Athletics use sex based categories. Not gender (though the two are being conflated more and more it seems as part the desire by some to make the categories only created through self identification). She most certainly is a woman. But she may not be “female” for the purpose of running the 800 meter race at the Olympic…

The Federation appears (to my eyes at least) to have created a very reasonable compromise. Which is allow Semenya to compete in the women’s field with testosterone levels that are still higher than the “norm”, but not so high that they are levels seen more commonly in men.

In the past this “targeting” was deployed against women from eastern bloc/soviet countries. This isn’t some issue that was just invented to be racist against African and black athletes.

For some reason the decision has been made by some people to reduce “male” and “female” to seemingly arbitrary categories for the purposes of athletic competition and it’s for each person to decide their own preferred spot. The reason for separate categories to begin with has been either ignored or forgotten. Why do…

The wrong part is to pick out one single physiological difference and declare it to be disqualifying

Why have separate male and female competitions then? It used to be so that people with physiological disadvantages (vis a vis the average man) could have a chance to compete with people similar enough to them that they had an opportunity to be competitive. Apparently now the only proper way to delineate between the…

Exactly. This nostalgia for a bygone era when republicans were good people with honest disagreements on policy is a joke. Like, maybe briefly under Eisenhower. Maybe. But even then the gop was full of terrible racists who wanted to make America work primarily for wealthy property owners. And don’t forget the…

I didn’t get the moral victory of following norms no one but op-ed columnists care about. But hey, why blame the President when you can blame randos who you disagree with! I’m sure your self righteousness is holding you over during these dark times.

“but rather want their taxes spent more wisely.”

Hey, PPI interns, are you seeing this? Your idiot of a troll doesn’t get that it’s the fact you all can put these “tips” into circulation at a mainstream media outlet where it will be seen by people in politics like the candidates and their staff which is the point of the article. And that no one cares if some rube in…

I know, right. Why can’t the left ignore bullshit, made up norms and engage in hard nosed politics since the court is such an important institution in our system of government? I mean, it’s not like a Democrat was president when Scalia died and could have nominated anyone they wanted but instead chose a milquetoast…

Will the Dolchstosse legend ever stop being relevant? It’s so useful! Anything bad that happens can always be blamed on a tiny number of people who didn’t actually impact the final result of the election and no one ever has to think about maybe it’s the fault of, you know, the person who was actually running for the…

I know, right? I’m angry at all those African-American and Hispanic voters who didn’t get our and vote for Clinton too. How selfish could they be, choosing to stay home? Why didn’t they understand that Hillary Clinton was the best candidate, better than Obama really, and they needed to get out and vote.

You fucking idiot. The “genuine news” is about how CNBC ran a “story” saying anonymous donors are wanting to get Warner in the presidential mix as a counterweight to the Warren/Sanders/et. al. wing. This is about how the donor wing is able to use mainstream news as a vehicle for their threats against the left wing of…

And this is not genuine news about progressive activities how? It’s an amalgamation of links, editorial opinion, and straight reporting built around a story from a “mainstream” news provider. It is also a meta analysis of the way news outlets give certain “types” of people a place to disseminate an anonymous threat…

If reconstruction taught us anything is that we must only reach for the practical and pragmatic. Like allowing the white south to reassert political and social dominance not even 20 years after losing a civil war. That was the only practical solution to salvaging the union. What did you want them to do, prevent the…

Don’t forget taking time to step in when it looked like everyone had come to an agreement about who would be the new DNC Chair and using his influence to make sure the DNC didn’t make the mistake of installing an anti-semite, Israel hating, Palestinian lover. Or explaining to people who live on Chicago’s South Side…

The centrist doth protest too much about their left wing economic street cred.

Leftists are bad. But saying some one isn’t a leftist is also bad. Ok.

what does that even mean? Is that what “purity test” means now? Clap along with any fucking stupid idea they come up with like it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread? It’s not the Democratic Party, apparently. It’s the Eat Shit And Like It Party.