"People keep calling Serena Williams the greatest female athlete of all time, as if Caitlyn Jenner didn't even exist."

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[–]MarkTwainiac 24 insightful - 5 fun24 insightful - 4 fun25 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

When that guy tweeted

Not only did Caitlyn win the decathlon, she even beat all the men!

He, being a guy, missed an important point: Jenner not only beat all the men, but "she" beat all the men in an Olympic category for which there was no female equivalent at the time, and there still is no female equivalent today.

The Olympic decathlon - which consists of 10 events - is for males only, and always has been. The closest female athletes can get in the Olympics is the heptathlon - which consists of 7 events. The women's heptathlon was only added to the Olympics in 1984.

[–]lefterfield 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm sure he'd say that that only further proves how remarkable "Caitlyn's" accomplishments were. He knows it's absurd, but also that it's perfectly in line with the logic of the genderists.

[–]BEB[S] 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

More right-wing trolling-but the Right are in fact, RIGHT, on this issue. And they are making the Democrats look like fools.

[–]lefterfield 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Eh, I'd call it satirical more than trolling. It doesn't contradict anything the left has said on the issue - even when it comes to Caitlyn-who-has-always-been-a-woman.

[–]BEB[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The NAACP (African-American civil rights organization) supports the Equality Act. I want to ask them how they would feel if Bruce had "come out" as a black man instead?

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/we-support-it-naacp-endorses-lgbtq-equality-act-n986476

[–]censorshipment 11 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Will the misogynoir ever end on the left? Serena is married to the co-founder of Reddit who believes "trans women are women". He should be on Twitter defending his wife but likely won't. Smh he'd likely say they're both great. Pandering piece of shit.

[–]MarkTwainiac 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

One of the most useful things I was taught as a young newspaper reporter in the 1970s is: never characterize anyone as the greatest (or the best, the finest, the most gifted etc) in any field, coz it might not be true and it's just an invitation for people to disagree and say you're wrong. Instead, couch such characterizations with qualifying phrases as "one of the best" or "many believe to amongst the best"... and so on. That saves everyone a whole lot of time and trouble.

[–]diapason 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wow, "she" even competed in a men's only event! Astounding!