Most of us got this wrong here. Certainly the OP's of the three original threads did. But all of the rest of us who did not defend these WOMEN did too. Most of us only bitched about one of the OP's accusing Democrats of supporting this. But here's the whole story.
Both of these athletes are women. Legally. They were both identified as women at birth and have both lived their entire lives as women. They have also competed in boxing as women for their entire careers. Both of them have been supported publicly by their countries. And one of them is from Algeria which does NOT recognize the rights of anyone to change their sexual identification at any time in their lives. She also competed in the Tokyo olympics in 2021 as a woman. She lost in the quarterfinals. Against a woman.
The controversy has come because of the International Boxing Association. It claims these two failed "gender eligibility tests." But the International Olympic Committee voted to not recognize the IBA in 2023 "after a years-long dispute over the integrity of its bouts and judging and transparency of management." And all of that happened before this.
If you want to know the details NPR has an excellent piece explaining it all. Some of you might say that you don't care what NPR says because they are biased. But they have a ton more credibility than Gateway Pundit which was the source for one of the OP's. And they use IOC sources for their information. Gateway Pundit uses maniacs like Charlie Kirk.
Here is the link:
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/02/nx-s1...lif-lin-yuting
I think the best person that has spoken out about this has been WWE wrestler Logan Paul. He put out a really demeaning tweet slamming the Algerian woman. Then he deleted it and said “I might be guilty of spreading misinformation along with the entirety of this app.” I have a ton of respect for someone who admits they were wrong and owns up to it. The rest of us should too.
