The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

  • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If they don’t believe in empirical evidence and the scientific method then there is less than nothing to be gained from debating them, it will set things back for people who aren’t engaged in this issue to see them being taken seriously like there is any real debate here.

    I feel pretty strongly that you’re ignoring forgetting the Nazi element of this right now with this insistence on taking their bullshit arguments seriously

    The fact of the matter is that it is not plausible and you reiterating that it is doesn’t make it so.

    e; I’m still giving you the benefit of the doubt that you genuinely mean well here and are just mistaken, tried to adjust the language to better reflect that

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      So, you’re saying it is not plausible for someone to claim to be trans when they suffer no dysphoria, simply to be an asshole?

      In what way is it prevented?

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        Being an asshole isn’t cheating. Plus, if we’re gonna throw out every chess player who is an asshole we’re gonna be throwing out a lot of them.

        e; And there’s no practical way to go after assholes here without harming a lot of innocent non-assholes in the process.

        Also, if your goal is just to avoid any controversies and arguments, wait until someone accuses their opponent of being trans to try to get them thrown out.

        It’s a stupid rule that solves a non-issue while creating a lot more problems.