Yeah, you hit the nail on the head there. Seems that misgendering and being straight up disrespectful towards anyone who identifies as transgender is commonplace here, even beyond the sports issue.
I'm of the opinion that if a person isn't hurting anyone by being who they are, then who cares? Life is short, stop focusing on hating people whose actions don't affect you and find better things to put your energy into.
So confusing (infuriating) when Goucher talks about "they" referring to Hiltz and then starts immediately talking about "they" referring to the whole field.
Well, as long as you insist on making an individual human being running an incredible race into an issue of your views on grammar, consider this.
When you write ‘the proper grammar needs to be <insert opinion here>, you are reversing the subject and the object of a correctly composed sentence. Gramnmar is not sentient and therefore has no needs. You have needs. You need Nikki Hiltz’s race to be about your opinion.
No, her gender. Not her race. She's clearly caucasian.
Nikki never shy’s away from competition - outdoor, indoor and roads. Hiltz learned ow to race the hard way - she earned it. Congratulations to our 1500 women’s team!
So she’s a woman while racing? So the woke mods won’t delete my comments for “misgendering” during these 4 minutes?
Nikki is not trans, Nikki is non-binary. As different as black is to white
So she’s a woman while racing? So the woke mods won’t delete my comments for “misgendering” during these 4 minutes?
Nikki is not trans, Nikki is non-binary. As different as black is to white
It's too complicated for me but I believe Nikki refers to herself as "trans" I'm unable to explain it.
Kudos for Kara for handling the broadcast pronouns. She's gotten pretty good at it. I work with non=binary people. I'm 71 and trip over my mouth all the time.
For those who are angry at the pronoun issue, well, as a wise elder, I think you may find yourself adjusted to it in 10 years. Somehow we stopped using "colored" over the years, so that saying that now seems pretty odd. Things are always changing as we live and what seems weird now will seem normal in the future.
I think the pronoun thing is pretty silly, but I am still disappointed in the LetsRun message board right now. Running first! Not one, not two, but THREE American women just finished the 1500 m in 3:55. Am I missing something or is that not a big deal? It feels like a pretty big deal to me. As a running fan, I'm excited about it, pronouns or no pronouns.
It isn't really that hard, just a little google search could explain it for you. Nikki runs based on biology (sex) but identifies a different gender role.
That makes sense. Why doesn't the same logic apply to all biological men who want to compete in sports?
You would think with all the whining about supershoes, people wouldn't also be suspicious about runners getting faster when the shoes become available. Just look at the change in top-50 times at the NCAA level for 1500/mile/5k since 2018.
We do get it. However, the fact remains that nonbinary gender is a made up thing that doesn’t exist, so people who pretend to be nonbinary are really annoying, and it’s also annoying to be lectured about language use and annoying to be told we have to accommodate people’s faddish delusions and that “it isn’t asking much” to do so. That’s all there is to it when it comes to any “hate” Hiltz gets. That this athlete is in the right race is not in dispute, though some people troll about this a bit or else ask logical questions about nonbinary identities to point out the illogic of placing trans women in women’s races. As plenty of people have noted, the “issue” with Hiltz is not the same as it is with a June Eastwood or a certain swimmer. Hiltz is just annoying, not cheating.
Kudos for Kara for handling the broadcast pronouns. She's gotten pretty good at it.
Kara used a “she” for Nikki in the aftermath of the race. Maybe Nikki will be so happy about the race and making Paris that we skip the social media histrionics about bring “misgendered” and Kara having to apologize profusely.
