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Your thinly veiled bigotry is still just bigotry, despite hiding it behind a strawman

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (8 children)

If we count retired athletes and Olympic sports then I can just barely get there:

  • Venus Williams
  • Serena Williams
  • Anna Kournikova
  • Kerri Strug
  • Nancy Kerrigan
  • Tonya Harding
  • Michele Kwan
  • Simone Biles
  • Katie Ledecky
  • Caitlin Clark

So now I get to talk about trans women in sports!

Um... yeah. I don't know. Whatever the solution is, I think it should be handled with empathy and respect for trans rights.

[–] Padit@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I honestly just know 4 of those. Hmmm

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't follow sports at all and am not from the USA but I only know Serena Williams.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You don't know Kerrigan, the Queen of the Blades?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

No, I have never heard of her.

Queen of the blades? That sounds like some B list super hero or villain, lol.

P.S. after reading the list again, I also recognized Anna. I believe that she is/was a chess player.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That sounds like some B list super hero or villain, lol.

Close. She's a villanous character from the video game Starcraft. Her title "Queen of the Blades" never made sense to me, until I learnt she was named after the figure skater.

Venus is her sister

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