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'More on the Male Olympic Boxer Knocking Out First Female Opponent in Under a Minute'
Zero Fornications Granted. Feminists demanded androgyny, now they have it. Imane Khelif was born and raised female, assigned female at birth based on her genitalia.
In 2023, Khelif was abruptly disqualified from the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships because he had high testosterone levels. IBA president Umar Kremlev said the DNA test results of Khelif “proved he had XY chromosomes.” Khelif tried to appeal these findings but later withdrew it.
Speaking for myself, Khelif's arms and shoulders are not the arms and shoulders of any woman athlete I've ever seen. mudbug: he
Why would you misgender her? She's certainly not a man. She's not transgender either. She is who she is, even if the fact of her existence makes you uncomfortable. mudbug: Speaking for myself, Khelif's arms and shoulders are not the arms and shoulders of any woman athlete I've ever seen. Perhaps, but it shows the problem of applying a strict dichotomy to sex. Khelif was born with female genitalia. (Do we need to dredge up old discussions about genitalia being the defining characteristic of sex?) mudbug from April 2024:
mudbug: Do you think a person with a penis is a male? So, do you think a person with a vagina is a female? QUOTE: That's a "man, baby".
South Park understood this problem back when this bullshit began. STFU and go away. You're annoying the adults.
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Zachinoff
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2024-08-02 13:14
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If the testosterone levels are too high for a female then the IOC should institute doping charges against the so called female.
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indyjonesouthere
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2024-08-02 13:16
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Honest question. Is there ANY form of evil or injustice that you won't defend or make excuses for?
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Lord Heathen
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2024-08-02 13:42
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OK, let's go ALL postmodern. Enjoying the spectacle.
https://voxday.net/2024/06/02/suddenly-at-the-olympics/
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indyjonesouthere
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2024-08-02 14:19
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Now a 2nd Olympic boxer from Taiwan who failed gender test dominates female fighter in Paris. Rather funny that there aren't any trannies fighting in the men's events.
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indyjonesouthere
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2024-08-02 15:13
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And you know Khelif has a vagina? How do you know this? You trust the whoever filled out his passport to necessarily tell the truth?
He was tested twice and found to have X and Y chromosomes. He is taking advantage of this woke sickness that says you can be any gender you want.
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mudbug
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2024-08-02 19:26
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mudbug: And you know Khelif has a vagina?
"The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, has a female passport," the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a press conference on Friday. We don't know the specifics concerning Khelif, but someone with androgen insensitivity can develop as female, even if they have XY chromosomes. Your discomfort with this isn’t evidence.
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Zachriel
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2024-08-02 20:38
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mudbug (from April 2024): Do you think a person with a penis is a male?
So, do you think a person born with a vagina is a female?
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Zachriel
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2024-08-02 20:44
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"Imane Khelif was born and raised female, assigned female at birth based on her genitalia."
Source? Cooter: Source?
"The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, has a female passport," the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a press conference on Friday. It's a link to an ABC News story, all of which is vague including the part about the boxer's background. That source is a 2024 UNICEF profile. Sure they don't have an agenda. A Babylon Bee story is more believable and that's satire.
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grant1863
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2024-08-02 22:06
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grant1863: It's a link to an ABC News story
The information comes from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which requires the documentation. We also know that people are born with XY chromosomes that develop as females, such as individuals with androgen insensitivity. Regardless, that’s stronger evidence than waving your hands and saying, “Is not.” So, do you think a person born with a vagina is a female?
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Zachriel
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2024-08-02 22:46
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Why do you hate women?
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eeyore
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2024-08-03 10:48
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A fact which is irrelevant to the point in contention, whether she should be competing against her claimed gender or her genetic one. She has a y chromosome and a natural testosterone level significantly to the right of the 99.9 percentile for females. Anyone who contends that she should be allowed to compete against women is either an idiot, a misogynist, or subverting athletic competition to a political agenda.
That fact is marginally relevant to how we ought to judge her morally. But only marginally since there is no chance she does not realize that her unique biology both creates ambiguity about her gender and gives her a huge competitive advantage. The test would be whether she would attempt to compete against males if banned from female competition. Further we do not know what her genitalia were at birth. Neither her, or her parents, or her personal doctor s should be treated as credible on the subject since they all have multiple, powerful motivations to lie, especially in a Moslem country. Statically they were very likely ambiguous. And the external ambiguous genitalia can be surgically altered to approximate those of a female, but not those of a male. Other than that, solid points. Trust in medical establishment... it is joining trust in the admin state, education establishment, MSM corporates, and the ever-devolving Christian churches.
More hilarity in the EV charger market... at zerohedge.com on July 3rd, 2024, by Tyler Durden. Thieves have stolen over 100 charging cables on EV chargers for the copper content. Had to drive from Seattle to Everett to find a charger still working. All government promotions seem to end the same way. Monthly US consumer prices post first drop in four years as inflation subsides... at money.usnews.com on July 11,2024 from Reuters. Now let's see-Dow/gold ratio accelerating in wrong direction since 1999, and layoffs across the board including tech, and the government spending like drunken sailors. That pretty well confirms the apex while deflation begins showing its head and transitions into depression. Crash landing? An exceptionally valuable phrase... malicious apathy.
Found at libertystorch.info on 2024/08/02 by Francis W Porretto Nonfeasance or misfeasance or malfeasance enabling assassination attempt. If you watch the news clips and videos of the demonstrations in England you will see huge numbers of riot police roughly arresting people from a crowd of peaceful demonstrators. The purpose of this is to incite a riot. They are not there to protect the citizens and maintain law and order they are there to turn it into a riot. But the demonstration was peaceful so the police had to ratchet it up with the goal of angering the crowd.
Look back carefully at the videos of Jan 6th and you will see the exact same thing. The videos that the Democrats kept secret showed the police beating a woman to death with sticks and firing rubber bullets, grenades and tear gas at the demonstrators. This was intentional because they needed an outrage to prevent congress from looking at the massive voter fraud. It worked. The Democrats stole the election and "Rodney King'ed" the peaceful demonstrators in a massive illegal misuse of power. They should go to jail for it. Lebanon is a microcosm of the problem of immigration from muslim countries. Lebanon is not a bad place to live, not great but OK. If they choose to they could do OK economically and their country would flourish. But they have a strong Muslim presence and within that perhaps 10% of those Muslims want to enforce the Quran through terror. Because of that Lebanon is a terrorist state with a large terrorist army that continually baits Israel. At this point in time it looks like Lebanon has decided to take Gaza's place as Israel's active enemy. I hear all the claims of how big Hezbollah is and even that they will beat Israel in a fight. I don't claim to know how this will end but it will not end well for Lebanon if they poke the tiger too much. And they will poke the tiger because of the majority Muslim influence. Just as when France become majority Muslim (or at least a large minority) will develop a terrorist philosophy and army. Just as each of the European countries who choose not to limit the Muslim immigration will eventually come under Muslim rule. It is a death wish or maybe more accurately stupidity and ignorance by Europeans. And then there is the U.S., Canada, Australia, GB... Eventually the active immigration/invasion into countries occupied by stupidity/ignorance will result in war. I don't see any other choice. Right now Israel is the only country that seems to understand that kinetic confrontation is the only solution to the Muslim epidemic.
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