Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoAOC To Anti-Trans Swimmer Riley Gaines: "Maybe If You Channeled All This Anger Into Swimming Faster You Wouldn’t Have Come In Fifth."www.erininthemorning.comexternal-linkmessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up1800arrow-down118
arrow-up1782arrow-down1external-linkAOC To Anti-Trans Swimmer Riley Gaines: "Maybe If You Channeled All This Anger Into Swimming Faster You Wouldn’t Have Come In Fifth."www.erininthemorning.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square109linkfedilink
minus-squareowsei@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 months agoThe point is that they wouldn’t have won if there wasn’t a trans person competing. They would, at most, get fourth place. AOC was considerably diminishing the feeling of injustice (in comparison to not getting first place).
minus-squareBecca@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoIt’s even sillier than that. They tied for fifth place. If there wasn’t a trans person competing, they would have gotten fifth place, anyway.
The point is that they wouldn’t have won if there wasn’t a trans person competing. They would, at most, get fourth place. AOC was considerably diminishing the feeling of injustice (in comparison to not getting first place).
It’s even sillier than that. They tied for fifth place. If there wasn’t a trans person competing, they would have gotten fifth place, anyway.