News University of Pennsylvania to block male athletes from female sports teams and erase records set by swimmer Lia Thomas
News University of Pennsylvania to block male athletes from female sports teams and erase records set by swimmer Lia Thomas
(Jul 7 2025, 3:53 AM)Impress Polly I just saw the OP, was fine with it and briefly said so on a fringe message board on the internet, good goddess!No, you made a complaint directly addressing my comment noting the fact that conservatives are poisoning the well of women's rights. Which I don't have a problem with as part of a larger discussion of feminist/progressive attitudes that go beyond just me as an individual (lord knows nothing gets done if we need to hugbox and never call out any potentially harmful larger implications of other women's comments), but at least be honest with what happened. I really don't get why people reply to others and then act like victims when that person takes them up on that. If you don't want to debate, don't reply to people or comment on their statements? No-one's forcing you, and being expected to back up what you're saying on an internet forum that is by definition dedicated to debate isn't harassment.
Quote:Sorry that I'm apparently complicit in DOGE just because I'm not a thinly-veiled trans activist and soy boy apologist.
(Jul 7 2025, 3:53 AM)Impress Polly I just saw the OP, was fine with it and briefly said so on a fringe message board on the internet, good goddess!No, you made a complaint directly addressing my comment noting the fact that conservatives are poisoning the well of women's rights. Which I don't have a problem with as part of a larger discussion of feminist/progressive attitudes that go beyond just me as an individual (lord knows nothing gets done if we need to hugbox and never call out any potentially harmful larger implications of other women's comments), but at least be honest with what happened. I really don't get why people reply to others and then act like victims when that person takes them up on that. If you don't want to debate, don't reply to people or comment on their statements? No-one's forcing you, and being expected to back up what you're saying on an internet forum that is by definition dedicated to debate isn't harassment.
Quote:Sorry that I'm apparently complicit in DOGE just because I'm not a thinly-veiled trans activist and soy boy apologist.
(Jul 7 2025, 7:13 AM)YesYourNigel(Jul 7 2025, 3:53 AM)Impress Polly I just saw the OP, was fine with it and briefly said so on a fringe message board on the internet, good goddess!No, you made a complaint directly addressing my comment noting the fact that conservatives are poisoning the well of women's rights. Which I don't have a problem with as part of a larger discussion of feminist/progressive attitudes that go beyond just me as an individual (lord knows nothing gets done if we need to hugbox and never call out any potentially harmful larger implications of other women's comments), but at least be honest with what happened. I really don't get why people reply to others and then act like victims when that person takes them up on that. If you don't want to debate, don't reply to people or comment on their statements? No-one's forcing you, and being expected to back up what you're saying on an internet forum that is by definition dedicated to debate isn't harassment.
Quote:Sorry that I'm apparently complicit in DOGE just because I'm not a thinly-veiled trans activist and soy boy apologist.
You are very fixated on this simplistic, partisan idea of either being complicit in DOGE or wanting men to keep their records in female sports. I've been giving extensive explanations of what I mean while you've mostly been making short replies in the vein of "SO YOU'RE CALLING ME A MAGA NUT?!!1" that don't address anything I say. I really couldn't care less about your ideological purity as one single individual, my concern is with the wider ideological trends and how that affects women as a class and you seem to be taking it personally that this doesn't allow you to shove your head in the sand and act as if this is an all-around good development for women.
Hell, you yourself even noted that this will be reversed the second Republicans lose control! So literally this one sliver of protection in women's sports is predicated on keeping Republican theocratic fascists in power alongside the rest of their package of misogynistic policies? No, thank you. Our goal is to have women's rights secured alongside other women's rights, not just to have one glitch in Handmaid's Tale.
(Jul 7 2025, 7:13 AM)YesYourNigel(Jul 7 2025, 3:53 AM)Impress Polly I just saw the OP, was fine with it and briefly said so on a fringe message board on the internet, good goddess!No, you made a complaint directly addressing my comment noting the fact that conservatives are poisoning the well of women's rights. Which I don't have a problem with as part of a larger discussion of feminist/progressive attitudes that go beyond just me as an individual (lord knows nothing gets done if we need to hugbox and never call out any potentially harmful larger implications of other women's comments), but at least be honest with what happened. I really don't get why people reply to others and then act like victims when that person takes them up on that. If you don't want to debate, don't reply to people or comment on their statements? No-one's forcing you, and being expected to back up what you're saying on an internet forum that is by definition dedicated to debate isn't harassment.
Quote:Sorry that I'm apparently complicit in DOGE just because I'm not a thinly-veiled trans activist and soy boy apologist.
You are very fixated on this simplistic, partisan idea of either being complicit in DOGE or wanting men to keep their records in female sports. I've been giving extensive explanations of what I mean while you've mostly been making short replies in the vein of "SO YOU'RE CALLING ME A MAGA NUT?!!1" that don't address anything I say. I really couldn't care less about your ideological purity as one single individual, my concern is with the wider ideological trends and how that affects women as a class and you seem to be taking it personally that this doesn't allow you to shove your head in the sand and act as if this is an all-around good development for women.
Hell, you yourself even noted that this will be reversed the second Republicans lose control! So literally this one sliver of protection in women's sports is predicated on keeping Republican theocratic fascists in power alongside the rest of their package of misogynistic policies? No, thank you. Our goal is to have women's rights secured alongside other women's rights, not just to have one glitch in Handmaid's Tale.
Radical feminists can't afford to have blinders on in regards to any farther reaching consequences the way that other groups can, especially after Gender Critical got overtaken by conservaturds by force-teaming manipulation tactics and pressuring feminists to keep their mouths shut with the narratives of "don't eat your own", "don't be DiViSiVe" and shifting the idea of being politically homeless to "actually let's give Republicans a chance, too"
(Jul 11 2025, 7:39 AM)YesYourNigel Radical feminists can't afford to have blinders on in regards to any farther reaching consequences the way that other groups can, especially after Gender Critical got overtaken by conservaturds by force-teaming manipulation tactics and pressuring feminists to keep their mouths shut with the narratives of "don't eat your own", "don't be DiViSiVe" and shifting the idea of being politically homeless to "actually let's give Republicans a chance, too"
(Jul 11 2025, 7:39 AM)YesYourNigel Radical feminists can't afford to have blinders on in regards to any farther reaching consequences the way that other groups can, especially after Gender Critical got overtaken by conservaturds by force-teaming manipulation tactics and pressuring feminists to keep their mouths shut with the narratives of "don't eat your own", "don't be DiViSiVe" and shifting the idea of being politically homeless to "actually let's give Republicans a chance, too"