Trump objectifies anti-trans WNBA player Sophie Cunningham while insulting her athletic ability

5 days ago by TRAHR to c/news

Sharing the president’s views on trans athletes didn’t spare the player from having her basketball skills overshadowed by his comments about her looks.

At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday night, Trump called WNBA player Sophie Cunningham “a beautiful young woman,” but also singled out her scoring average this season, according to People. “You probably wouldn’t mind her on the team, not to help you with points, but to help you with attendance. The attendance would be great.”

PattyMcB 58 points 5 days ago

News at 11: Misogynistic Narcissistic Sociopath is misogynistic one again

How about we hold him accountable for the child rape?

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alcoholicorn 45 points 5 days ago

The single redeeming feature of Trump is that he makes other ghouls uncomfortable in unintentionally funny ways.

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liuther9 1 point 4 days ago

True homelander

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13igtyme 23 points 5 days ago

She's worried about "biological men in women's sports" which I believe that total can be counted with two, maybe three hands.

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frongt 10 points 5 days ago

You could count the number of hands on one hand.

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TRAHR 9 points 5 days ago

The only biological men trying to get women’s sports is Enes Kanter and Royce White.

What she’s worried about is trans women playing sport of which there’s none in the WNBA and a handful globally.

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13igtyme 5 points 5 days ago

a handful in all sports globally.

Which is why is said you could count them with your hands.

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TRAHR -5 points 5 days ago

But what you did was use and reinforce the terf language of calling us biological men, even if it was a “quote”.

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13igtyme 8 points 5 days ago

Please learn the purpose of a quote.

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Blibly 5 points 5 days ago

If you need three hands to count to zero, sure.

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13igtyme 1 point 5 days ago

There are a small handful of trans athletes out of the 500k plus across the US.

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RIPandTERROR -1 points 5 days ago
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Chivera 12 points 4 days ago

So where are the Epstein files

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TotallynotJessica 8 points 4 days ago

Pick-me for the face eating leopards party gets her face eaten. Who would've thunk it?

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captainlezbian 7 points 5 days ago

Yep, not even a little surprising. Transphobia and misogyny often go hand in hand

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Pratai 2 points 5 days ago

When we stop advertising this piece of shit coward’s mouth-spew, we become collectively better. Stop giving his dumb ass the platform it demands.

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TRAHR 4 points 5 days ago

But this is beneficial for us. It lets women who are transphobes know that even if they spew hate they too will still be targeted by the side they are trying to be on.

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ruuster13 0 points 5 days ago
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Archangel1313 0 points 5 days ago
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Firelord 8 points 5 days ago

Your response to the president objectifying a woman is by objectifying the same woman? We're fucking cooked, bro

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gravitas_deficiency 11 points 5 days ago

Honestly, I don’t really have a huge problem with using the tactics that regressive assholes use against said assholes. The article itself points out and directly quotes this woman’s anti-trans proclivities, so I see no issue with treating her in the same exclusionary and diminishing fashion that she would treat others. Conservatives do not learn fucking anything until and unless it hits them in the face.

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Firelord 8 points 5 days ago

I don't think more misogyny will hit them in the face, they approve of it. You'll just be lowering your own level.

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gravitas_deficiency 1 point 5 days ago

Nah. I’m just refusing to fall victim to the paradox of tolerance.

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dkppunk 4 points 5 days ago

I don’t entirely disagree with your point because she is a gross person, but using misogyny against a woman you don’t like signals you are a misogynist to other people you may be more aligned with.

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gravitas_deficiency 1 point 5 days ago

It’s fair to point that out. But at the same time, I refuse to be respectful to someone who holds a worldview that is intrinsically disrespectful to specific people based on their identity. I get that some will be offended by how sharply I might interact with a regressive, vapid quim, but I think it’s important to refuse any sort of grace, respect, or tolerance to intolerant psychologies.

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Archangel1313 4 points 5 days ago

Well...that is the culture US conservatives all share, isn't it?

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