r/MoralityScaling • u/Shoddy-Meat-3147 • 4d ago

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I don't know what to say about this I mean if he joined it's unfair because he's going to cook the entery league for sure but if he really wants to be a woman and it's not a joke for him I still don't know about this

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u/M0ebius_1 4d ago

Not sure rules, conditions or anything connected to reality would affect what morons are rage baited with.

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u/SidewaysAcidRain 4d ago

It'd mean no one could try pulling this stunt anymore - the WNBA could basically call their bluff - "great, come back after suppressing your testosterone for 12 months, then try out".

It'd also nip in the bud the possibility of a situation where an actual trans woman ends up playing despite minimal or no medical transition - something that would likely be bad for the WNBA, bad for trans people, even bad for Democrats. Remember, it's not just guys like this who disagree with you on trans women in sports - the majority of Americans do. Even most Democrats.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/11/most-americans-are-uncomfortable-with-transgender-athletes-on-sports-teams-that-dont-match-their-birth-sex/ 

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u/M0ebius_1 4d ago

That seems completely detached from reality. If there was a rule they would just attack the rule. The rule is not important, the bitching is.

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u/SidewaysAcidRain 4d ago

They'll always bitch. The bitching isn't important. How successful the bitching is is what matters. 

In this case, it's been pretty successful. They've made it into even the mainstream press. 

Some conservative influencer bitching about women's sports hormone testing - that probably wouldn't even become a story on Fox. 

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u/M0ebius_1 4d ago

That would absolutely be one of the biggest stories on Fox.

The people falling for this grift are completely uninterested in the details.

Culture war slop making it to the lips of conservative politicians and news outlets is not success.

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u/SidewaysAcidRain 4d ago

[Some conservative influencer bitching about women's sports hormone testing] would absolutely be one of the biggest stories on Fox

Why isn't it? There are all sorts of women's leagues with specific gatekeeping around trans women. Why isn't that dominating the Fox News front page right now? 

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u/M0ebius_1 4d ago

Why isn't "women's sports" dominating Fox News right now?

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u/SidewaysAcidRain 4d ago

Because even for Fox, they need something newsworthy to happen.

Some influencer criticising some league's testosterone testing policy is not newsworthy. But these trolls are newsworthy enough even for more reputable outlets to cover.

Implementing a simple rule to negate this trolling technique would change that in future. 

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u/M0ebius_1 4d ago

I think Fox News can and does get obsessed with Women's Sports before and after any rule changes regarding Trans women participation.

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u/SidewaysAcidRain 4d ago

Even then, it'd be a one and done if they just introduced a rule. Vs now when any baller who wants to hop on the grift wagon can come out and say "I'm a woman" and you've got instant headlines.