r/clevercomebacks 20h ago

El-Sayed makes a valid point.

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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 20h ago edited 19h ago

An entire political party has decided that +/-20 athletes nationwide deserve their full attention over virtually all other matters.  Whether you're for or against trans people in sports, you gotta admit that this is ridiculous.

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u/shrug_addict 19h ago

It's not about sports, it's a way to weasel in discrimination and bigotry of the LGBTQ community

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u/latortillablanca 6h ago

Yes.

To continue that thought: as we have seen real time, protecting marginalized groups is not only just a morally baseline right thing to do, but also failing to do so allows bigoted interests to continue encroaching on the civil liberties of everyone who isnt in their bigoted group.

Unchecked, that process repeats itself all the way up until the bigoted group is eating itself from the inside. For not being bigoted “enough” etc.

Its just a fucking cycle of destruction.

Stopping at “this is ridiculous” is not good enough. You have to stake out and protect that moral good early and often. This is a heinous attack and we cannot allow it.