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submitted 2 months ago by MapleEngineer@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

"If just one trans child is harmed it will all be worth it", says Alberta premier Danielle Smith.

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[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago

I love that the league for 1 of 2 of the sports that Canada plays at a high level are speaking against this. The people actually involved with the sports say that it's no an issue, so other than just because you need a minority to bully in order to maintain power with your voter-base, why should we reckon it is?

What about banning tall kids from Basketball or short kids from gymnastics?
Neither are fair for everyone when someone under 1.5m can compete with someone over 2m.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago

This sounds like a terrible bill. Also it's sexist as all fuck, why not prevent trans athletes in male sports as welll?

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 17 points 2 months ago

The people that are transphobic are often also misogynists.

[-] 474D@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

I think the idea behind it is that trans athletes have an advantage in women's sports. That would not be the case in men's sports.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

If they are trying to protect women from "men" in sports shouldn't they prevent "women" playing with men? One would think they would be at the same risk...

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

See, the problem here is that you're approaching this as a rational skeptic, instead of someone who takes their marching orders from a christofacist subsect of their voters (Take Back Alberta / TBA), and doesn't care about hurting anyone that isn't white and wealthy.

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

They don't see either as people

[-] 474D@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

If you want to be impartial, don't use two different words for the two different groups. You know exactly the difference between protect and prevent. I'm not even defending the law, I'm just explaining why it's a one-sided issue

[-] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago

The danielle smith government is spending a metric fuckton of money on something that might not affect even a single Albertan. If it affected a thousand Albertans it would still not be worth spending tax dollars.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Right wing virtue signalling.

[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

What timing. Canada just put out a statement on Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion in Sport. So presumably this is Alberta's retort?

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Stupid culture war shit.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

What amazes me is her own child is trans.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Philosophically, restrictions on trans in sports is the one issue I will concede to conservatives.

That being said, we've got sooooo many other bigger problems to deal with. A government passing laws on transgenders in sports signifies a government that is more concerned with appearances and scoring cheap points than actually helping people.

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