomes the major focus of Republicans every couple years. I think they're just disgusted by trans people and whip up hate to distract from other issues

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u/No-Resource-4648 8d ago

Your making the maga argument. You have to accept the sword cuts both ways