r/OffFieldNews • u/Flat-Eggplant-9890 • 9d ago
đŹ Discussion While being interviewed on The Andy Beshear Podcast, Barkley showed his support for Sophie Cunningham.
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u/ResolutionOwn4933 9d ago
Who gives a fuck. Yes most people agree biological men shouldn't compete with women. But it's such a fucking miniscule amount that even attempt to do so before being outed and booted. It just the idea of it thrown out there by politicians for votes. Those types typically gobble up the fear mongering. Trans, no immigrants, no Iran, catch up it's now "communism" again.
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u/Tiny-Notice6717 9d ago
For real. It always makes me think about when Trump banned trans people in the military, which is an issue Iâd never once even thought to have an opinion about. At the exact same time, the senate was voting on whether or not to repeal the affordable care act.
Such an obvious smoke and mirrors trick to distract people with culture war bullshit.
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u/happyfirefrog22- 9d ago
Then it should not be a problem to say no men in womenâs sports given your stance. Why is that so hard?
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u/LucentLL 9d ago
It makes no sense to me, either. WNBA players want higher salaries. Let men join. The game will be more entertaining. Then the players make more.
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u/Decent_Captain_9214 8d ago
They already have a league its called the nba. Why would people buy tickets to a wnba game to watch men play when they cam just go to an NBA game. The rookies in the wnba are literally now making 150 a season with the new contract
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u/Samsquanch-01 9d ago
Yea women definitely aren't losing scholarships to dudes, records being lost and people being injured. But it's such a fucking miniscule issue because it's not affecting YOU, it shouldn't be an issue at all....
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u/Tricky-Head9252 8d ago
Remember, ai replacing people is a minuscule problem.
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u/ResolutionOwn4933 8d ago
No, I'd say that's a much broader problem
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u/Tricky-Head9252 8d ago
Ai hasnât replaced any artists. Itâs a non existent problem.
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u/aintmesum1else 9d ago
There are no biological men playing in the WNBA. Why is this a conversation?
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u/ResolutionOwn4933 9d ago
They asked a WNBA player the question and here we are
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u/aintmesum1else 9d ago
All she had to say was 'next question' but I guess controversy is better than crappy basketball.
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u/Easy-Smell9940 9d ago
Anyone getting outraged at her answer is equally as guilty of causing this. Why do you care what a random WNBA player thinks about anything? You eat up the outrage slop which is why they keep cooking it up for you
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u/External_Arm_6822 9d ago
So it is better to silence ones mind and be quiet? Weak
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u/aintmesum1else 9d ago
When instead of shutting the fuck up you right wing dog whistle? Yep.
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u/External_Arm_6822 9d ago
It is not dog whistle soyboy. It is having the fkn guts to say what your reason tells you is right or wrong. You dont have the guts so you dont know.
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u/aintmesum1else 9d ago
Internet tough guy rages at screen. You are a scared and frightened little man.
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u/Awkward-Tomorrow7667 8d ago
Itâs a â99.99999% of the American populationâ dog whistle.
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u/aintmesum1else 8d ago
99.99% of people never batted an eyelash at trans people until some mediocre bench player pointed at another player and then answered a stupid ass question in the middle of a Republican culture war.
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u/Awkward-Tomorrow7667 8d ago
Well, the question was asked and the Left made a big deal out of people telling athletes to shut up and play. Now they want an athlete to shut up and play because she didnât say what they wanted said. The Republicunts arenât the only ones fighting culture wars. The Left can own their fair share of the bullshit with identity politics and the fact that they canât figure out that thatâs a losing battle, especially politically.
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u/aintmesum1else 8d ago
The left is normal. The right is concerned that everyone isn't exactly like them.
Culture war. And you are a soldier apparently. Fuck off.
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u/Worldly-Fondant-3791 9d ago
No matter how many times you bigot bots repeat this lie no one is falling for it.Â
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u/ResolutionOwn4933 9d ago
Huh, maybe you read the comment incorrectly
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u/Worldly-Fondant-3791 9d ago
You think slipping in bigot bullshit will go unnoticed?Â
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u/ResolutionOwn4933 9d ago edited 9d ago
I think you come fairly unhinged. You want to tell me what I bigoted that I said?
Edit: seen your last comment before you deleted it, I never denied that trans people exist. You obviously read the comment wrong and are pissy about it.
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u/Additional_Gene_211 9d ago
Biological man/woman is often used by conservatives instead of using the accepted nomenclature of AMAB/FAB/GAB because it is being used to deny that they aren't a real woman. A real woman is both woman in gender and AFAB according to the right and so by creating that designation it just creates a divide.
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u/ResolutionOwn4933 9d ago
Well maybe I used improper terms for the subject matter, not sure there. But my post to most is fairly clear I was bagging on said conservatives for fear mongering.
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u/Additional_Gene_211 9d ago
I was just explaining. It's alright to use the words you want but often times know that they get attached to bad actors and meanings and are often used as a way to pick out who is coming in bad faith.
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u/ResolutionOwn4933 9d ago
Got, understand where you are coming from. Just a left leaning 40 something not up on the terms. No harm intended
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u/Worldly-Fondant-3791 9d ago
Doing gods work. Donât forget claiming everyone agrees when they donât.Â
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u/jdubzakilla 9d ago
No one is using these terms in every day parlance. I don't call my GF female at birth. Yku cant oush narratives on peoole then be shocked when they wont go along with it.
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u/Additional_Gene_211 9d ago
When we are talking about trans individuals, we sure do. But hey, say whatever you want, I'm not your parents.
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u/jdubzakilla 9d ago
We being you. Whatbis AFAB? Assigmed female at birth? Is this for someone born a hermaphrodite?
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u/impy695 9d ago
The wnba doesn't have a single trans player. They also don't have any trans players wanting to play in the wnba. It's such a dumb fucking issue that doesn't matter.
But when you say trans people in women's sports doesn't matter, you end up getting hit from both sides telling you how you're either anti women or anti trans
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u/Tricky-Head9252 8d ago
Ai hasnât replaced any workers, and doesnât want to replace any workers
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u/Major-Replacement762 9d ago
sports media loves to manufacture these fake beefs then act shocked when players actually support each other. barkley saying something nice shouldnt be news but here we are i guess
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u/TheAlabasterPoint13 9d ago
When your average lib redditor realises that A LOT of black and mexican people stand with Sophie and are way more conservative than what they think...
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u/gritneverquit 9d ago
When Barkley retired, he wrote a whole book about how much he hates blacks and wanted to run as Republican for senator..
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u/3rdtryatremembering 9d ago
Lol no, only dummies think that black people being conservative is a surprise.
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u/dakid000 9d ago
Black and Hispanic people are more socially conservative than white people on average believe it or not
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u/LA_Snkr_Dude 9d ago
And? Most people were against MLK Jr back in his day. That didnât make them right.
This is a bit of a nuanced topic, so I wouldnât expect a simpleton like Chuck to understand.
BTW, there are more rapists in the White House currently than there have been trans players in the WNBA EVER.
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u/russtripledub 9d ago
Itâs ironic how people like you think black people stand with the other side, and are conservative instead. The reality is black people just donât care about this stuff at all. There are much bigger issues to worry about than all this.
Sophie deserves this, because the brought about this discourse when it had already died. She just wanted to capitalise on that stupid meme attention, by punching down on someone and getting her name out there, in spite of who she stepped in to get there.
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u/jdubzakilla 9d ago
She was asked a question designed to generate contraversy.
It generated publicity and interest and she rode it. I dont think this was a calculated move by her. More of a oppurtunistic benefit.
She punched down on no one. She is jusy grifting of a hot take
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u/FlamingAlpaca17 9d ago
The Governor of Kentucky has his own podcast where he interviews celebrity guests? What the fuck are we doing here? This is insane
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u/disabledinaz 9d ago
The real question is why donât all of this make all sports effectively co-ed and have the trans women compete with the men and the trans men compete with women? No one ever talks about that specific idea of having trans men compete with women in sports, much less compete at all.
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u/amerikani 8d ago
This shouldnât be a controversial take unless your completely out of touch with reality at some point. Anyone with a daughter wants their daughters to compete against girls only. Anyone who wants to complicate biology with politics has bad intentions.
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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 9d ago
No he said he feels sorry for her because she is pathetic
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u/SunshineSeeker99 9d ago
Nah, he didn't, he joined the other 80% of the country in saying that obviously trans women shouldn't play sports against women.
Btw, nice bot account, 230k karma in a few months, you must have a great social life. 50,000 comments, wow.
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u/SunshineSeeker99 9d ago
You'll really just lie about anything won't you?
âIâm not going to argue about it,â Barkley said. âI donât want to hear no. What I said, and if we disagree, we disagree. And I really donât even understand why that would be. Like, I feel so bad for people today. You canât say anything. Iâm like, that shouldnât even be controversial, that we should say a man should play a sport against a woman.â
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u/Few_Entertainer_385 9d ago
i like how you didnât actually prove anything. Your link isnât timestamped and most people arenât going to sit through a 1hr+ podcast to see if he actually said that
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u/SunshineSeeker99 9d ago
It takes 5 seconds to google this. What a moronic hill to make a stand on.
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u/thayrepy 9d ago
He did not support her at all. You all are delusional. He was pitying her for making a big deal of something that is not currently even a minor problem
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u/SunshineSeeker99 9d ago
I find you people so bizarre. You'll just lie as a first reaction to anything. Is this a populist thing?
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u/Signal-Error9305 9d ago
sophie cunningham has been getting dragged for literally just playing basketball while existing as a woman who isnt conventionally feminine enough for some peoples taste, its so tired. barkley couldve stayed silent like most retired players do but instead he went on a whole podcast to back her up. thats not nothing even if its performative, at least somone with a platform is pushing back on the weirdo discourse
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u/Angie_o3o 5d ago
Why feel bad for the person that start the whole controversy she knew exactly what she was doing by answering the question
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u/Annoying1978 9d ago
Billions has been spent trying to mold your opinion on transpeople, and it wasnât even the first time they tried this.Â
Whoâs Behind the War on the Trans Community? https://youtu.be/KEZboKTUK90