Paris Olympics 2024 Thread

[Cincydawg]

I wasn't going to watch the Olympics anyway, and haven't but I did see the finish to the "man beats woman" event.  That "man" was really quite "manly" for an alleged "woman".  It was ridiculous.  In other news, the Seine River is not very clean.

2024 Paris Olympics: Belgium triathlete Jolien Vermeylen slams 'dirty' Seine River after race (nypost.com)
2024 Paris Olympics: Belgium triathlete Jolien Vermeylen slams 'dirty' Seine River after race (nypost.com)

[Cincydawg]

I don't GaS how he was raised, that is a dude, with XY.  He should be beyond embarassed.  The Olympics should be embarassed.  The whole thing is, I can't even think of a word for it.  Travesty is not enough.

Let me know when women want to pretend to be men and box other men.

[MaximumSam]

I don't GaS how he was raised, that is a dude, with XY.  He should be beyond embarassed.  The Olympics should be embarassed.  The whole thing is, I can't even think of a word for it.  Travesty is not enough.

Let me know when women want to pretend to be men and box other men.

Maybe she will grow a penis if you wish hard enough

[bayareabadger]

I don't GaS how he was raised, that is a dude, with XY.  He should be beyond embarassed.  The Olympics should be embarassed.  The whole thing is, I can't even think of a word for it.  Travesty is not enough.

Let me know when women want to pretend to be men and box other men.

This take feels surprising from you. Or not super well researched. 

[ELA]

I feel like Phelps and then Biles spoiled us.  I know the GOAT can always change, but in a such individual sports, where medal counts matter, NBC has had back to back cash cows, and it's tough to imagine anyone touching it.  Even if their greatness raised the bar across the board.  Kind of like golf with Tiger.

[ELA]

Yeah, I only kept the medals because they're small. Trophies were fun when I was winning them, but it's not like they were for events large/important enough that I'm going to have them taking up space in my very small house 30 years later.

I'm glad youth sports have started shifting to medals and now rings.  There is a place for trophy, but my son's largest trophy is for finishing 3rd in a 6 team tournament.  We don't need to use up that much space for that.  Most tournaments now (at least for baseball and soccer) are trophies for 1st, medals/ribbons/rings for everyone else.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Was watching the 3v3 basketball and saw Jimmer Fredette.

[ELA]

Was watching the 3v3 basketball and saw Jimmer Fredette.

Yeah, I feel like the one guy in charge of the roster was like "the key is to have one white dude who was a college star like a decade ago, but never did much professionally, surrounded by 3 guys you've never heard of"

Last Olympics it was Robbie Hummel, and they didn't even qualify.  This time it's Jimmer, and they did, but they suck.  If they had put this sport in in 2016 Rio, Drew Neitzel was a lock for the roster

[Honestbuckeye]

This take feels surprising from you. Or not super well researched.

Not surprising at all.  CDawg has always had common sense. 

research?  I have absorbed everything available. 

so you have a man beating up a woman.  Period. 

I try to respect other opinions, because reasonable people can disagree on so many things.  Abortion.  Gun control.  Taxes.  Law enforcement.  Long , endless list.

But then there are those things where you just wonder how people with a brain, or an ounce of common sense, can think a certain way. 
This is one of those.  A man beating up a woman in a pinnacle sporting event for women.

an absolute disgrace with no justification that can be considered remotely credible. 


It’s ok for a man to beat the shit out of a woman in a boxing competition for women.  Or it’s not. It is not nuanced.

Max’s response is the one you should be talking about.  So disrespectful and a personal insult. Like so many on the left, that is their reflex.  Attack with anyone with a different opinion, even though their own opinion is EXTREME AND OFFENSIVE. 

[MaximumSam]

Max’s response is the one you should be talking about.  So disrespectful and a personal insult. Like so many on the left, that is their reflex.  Attack with anyone with a different opinion, even though their own opinion is EXTREME AND OFFENSIVE. 

Hmm...please explain how my opinion is extreme and offensive.

[MaximumSam]

Yeah, I feel like the one guy in charge of the roster was like "the key is to have one white dude who was a college star like a decade ago, but never did much professionally, surrounded by 3 guys you've never heard of"

Last Olympics it was Robbie Hummel, and they didn't even qualify.  This time it's Jimmer, and they did, but they suck.  If they had put this sport in in 2016 Rio, Drew Neitzel was a lock for the roster

I've heard we can only get jobbers for this team because of the qualifying. There is no way that should be our team.

[Gigem]

It's kind of unfortunate. The person in question is from a small town in Algeria and was born female and raised female, but turns out she is intersex and has XY chromosomes. It's not like she woke up one day and decided to become a woman. Also, Algeria not exactly the most progressive nation in the world.

I’ve been sheepishly wondering if there is more to this story. But I don’t really know what you just said. 

Does he/she/it have man parts or female?  Or both?  Do they have high testosterone and muscle mass like a man?  

It doesn’t matter how they identify or how they were raised. If they have xy genes they are a man. They did not win based on training and athletic ability and hard work. They won because they were mismatched. If this is becoming a major problem they need to create another category and let them compete against 

[Honestbuckeye]

I’ve been sheepishly wondering if there is more to this story. But I don’t really know what you just said.

Does he/she/it have man parts or female?  Or both?  Do they have high testosterone and muscle mass like a man? 

It doesn’t matter how they identify or how they were raised. If they have xy genes they are a man. They did not win based on training and athletic ability and hard work. They won because they were mismatched. If this is becoming a major problem they need to create another category and let them compete against

Bingo.  And why this person has been banned from competition by the IBA- a respected organization not beholden to the trans lobby or other lunatics. 

[ELA]

Super glad this is the lane we are in here