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Katherine O'Connor's avatar

If trans-girl athletes genuinely wanted to be one of the girls, why would they act so male? Girls like to fit in, they want to be liked, and tend to avoid confrontation. And they are typically very shy about undressing in front of others, even girls. Trans-girls insist on this access to naked girls despite the obvious, and loudly vocalized, discomfort of their teammates. Trans-girls have made their “right” to undress and shower with girls an uncomfortable confrontation. Girls were told to dress somewhere else if they didn’t like to undress with males. Isn’t this a clear example of confrontation for confrontation’s sake? How male!

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Gemma Dykstra's avatar

Most perverts are male, too. Exhibitionists, voyeurs, transvestites, autogynephiles, urophiles, coprophiles, etc. want access to spaces which are commonly used settings for lesbian porn scenes (women's locker rooms, women's prisons, sororities). Marginalized my ass. Those guys are SEX PESTS.

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Dr. BigFinger DickHead's avatar

Important to acknowledge that "standard for perv" is different for men and women. More than half are men, but Important to acknowledge different standards. Easiest example is... if an adult tells a child "they are a cutie" .... one sex is a perv and the other isn't

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Richard Parker's avatar

1. Props to Simone for issuing an apology.

2. I know corporate "gibberish" when I see it. We all do. No one believes she wrote this for a second.

3. We all wish Simone and her family continued success in their future endeavors.

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Jennifer Sey's avatar

well said

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Dr. BigFinger DickHead's avatar

She blamed the system and others. She took no accountability. This was a trans-apology

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Chris Marcon's avatar

There's something else - it might be possible that Simone Biles' PR team started this whole thing . Not sure really . It's a PR disaster

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James Farrell's avatar

Wait. First you give her “props”for an apology, and in the next breath you admit that the apology isn't hers??

Which is it?

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Scott Wayland's avatar

Well, she did at least put her name to it.

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Dr. BigFinger DickHead's avatar

And took no accountability. It was "the system" fault right from get go

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Ute Heggen's avatar

Just so everyone knows, Erin Reed is a male who identifies as female, a so-called journalist. I believe he also fathered a child and there's something in the divorce agreement with the mother of the child that he, Erin Reed, will not steal his ex-wife's clothing when at her place to see/collect/return the child. Poor thing. So, consider the source on those tweets.

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MX's avatar

What is with the left's love affair to stick the word equity into contexts where it doesn't even make sense?

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Pete Howard's avatar

That “apology” was corporate BS speak. Not authentic, not written by Simone. We now know where your heart is, Simone, and it’s not with the young girls coming into women’s athletics. They deserve a fair and level playing field. You don’t care about them.

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Crimson's avatar

Thanks for laying this out so clearly. It is so frustrating to engage with these sophists. They have an answer for everything.

“Never believe that anti-Semites (Gender Activists) are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites (Gender Activists) have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

― Jean-Paul Sartre

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Artemis's avatar

If Simone were genuinely sorry, she would have immediately apologised. She saw the backlash and a PR firm appears to have stepped in to try to crisis manage.

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PH's avatar

Let’s face it. If this multimillionaire had a brain in her head, she wouldn’t of said any of those things in the first place. Apology my butt. She can take her apology and shove it where the sun don’t shine.

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Diana Murray's avatar

Whenever I hear about an athlete in the news, I look up who reps them, their agent. Biles is repped by Octagon and you should see their website.

https://www.octagon.com/about/

https://www.octagon.com/values/

It's woke central.

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Sweet Caroline's avatar

Ugh. Values page is worse. Thanks for posting the link. So interesting. So many corporate policies out there just like it.

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Sweet Caroline's avatar

Ick. “Culture-obsessed PLAYMAKERS”

Sounds gross. 🤮

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Diana Murray's avatar

I've worked in sports management - handy tip - if you're interested in an athlete, what he or she is saying, doing, etc., look up the agent.

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Maxi Minimalist's avatar

Yes, sports are 100% inclusive - all girls of the same group age are allowed to compete. Yes, sports are 100% competitive - only the best, fastest, strongest win silverware and scholarships. Yes, Iman Khalif is a male and the IOC a corrupted organisation.

All that said, in the eyes of the trans activists and LGBTQIA+++ mafia, I am a fascist. Truth matters more than moronic expletives shouted by a demented crowd.

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Sandy's avatar

TERF and proud of it!

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Smails The Third's avatar

100% written by PR professionals, likely Crisis PR hired specifically for this situation.

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James Jordan's avatar

Crisis PR with a healthy dose of AI assistance.

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Lisa Simeone's avatar

You're right that this is damage control for Biles.

Riley Gaines is the epitome of class in her reply.

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Deb's avatar

60 yr XX from NZ. Best advice jump a plane go apologize on bended knee in front of worlds media. Clearly this silly child has no perception of reality for all the girls and women ON THE PLANET. Her privilege has blinded her to reality for the rest of xx girls and woman. What a let down..Deb Horan.

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RV's avatar

I agree Deb except she is far more than a silly child, she is 28 years old.

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Mystic William's avatar

Yup. Call Riley, apologize and invite her to lunch next time they are in the same city. Tweet that. ‘I called Riley and apologized. I was acting like an idiot.’ Riley could then tweet ‘Simone and I are good. We have talked.’

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Emily's avatar

Riley Gaines - still the role model here.

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William O's avatar

Yep, and also Jennifer Sey.

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Cue's avatar

Admitting you have a problem is the first step to addressing it so I hope this scripted apology is admission.

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Craig Benedict's avatar

Sadly, that effort (clearly not an apology) will not suffice to regain her status as a girl rep. The blush is off the rose for Simone. Unfortunately, Simone is too insecure to use her common sense to separate from her advisors. Clearly she is in the clutches of a bad crowd.

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Anna's avatar

Riley’s tweet is unanswerable. Maybe it was ghostwritten too, but she has a much better ghostwriter than Simone if so!

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Jennifer Sey's avatar

She speaks in her own voice and writes her own words.

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Holly's avatar

That is what I love about Riley. She is articulate and thinks deeply.

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Swlion's avatar

100% that was Riley, not some lame public relations attempted apology tweet from Simone’s handlers. Simone Biles is on the wrong side of the issue, and in her heart, she believes what she said before.

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