Thanks for proving my point, BAC. Just a bunch of ppl in here trying to accuse ppl of being transphobic, because they have issue of a former D1 male swimmer competing vs females now and winning natty's. You nailed it!
Ya know wackster it occurs to me that there's a degree of irony in me calling you out and holding you to account for your terrible takes. The truth is, not that long ago maybe 5-10 years...I was a lot like you and shared many of the same beliefs you hold today. And the way i evolved my thinking was not because some lib bashed me over the head repeatedly, it was through allowing myself to become exposed to ideas that were different than my own and actually giving those ideas some oxygen and evaluating those ideas on their merits instead of just saying meh libs gon lib and dismissing it. In fact I'm pretty sure if i did have some lib beating me over the head with their ideas then i would have dug in my heels and been a million times more resistant to it.
fwiw wacky, although i don't really know you all that well and have only interacted with you outside of this blogsite a handful of times, i do think that at your core you are a good person with a good heart and that you sincerely want what is best, not only for yourself and your family, but for the world in general. I also think that your worldview is - understandably - insular in nature, and has some major blind spots. And I don't say that to be insulting...when i look back at how i used to view the world I realize i held that view because I had the, for lack of better term, privilege? luxury? of not being exposed to other walks of life and for that reason i just sort of accepted the world around me as the way things are without ever seeking out alternative viewpoints.
Anyway i don't really know what point i was trying to make in those last 2 paragraphs other than to say wacky i hope that someday you will have a similar arc as i did. By no means do I think I have this world and this life figured out, and by no means do i consider myself the ultimate arbiter of right and wrong b/c lawd knows i'm wrong about crap on a pretty much daily basis...but what i guess i can say is that these days I probably feel like I am on the "right side of history" as much as i did 10 years ago, but with a lot less cognitive dissonance to get there.