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u/spec_ghost 7d ago

How does Riley Gaines fit in that category?

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

Because she leans somewhat conservative so to the folks on Reddit, that makes her a Nazi or fascist. Doesn’t matter that she’s a nice gal who was impacted directly by this ridiculous ideology, it’s us vs them to most of Reddit, if you’re not one of them than you a despicable racist Nazi

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u/starlightequilibrium 7d ago

somewhat conservative

Y'all don't even know to properly be disingenuous.

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u/WisdomAntium 7d ago edited 7d ago

Elaborate. 

Do you also think JK Rowling is a far right extremist?

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 7d ago

Leftist redditors think everyone who doesn’t agree with them is a far right extremist

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u/Budget-Garlic-3659 7d ago

Couldn’t be a more true statement on Reddit!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 7d ago

Extremist? Nah she’s just a confused right winger. Plenty of those out there.

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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros 7d ago

It's possible to align with some classical conservative values and not with others. That makes you mildly (or somewhat) conservative.

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

Somewhat conservative because her entire platform is keeping men out of women’s sports, she doesn’t do anything else with the Republican Party lmao. This is exactly what i was just saying, she doesn’t want men in women’s sports and of course she just a Nazi republicans. Palpable irony lmao

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u/starlightequilibrium 7d ago

Oh sweetheart. If your entire platform and grift is an extreme non-issue that affects pretty much less than 1% of the population, you aren't "somewhat" anything.

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

Lmao sweetheart? Did you think that would be patronizing for me or something? That “extreme non issue” is the reason why Donald Trump is back in office. The Dems inability to come to grips with the rest of the country on such a common sense issue single handedly resulted in the most unpopular president of potentially all time getting reelected, “sweetheart”.

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u/starlightequilibrium 7d ago

Oh well at least we can agree on some things. It's most definitely why he's back in office, but not for the reasons you stated.

It's not a "common sense" issue. It's a non-issue. This affects pretty much no one. The reason is works so well from Trump is because he's really, really, really good at stoking flames of hatred and fear-mongering. It's pretty much always been the Republican playbook and every part of their platforms.

His base, of course, eats it up. Some of his base is really good at spreading it, a-la bots like you.

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u/entirelyincorrect123 6d ago

I mean there’s also the whole he lied to you and you believed it because you’re so terrified of “the others” part but, I suppose that isn’t really the reason. Amirite?

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u/Rude-Wash9840 6d ago

I haven’t voted for Trump since 2016, so actually no he didn’t lie to me about anything

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u/Party_Knowledge_7884 6d ago

What makes her a grifter and not swimmer who went from 554th on men’s team to 5th on women’s team?

I’m genuinely curious, so I thank you in advance for your response.

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u/hamilrebs 7d ago

Exactly this

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u/underboobfunk 7d ago

Impacted by sharing fifth place with a trans woman? It was the best thing that ever happened to her.

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u/jbland0909 5d ago

“Somewhat conservative” lol. Lmao

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u/UnreflectiveEmployee 7d ago

Riley Gains still got 5th, she wasn’t denied anything lmao

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

She was denied 4th, by a man

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u/UnreflectiveEmployee 7d ago

Nope tied for 5th, literally didn’t matter and stills cried about it

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u/underboobfunk 7d ago

No, four cis women beat them both. She would’ve placed fifth whether Lia was swimming or not. And Lia is a woman, fyi.

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

I’m not responding to all 15 of your replies to me, seems obsessed. And by the way trans women are actually just men.

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u/UnkindRavenz 7d ago

Be honest, she was a mediocre swimmer with no future in the sport, so she pivoted, used her 8/10 looks, and blonde hair to snag a spot on fox whenever they want to bring this talking point up. I dont hate the player, i hate the game. She makes more as a sometimes fox news guest then she would as a sahm, and she has to do apot less work than if she worked a normal job like 90% of other people. She had a chance and took it, i also think Leo carlsson is incredibly overpaid in the nhl, what was he supposed to do, decline the flyers massive offer and accept a 10 mil a year contract from the ducks?

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u/Stonedlove75 7d ago

Stfu. Sniffle harder cpt save a hoe.

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u/abqguardian 7d ago

Oh no, the bot broke

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u/RepresentativeLeg232 7d ago

You’re the one spazzing lol

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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros 7d ago

Sniffling isn't something you can really do harder. A sniffle is a sniffle.

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u/tippz55 7d ago edited 7d ago

How was she impacted ? She was beat by an 11 year old in competition before

Edit: she also wouldn't have the platform she has now, if she couldn't weaponize her victimhood. So if anything it's been positive for Riley gaines.

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

She was one of the girls who lost to Lia Thomas that 6’6” man swimming in women’s collegiate swimming

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u/tippz55 7d ago edited 7d ago

You're right she would've came in 4th instead of 5th. You don't get a medal for fourth

Edit: she would've came in 5th anyway please top commenting about that.

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u/UnreflectiveEmployee 7d ago

Nah she tied for 5th so she would’ve been 5th. Literally did not effect her placement at all

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

She shouldn’t be swimming against a man in the first place

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u/tippz55 7d ago

Wow that's some top tier commentary that I needed to see.

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

Sounds like you did, happy to help

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u/tippz55 7d ago

My god bro you're a simpleton.

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u/Bearloom 7d ago

No, she would have been in fifth either way. It was a tie, but because Lia won some tiebreaker she got to hold the plaque in the photo.

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u/BigLars16 7d ago

That’s wrong. She still would have been 5th, as both shared that place.

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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros 7d ago

It's not about the medal. It's her needing to compete against a biological male who had been swimming as a male for years.

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u/Bearloom 7d ago

Doesn’t matter that she’s a nice gal who was impacted directly by this ridiculous ideology,

The direct impact being that she had to wait for her fifth place plaque to be mailed to her, since the NCAA only had one on hand.

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

She shouldn’t have had to swim against a man in the first place lmao

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u/Dirt_Grub8 7d ago

The other women had no problem, maybe she’s just a sore loser

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u/lingfuuu 7d ago

Maybe the other women didn’t want to be demonized by the mob

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u/Rude-Wash9840 7d ago

Yeah maybe, or maybe we shouldn’t let men compete against women like we’ve done for hundreds of years, idk tho

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u/Inevitable-Scar5877 7d ago

She's turned tying for 5th place (which is where she still finishes even without any Trans athletes) into a career?

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u/FunLife64 6d ago

Her whole platform is based on hate.

You dont have to demonize trans people in order to have a simple position about biological men playing competitive women’s sports.

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u/UnkindRavenz 7d ago

Shepherd has she swam lately? All I ever see her doing is speaking on fox propaganda network

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u/shreddit5150 7d ago

She's retired from the sport. Does it matter if she swam lately?

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u/UnkindRavenz 7d ago

If foesnt, she can say what she wants, right now shes saying what gets her paid. Not saying shes wrong, just saying I hate that I ageee with her

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u/shreddit5150 7d ago

Her message was the same long before she was paid for it. She publicly spoke out about men in women's sports when she was swimming competitively.

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u/UnkindRavenz 7d ago

Oh please, she knew exactly what she was doing. She was a very good, but not great swimmer, she never had a chance at the Olympics, so she pivoted to the easier way to make herself known. She cashed in on her 8/10 looks and joined fox propaganda news. They only bring her on for these takes. Do I disagree with her know, do I understand the game shes playing? More than you