Which is only a subset of the people for whom the gender spectrum folks are attempting to make a difference.
And now youāre a little further down that path. I tell you again that itās not a path you should be taking, and you need to back off before you irrevocably beclown yourself.
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Thatās the third time youāve threatened me in this thread. Cheers.
Your white male fragility does not reflect well on you.
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Cāmonā¦ itās not a threat to tell you that if you keep playing devils advocate for a toxic ideology people may think you actually support that toxic ideology.
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I do, and I recognize that thereās a wide spectrum of trans folk with a wide variety of current and past chemistry, just as cis folk can have varied chemistry. but not all trans women are on HRT, and since thereās an inherent competitive advantage to chemistry that might more closely resemble a cis maleās, it complicates the field of womenās sports. thatās all Iām sayingā not that trans women shouldnāt be allowed to compete, not that theyāre not valid as women, just that establishing fairness in sport is complicated and this is one aspect that is particularly hard.
And again, this is for elite athletes and their respective governing bodies to try and figure out. Some doofus on youtube literally having zero education in the field and no dog in the fight should probably find something else to talk aboutā¦ like tire rolling resistance.
Weāre talking about a cis white bro with a largely cis white bro audience creating content on a subject to which his opinion should hold zero bearing. Itās a cyclical move designed to play to the confirmation bias of his audience.
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I think itās worth emphasizing that at the top levels of sport, governing bodies have had this stuff figured out for a long time. The reason this has come up lately is mostly just because the culture war has set its sights on trans issues IMO.
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And to bring it back to tiresā¦
Challenge Almanzo
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Pathfinder Pro 38s?
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My aim was to carefully choose my words such that I am not playing devilās advocate for toxic ideology. If I failed in that, I am sorry.
The dog I do have in this fight is what I perceive to be the tendency for folks to want to gloss over the well-established physiological distinctions between AFAB and AMAB folks. They are significant. This is only related to issues with trans folks in ancillary ways.
Advocates for trans-folk will assert very strongly that gender is a social construct, which it is. A subset of those folks take any discussion of the aforementioned physiological differences as an attack on the validity of oneās gender identity, which creates a messy argument because thereās a lot of science that supports those distinctions, but itās all specific to biology which canāt be the final determinant of oneās gender identity. As far as Iām concerned a person is welcome to whatever gender identity they want to assume regardless of their physiology and whatever state of transition they might be in.
In these places where Iāve heard arguments that gender is a social construct and biology doesnāt matter, Iāve also gotten a chance to see what is the leading edge in physiological manipulation to better suit oneās gender identity. So, to some degree, it does matter, most especially to the people focused on well-being issues for trans folks.
This I get and largely agree with. It wasnāt my intention to start a contentious debate, just that I seemed to recall that video as being mostly innocuous. My recollection was that he hadnāt attempted to define āfairā, but he did. Iām with you in that this is for regulating bodies, AFAB and trans-women to deal with.
WTB Vulpine is a recent addition to this category.
Vittoria Terreno Dry is a great tire. The tan sidewall ones have less protection and are lighter.
Challenge Getaway is real good.
And as mentioned the Almanzo and itās sibling the gravel grinder are top notch.
Amirite that GP5TLs are discontinued, and itās GP5 S TL from now on?
I just attempted to pick up a set and that did seem to be the case
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Doesnāt WTB have a disclaimer about using Stans rims?
I know they used to, I ran a wirebead nano on my stans rim because the tubeless wasnāt supposed to fit. I ran the wirebead with gizz in it and it dissolved after 1500 kms. That was my bad. I canāt find anything on their site currently. This tho.
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can you please delete this?
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And yet, despite the fevered imaginations of transphobes around the world, this has never happened.
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fuck off
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Souplesse genders and hot take soup
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Iāve heard great things and plan on trying these this summer.
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