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Emily Bridges in the news again

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BatDuck · 07/06/2022 18:44

There’s a lot to unpack here. The violent abuse Bridges received is utter disgraceful and rightly it should be acknowledged that Bridges should be able to live Bridges life without fear or harassment.

The tenor of the debate is not helped by these woe is me articles that have been dripping into the media since the New Year. Quite frankly, it feels like propaganda as there’s no push back on the issue at play: males do not belong in female sport.

www.itv.com/news/2022-06-07/emily-bridges-had-physical-threats-after-pms-trans-participation-comments

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 07/06/2022 18:56

No one should be physically threatened. Trans ppl being physically threatened is real transphobia & completely unacceptable

and Im sure somewhere I’ll find comments from Emily demonstrating the empathy towards female cyclists that Emily is asking for themselves…….

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BatDuck · 07/06/2022 18:54

That’s right. It doesn’t matter if Bridges is as weak as a kitten now, they are not female. They have their own category and it’s not with the women.
Im am hugely offended by many of the things said in this article. EB asks for empathy but where is the empathy for women?

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EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 07/06/2022 18:52

My condemnation of abuse and threats is unconditional.

For what it’s worth, it isn’t about whether Bridges’s times have gone up. I couldn’t really care less about that

As a separate point, rather like Lia Thomas, there may well be several motivations behind the increase in times. I should think that if, in the future, Bridges is competing against people with the same protected characteristic, and the competitive edge over other contestants is reduced, I would not be too surprised for a turnaround in competition performance times.

tabbycatstripy · 07/06/2022 18:48

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