IOC leader says 'hate speech' directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting is unacceptable | Africanews
IOC leader says 'hate speech' directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting is unacceptable | Africanews
Khelif of Algeria and Lin of Taiwan have been the focus of intense attention — and often inaccurate commentary — because both were disqualified at the 2023 world championships
IOC President Thomas Bach said the “hate speech” directed at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.”
“We will not take part in a politically motivated … cultural war,” Bach said at a news briefing Saturday at the midway point of the Paris Games, where he wanted to draw a line under days of global scrutiny about the female boxers' gender.
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The IOC being on the right side of history for once? Huzzah!
Snideness aside, credit where credit is due: though it shouldn't be, this simple refutation of utter bigoted lunacy is very courageous, given the fucked up political climate, and should be applauded!
doubt it. would be a firstie. world boxing federation banned them both a while ago. woc and ioc hate each other. thomas bach lied in the interview when he said there was never any indication they wouldnt be women. so i am sure it is the wronf decision. as always.
Cool. Let's see their evidence.
Are you saying there is evidence that these two cis-gendered women are not women?
Weird how the IBA won't produce that evidence, isn't it?
"It doesn't matter whether we see the evidence or not. There's someone who I don't find attractive that is physically quite capable... SO IT MUST BE A MAN!!!"
"I know a man when I see one" has gotten so many cis women harassed because of transphobic bigots. Women with things like mustaches they don't really feel like shaving every day.
My wife works with a woman like that. I haven't talked to her about it because it's none of my business, but I thought she was trans myself at first. I said to my wife that she must get harassed a lot as a trans woman with a flat chest and a mustache and my wife told me she wasn't trans but gets harassed a lot anyway.
I try to be open-minded and accepting, but I made an assumption a cis woman was trans on sight anyway based on biases about what a woman "should" look like that I've been shown my whole life. I'm sure they're no more expert than I am.