Nothing about this feels good, because John Oliver generously gave his time for my charity Lumos and I liked him very much when I met him, but God knows, if you ever need an example of motivated reasoning and confirmation bias, this video's for you. An undoubtedly intelligent person spouts absolute bullshit to support something he wants to be true, but isn't.
According to the UN, female athletes have lost nearly 900 medals to trans-identified men competing against them in women’s sporting categories. Girls have been ousted from teams to make way for boys. Women have suffered serious injury playing against trans-identified men (see Payton McNabb, mentioned below).
Again and again I've come up against men who argue exactly what Oliver does here, using the very same talking points. With a straight face, the 'believe the science' guys will say 'actually, we don't yet have enough data to say whether men and boys are stronger and faster than women and girls'. The 'be kind' crew can't see what the issue is. 'Why are you bothered, it only affects a tiny minority of females?'
To prove to their progressive credentials - and (coincidentally, I'm sure) indemnify themselves against repercussions from cultural elites in the media, academia and publishing who've showed themselves more than ready to kick people to the kerb for failing to mouth the approved mantras - people with a lot to lose are currently prepared to make idiots of themselves. They'll stare unabashedly into a camera and insist that their audiences' eyeballs are incapable of seeing what's plain as day, and that there's something wrong with the great unwashed for believing that girls are being robbed of opportunities and put at physical risk.
If you want to tell the world you're happy to watch females suffer injury, humiliation and the loss of sporting opportunities to bolster an elitist post-modern ideology embraced by a minute fraction of the world's population, fair enough; you're allowed your opinion. But if you've just told girls they don't deserve fair sport, maybe rethink using all too real and common sexual predation against young women as a punchline for your 'edgy' closing joke.
Bill Clinton On the Palestinians:
“And the only time Yasser Arafat didn't tell me the truth was when he promised me he was gonna accept the peace deal that we had worked out, which would have given the Palestinians a state on 96% of the West Bank and 4% of Israel, and they got to choose where the 4% of Israel was. So they would have the effect of the same land of all the West Bank. They would have a capital in East Jerusalem.
I can hardly talk about this…. And they would have equal access all day every day to the security towers that Israel maintained all through the West Bank up to the Golan Heights.
All this was offered, including, I will say it again, a capital in East Jerusalem and 2 of the 4 quadrants of the old city of Jerusalem, confirmed by the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, and his cabinet. And they said no.
And I think part of it is that Hamas did not care about a homeland for the Palestinians. They wanted to kill Israelis and make Israel uninhabitable.
Well, I got news for them, they were there first before there was their faith existed.
They were there. In the time of King David, in the southern most tribes, Hadjardia and Samaria.”
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@alsmithnyc @alainagalianoo@erastourticketz If you end up swapping for the 19th, I would love to buy your tickets for the 20th for my brother and I. Thanks!
The thought of Dr. Will writing that pithy little jingle about Nicole, likely just on the car ride over to pick up a big cheque from CBS, makes my day. #BB22@JanellePierzina@ZingbotOfficial
Tyler now needs to somehow get Bay, Christmas, David, Memphis, Cody, & Enzo to keep Janelle. Make a deal and have her go after Nicole and Ian to distract from David blowing up his game. Not probable, but... #BB22
Quote of the night from Nicole (to Jackson/Holly): I'm going to walk out with my bag and the stool. When Julie asks why I have the stool, being all alone, I'll let her know it's because I fucked myself.
This is why we love this girl! ❤ #BB21#BBLF
@BBADOrwell@CBSBigBrother I want Jackson to win, but can the producers please arrange balloons instead of confetti just to irk the shit out of him one last time. Thanks in advance