Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot. But his negative attributes don’t stop there. He’s also a complete douchebag. And lucky for us, he’s constantly proving his commitment to these two roles publicly. His latest showcasing of f*ckery took place on Twitter dot com, where he attempted to spew some hateful transphobic comments, but it completely backfired. Sucks to suck.
It all began when Don Jr. retweeted this from the Tucker Carlson (ew) funded website The Daily Caller:
Anyone want to guess why???
This BS will destroy women’s sports and everything so many amazing female athletes have worked their entire lives to achieve.
I couldn’t care less how you identify, but this isn’t right. https://t.co/oxLQip9pqR— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 21, 2019
You can never be woke enough! Sorry to all female athletes who spent their lives mastering their games.
Transgender Cyclist Who Set Women's World Record Wouldn't Have Qualified For Men's Championship https://t.co/r6YMS5IYkG
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 21, 2019
It’s funny because it’s true. Sad. https://t.co/rS9y8exKjo
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 21, 2019
Well, well, well, look who’s suddenly an advocate for women when he thinks it means he can spread some high-key transphobia? Sadly for him, TERFs can’t sit with us. We’ll not even give the gross mislabeling of “biological male” the time of day and move right on to Don Jr.’s dumbass comments. Clearly, Don Jr. has never done any reading ever/in general on the subject of trans athletes, because he doesn’t know wtf he’s talking out. And this came to haunt him when the athlete herself — cyclist Rachel McKinnon — caught wind of the tweet and schooled his ass.
Mckinnon noticed an influx of hate speech on her social media accounts, so she figured something was up.
They're flooding my IG with hate speech. That usually means that some right wing outlet published something hateful.
— Dr. Rachel McKinnon (@rachelvmckinnon) October 21, 2019
And she quickly figured it out.
Oh THIS explains the explosion of hate messages I'm getting!! https://t.co/4DTjkb1suB
— Dr. Rachel McKinnon (@rachelvmckinnon) October 21, 2019
And then she proceeded to clap TF back.
Pssst. I was competing prior to the IOC's 2015 update to their trans policy.
I met the older, more restrictive 2003 policy.
Y'all don't have a problem with testosterone levels, you have a problem with trans women period. Lowering the testosterone limit won't affect me.
— Dr. Rachel McKinnon (@rachelvmckinnon) October 22, 2019
And then others came to her aid.
Honestly, wouldn't lowering the limit serve to affect mostly cis female athletes? Hrt often produces lower levels of free testosterone than a typical cis woman, let alone an elite athlete.
Wouldn't this just be a license to exclude anyone not considered "girly enough"?
— 🛡️🏳️🌈 Robbie Johansen🏳️🌈🛡️ (@Thatsnotcoolman) October 22, 2019
I think the counter question is, why wouldn't it be acceptable? What advantages does she have?
And as a followup, the IOC has allowed trans women to compete with cis women since 2015; if trans women have such an advantage, why are there no trans olympians?
— Emkilly Sarcophabet (@CuddlePotato) October 22, 2019
its ALWAYS been about conforming to 'cis female athlete norms'
i mean the fact that these bigots tried to ban and disqualify Caster Semenya didnt already expose people to their agenda?
— Sweet Lil Pea Pod🌈 (@J_D_LO_56) October 23, 2019
Earlier this year, McKinnon spoke with Business Insider about the senseless argument that trans athletes are somehow gaming the system.
“We should never deny people’s rights because a select few, in theory, could commit fraud,” she said.
“The idea we should ban all immigrants because one or two might be terrorists is the height of racism, bigotry, and xenophobia. So their argument is the very definition of an irrational fear of trans women, the dictionary definition of transphobia.”
The idea that “men” are interested in briefly transitioning their gender to dominate women’s sports and then “go back” is not only offensive but thoroughly debunked by the fact that there has never been a trans athlete in the Olympics (even though they’ve been allowed to compete since 2004).
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