@ctvwinnipeg Just a few years ago Canada Day was basically cancelled and we were frowned upon celebrating it. Now Iโm supposed to rally around it. Which is it?
@NomadWireless@zerohedge They are allowed to operate in Canada and do. Unfortunately you listen to your dear leader without actually investigating facts.
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 womenโs 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.
@MasonDrm Iโve been blocked by so many people here for sharing a slightly conservative view (although I would claim Iโm more of a centrist). Iโm not rude or a name caller. Just a differing opinion. Iโm shocked people are surprised by the algorithm theyโve created.
@BichaelRender@KangaRod@ctvwinnipeg How do you know? It doesnโt say till. Servers carry cash on them. Either way, their lives were threatened. Why are you okay with people being threatened and businesses being robbed instead of being upset by the criminal?
@KangaRod@ctvwinnipeg It never said till. It said from the workers. As a previous server, I carried a lot of cash on me at one time. Most of that was my own tips I made from that day. Regardless, they were threatened with violence. Why do you defend violent criminals?
@KangaRod@ctvwinnipeg They put their life on the line to protect people who were threatened with a weapon. This is hard for you to understand and Iโm not sure why.