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AOC To Anti-Trans Swimmer Riley Gaines: "Maybe If You Channeled All This Anger Into Swimming Faster You Wouldn’t Have Come In Fifth." (www.erininthemorning.com)

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[-] owsei@programming.dev 19 points 7 months ago

The point is that they wouldn't have won if there wasn't a trans person competing. They would, at most, get fourth place. AOC was considerably diminishing the feeling of injustice (in comparison to not getting first place).

[-] Becca@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 7 months ago

It's even sillier than that. They tied for fifth place. If there wasn't a trans person competing, they would have gotten fifth place, anyway.

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