Honestly in a race of consequence it looks like a DQ. If there’s no room on the outside I can see this being let go as inadvertent. But Hiltz had nobody blocking at all and has no excuse to not go wide there. Strange move honestly unless there was money involved for the win.
Wow I hate this pronoun crap. The announcer said "they slide by Rose" and I was like, "What?! Two people got by Rose, how did I missed that?" And then I look at the results and realized he was "correcting" himself from "she" rather than actually referring to a second person. It's ridiculous that society is going along with this they/them nonsense. Identify however you want, but don't force everyone to change the way we speak English. Pretty sure the announcer makes the same "mistake" again at the end when the clip cuts out lol.
Anyway, that rant aside, I can't really give an opinion on a DQ from this angle. I'd like to see the front angle to see how much room she had on the inside. It looked like there was a little bit of contact there, but it may have even been after the finish line. Really need to see it from another angle.
The major point is to force others to conform to their "rules", in a way similar to inflicting mask mandates when it was proven for decades that masks didn't stop the spread of aerosol viruses. Your discomfort and frustration is the goal, not a bug. Otherwise they don't feel they are "making a difference". Inflicting the political into every sphere is the key to societal control, and sports must be part of that, in their way of thinking.
When someone tells you their pronouns, they aren’t trying to force you to conform to rules. They just want you to use the word that they identify with.
If I wanted you to call me “T-Bone,” and you instead called me “Koko the Monkey,” that would be disrespectful. Referring to someone as he, she, they or anything else is a very low bar of courtesy to clear, dude.
When someone tells you their pronouns, they aren’t trying to force you to conform to rules. They just want you to use the word that they identify with.
If I wanted you to call me “T-Bone,” and you instead called me “Koko the Monkey,” that would be disrespectful. Referring to someone as he, she, they or anything else is a very low bar of courtesy to clear, dude.
Well then please always refer to me as "my liege". To be honest, who the hell cares how a person faddishly "identifies"? Who the hell are they? How a person "identifies" is not my problem. Nikki Hitz is a "her". Because that is reality and this pronoun garbage is stupid, frivolous and sounds absurd.
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Exciting finishes like this are what the sport needs, incidentally. Great run by both athletes - credit to Rose for going for it and credit to Hiltz for racing a perfectly measured effort
Well them please always refer to me as "my liege". To be honest, who the hell cares how a person faddishly "identifies"? Who the hell are they? How a person "identifies" is not my problem. Nikki Hitz is a "her". Because that is reality and this pronoun garbage is stupid, frivolous and sounds absurd.
What does your post have to do with the DQ, my liege?
At the Bryan Clay Invitational, @Nikki_Hiltz clocks a personal best of 1:59.03 to break two minutes for the first time in their career. pic.twitter.com/YTDAmtmBnW
Do we base pronouns off of sex or gender? There’s way too many genders so that would get confusing. Hiltz is sexually a female so referring to Nikki as “her” shouldn’t be an issue.
The "hate this pronoun crap" may be slightly comical if it wasn't so telling of the person. People will spend time rewinding, zooming in, and pausing the finishing line frame to see if they think Nikki should be DQ'ed even though the decision has already been made but then people will say it's too much trouble to call somebody their preferred name? It's not that hard to do, and if you say it is you have probably DNF'ed multiple races because it got "too uncomfortable."
Do we base pronouns off of sex or gender? There’s way too many genders so that would get confusing. Hiltz is sexually a female so referring to Nikki as “her” shouldn’t be an issue.
You are suggesting a huge shift in how we talk about people, because right now the default is to ask a person what their identity is, not look at their genitalia. Should we dig up birth certificates and find people's "real names" because it could get confusing to respect their wishes? What about people who go by nicknames or middle names? Should we eliminate names altogether and just go with SSN? That would be a lot less confusing.
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