Kind-of-liberal gadfly Michael Tracey on the trans issue. From X.
>>>If there was ever an issue that cultural liberals would be well-served to strategically concede on, it's "Trans in Sports," which in addition to being a political albatross is hardly defensible on the merits. Even the NYT comment sections have been largely against this stuff for years now.
>>>But the nature of contemporary liberalism requires a perpetual search for boutique cultural issues to turn into hectoring administrative crusades -- that's what their political passions are most animated by, as opposed to a whole slate of other potential issues, like foreign policy or economics.
>>>So the "strategic concession" may not even be practically possible, when a certain activist core is just never going to budge.
Trans in Sports? That's the issue the Magatarians won't let go of...
ReplyDeleteActually, I agree, men should not compete against women in sports, unless of course everyone agrees to the game. Just create a new league of sports for trans persons and let them play against each other. Thing is, there's only 10 or so competing college level trans athletes out of 510,000 competitors. So said Charlie Baker, N.C.A.A. President told a Senate Committee in January.