Linford Christie's reaction

Most people are also thinking that necklace is bloody awful

So McKinnon is ignorant about history as well as racist.

WTF indeed

Black musicians and dancers were refused entry to Germany during that same time period (see Norma Miller’s ‘Queen of Swings’ descriptions of the experience) and Jazz music wasn’t even allowed on German radio. It wasn’t ‘unfairness’ that caused the prohibition, it was racism.
No one thinks trans athletes should be excluded from sport due to being trans, we just don’t think that being trans overrides one’s birth sex.

The gift that keeps giving... from a (sorry!) DM article

No, McKinnon. People did not think it was “unfair” for Jesse Owens to compete in the Olympics.

The Nazi government wanted to ban any black or Jewish athletes from the Olympics. Had nothing to do with them thinking it was “unfair”, they thought they were the “superior race” after all. If had to do with them, oh, you know, being racist and the original damn Nazis who murdered millions in the name of their “superior race”.

The US said f that, and if you won’t welcome our athletes - including our black and Jewish ones - we will boycott your Olympics. The US definitely still obviously had and had many issues with racism but they did stand up for their athletes (well, except their Jewish ones ultimately when it got to it but Jesse Owens did compete and did come home with four gold medals).

How can McKinnon even justify using the example of the Nazis - you know, those who murdered millions who they saw as racially, ethnically, intellectually, socially etc inferior - as an example of people thinking it was “unfair” for people of colour to compete in sport?

Copying the words of LC: WTF?

Well, reading this thread was a little mind bending. I ought to have just stopped at Linford Christie’s response of WTF. Since I generally have the same reactions to RMcKs tweets (not on Twitter, but see enough screenshots) it was pretty apparent to me the “WTF” was a “WTF is this racist misogynist asshole on about and why does anyone give him the time of day”.

Stealth well, I actually think his WTF was to RM's racism. I very much doubt LC thinks men should compete in women's sports. But perhaps some people so expect men to be feeble about this (I think Pinsent was pretty mealy-mouthed) that that's their first reaction.

The gift that keeps giving... from a (sorry!) DM article:

I can’t believe some of the initial responses. I hope some posters go back and ask for their messages to be deleted.

Anyway back to Linford, WTF just about sums RM’s rascism and misogyny.

Ahhhh thank you river. That does make sense. So his wtf was to the situation (that someone else was also wtfing about)

She gets ripped to shreds. 'Whitesplaining'

Unless I’m being incredibly think he response was ‘what the hell is this madness’ wtf was my response to this claim too I don’t see what was wrong with his response?!

Excellent post Toxteth

That interview

(from 1:15)

But how can a wtf be agreement? Surely it means what the hell is this madness?
Or the madness is excluding black women?
I'm losing the plot

I hardly ever use Twitter but have just gone on to look at Rachel McKinnon. Apparently I have been blocked from following her or looking at her Twitter feeds. I have no idea why given that I've never mentioned her on Twitter or had any dealings with her.

Stealth sorry, didn't tag you but my last post was an attempt to do so? I could be wrong, though. Will repost here:

I think that a couple of people read LC's 'WTF' as agreement that excluding TIMs from women's sport is the same as excluding black women, and thus A Bad Thing.

Whereas everyone else is reading it as 'how the fuck can you compare these two completely different things, you racist prick'.

Excellent post, Toxteth.

It's perfectly obvious that LC is outraged at RMcK.

And there is some deeply dodgy thinking on this thread if anyone thinks he only reacted because of race, can surmise, based on your own inference of his comment that he is 'thick' , and I could go on about the fetishisation of black mens' bodies, and the double standards of immediately commenting on his body.

WTF!

McK's rhetoric has consistently been exploitative and suspect on race - the 'reason' for not appearing on R5Alive with Fair Play For Women was on the basis that it was a like a black person being asked to debate with the KKK.

Completely agree, Toxteth.

Wtf exactly!

Stealth IKR?!

And still no one is telling me, I really don't see how his wtf could ever be seen as in support. It's not something you say when you agree