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‘One and done’: Michael Phelps says dopers should be given lifetime ban
(www.theguardian.com)
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This from the guy who might as well have been designed in a lab for swimming who argued that trans women should be banned from competing to ensure "a level playing field".
If you look up the word "hypocrite" in the dictionary, there's a picture of Michael Phelps.
Nowhere in that article does it mention that he wants them banned, but go ahead and tell me I’m wrong somehow because level playing field equals being banned.
It sounds like he didn’t have an answer but thinks there should be some kind of system in include everyone.
Based on the first part of your comment I’m sure your response will be well thought out and free from derogatory terms.
How else do you think he wants a level playing field to be achieved? Hobbling? Strapping weights to trans swimmers? Giving cis women a head start?
Sometimes things are so obvious that they don't need to be explicitly stated. This is one of those times.
So some kind of "separate but equal" bullshit that implicitly labels trans women as not women? Doesn't sound much better than outright bans tbh..
Based on your evasive pedantry and unearned condescension, I'm sure you're going to take anything I say contrary to your arguments into account and not dismiss them out of hand for not coddling bad faith arguments 🙄