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Censored for stating facts - guardian olympics blog

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HermioneKipper · 04/08/2021 15:28

I’m so angry and feeling like the world has gone mad.

The guardian olympics liveblog has commented about the women’s 200m being amazing and that Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi ran great races. Plus adding an article from Seb Coe saying that this proves the new rules are working.

I tried commenting underneath but all my comments are being deleted despite stating facts and saying nothing abusive. All I said was that these athletes have xy chromosomes and that these levels of testosterone would result in women being banned for doping. Perhaps saying that it’s not a fair playing field and medals have been snatched from female athletes who’ve trained all their lives caused me to get deleted 🤷‍♀️

It feels like we’ve entered the black mirrorverse and a really bad joke.

Censored for stating facts - guardian olympics blog
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Chickenyhead · 04/08/2021 16:19

So, what type of society do we now live in?

Women speaking for their rights is hate speech.

Women and facts have been cancelled.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 04/08/2021 16:11

Good for you HermioneKipper

I cancelled my subscription years ago for the same reason. Despite some of their good investigative journalism, when they became so invested in promoting a misogynistic ideology and actively silencing women's voices so they could pretend that there was no debate, I dumped them. Nothing I have seen since has ever motivated me to return.

Ninkanink · 04/08/2021 16:06

(Good to hear you’ve cancelled though!)

Ninkanink · 04/08/2021 16:06

They won’t care. They’re deep into cult territory.

They’ve not been a news outfit for a very long time!

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HermioneKipper · 04/08/2021 16:04

I’ve cancelled my subscription too and sent them a strongly worded email as to why

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 04/08/2021 16:03

@AlfonsoTheMango

It's The Guardian. They don't do inconvenient facts.
It's The Guardian - they don't know the difference between fact and fiction. Which is why so many of us have cancelled our subscriptions.
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HermioneKipper · 04/08/2021 16:03

It’s a news outlet though. They’re not reporting the facts and censoring people for stating them. It’s wrong.

You’re right though. It’s deeply depressing

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dolorsit · 04/08/2021 16:03

They were doing the same yesterday about Hubbard.

AlfonsoTheMango · 04/08/2021 15:57

It's The Guardian. They don't do inconvenient facts.