Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 days 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-square114fedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down117
arrow-up1732arrow-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 days agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareowsei@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 day 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-up18·1 day 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.