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'"Petty Troll" burns Nike sports bra'

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SpicyMoth · 14/04/2023 03:09

Do they lack the self awareness that they are literally doing the thing this woman accused them of doing, ie calling us names - Or do they just not care?

When you actually click on the article, the title then changes to "Woman burns Nike sports bra in pathetic protest over collab with trans TikToker Dylan Mulvaney".

So we're petty, we're trolls, and we're pathetic. Fab, thanks.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/13/dylan-mulvaney-nike-backlash/

Petty troll burns Nike sports bra over collab with trans TikToker Dylan Mulvaney

An anti-trans pundit has burned two of her Nike sports bras as a signal of her boycott following Dylan Mulvaney's ad campaign.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/13/dylan-mulvaney-nike-backlash

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Banoffeepie21 · 15/04/2023 07:29

Abhannmor · 14/04/2023 13:11

Showing my age with the Temps!

Whats the Genesis song ?

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Land of Confusion 😉😃

Happylittlechicken · 15/04/2023 07:24

EmotionalSupportHyena · 14/04/2023 09:16

I get Genesis!

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Glad it’s not just me

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SpicyMoth · 14/04/2023 17:39

Idk man, it's just kind of an issue for me when someone with the platform of followers Dylan has is pushing for children to be able to medically transition, multiple companies use them as a sponsor, and when women voice their opposition, we're labelled petty, trolls, pathetic, scumbags, terfs, screeching, the list literally goes on and on.
The mountain of names JKR is called and threats she receives are a prime example of the response.

The main issue for me, is Dylan encouraging transitioning minors to the literal POTUS.
The rest, the "performance" of his desired gender verging on being offensive stereotypes is just icing on the cake that makes my eyes roll from the sheer over the top-ness of it.

If Dylan had had breast surgery, I'd probably be a bit less bothered re; Nike specifically, because then at least there's a reason for a sports bra sponsorship.
But I still wouldn't be happy about it because of the type of political statements Dylan promotes.
Minor's can't consent, I don't think anyone who suggests they can should be a sponsor of, well, anything at all tbh.

For clarity that this is about "message" and not simply because Dylan identifies as trans. In my mind, the same also applies to Daniel Radcliffe and the things he's been coming out with lately.

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Abhannmor · 14/04/2023 13:11

RufustheSpeculatingreindeer · 14/04/2023 09:35

So do I

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Showing my age with the Temps!

Whats the Genesis song ?

RufustheSpeculatingreindeer · 14/04/2023 09:35

EmotionalSupportHyena · 14/04/2023 09:16

I get Genesis!

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So do I

IcakethereforeIam · 14/04/2023 09:25

Probably because my username starts with 'I', I always read it as 'I and OF', then wonder who OF is....

EmotionalSupportHyena · 14/04/2023 09:16

Abhannmor · 14/04/2023 09:06

Land's posts are always a bit of a reach .

But when I see that moniker I usually have Ball of Confusion by the Temptations as an ear worm for the rest of the day!

I get Genesis!

Abhannmor · 14/04/2023 09:06

Land's posts are always a bit of a reach .

But when I see that moniker I usually have Ball of Confusion by the Temptations as an ear worm for the rest of the day!

FeodoraVictoria · 14/04/2023 08:55

@SpicyMoth I think she is great and more power to her, especially if she pisses off the creeps at Penis News.

FoodCentre · 14/04/2023 08:54

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/04/2023 03:20

Calling someone a "petty troll" or any other name, doesn't mean calling everyone who shares a single opinion with that person, a "petty troll".

It's PinkNews, so that's exactly what they're saying

RendersBlue · 14/04/2023 08:52

To me, TikTok user and bra burner Chatterbox Mama is Colin Kaepernick.

Burning Nike bras = taking the knee.

Those screeching she's a troll etc. are the scumbags?

Dylan is a misogynist prick whose pathetic impersonation of femaleness is bigoted and unhinged, it makes women's skin crawl.

EmotionalSupportHyena · 14/04/2023 08:44

Helleofabore · 14/04/2023 08:38

”Did you see all the debunking stuff about The Disinformation Project?”

You mean we never got an acknowledgment that the Disinformation Project was aptly named as it spread disinformation in the name of social justice rather than debunked disinformation?

What a surprise, eh?

I sometimes feel that some posters post laughing if anyone thinks they are serious in what they post.

Land didn’t come back to Land’s own thread - not even to acknowledge that Sean Plunket was back on Twitter within two days of the suspension that Land posted about.

Very strange behaviour.

Helleofabore · 14/04/2023 08:38

”Did you see all the debunking stuff about The Disinformation Project?”

You mean we never got an acknowledgment that the Disinformation Project was aptly named as it spread disinformation in the name of social justice rather than debunked disinformation?

What a surprise, eh?

I sometimes feel that some posters post laughing if anyone thinks they are serious in what they post.

EmotionalSupportHyena · 14/04/2023 08:33

Helleofabore · 14/04/2023 05:03

I believe that is the unstated comparison we are supposed to make, yes.

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Poor Colin, getting lumped in with Dyl.

EmotionalSupportHyena · 14/04/2023 08:32

landOFconfusion · 14/04/2023 03:17

She reminds me of all the scumbags who started screeching at Nike for making Colin Kaepernick the face of an advertisement after he kneeled instead of standing during the US national anthem.

‘Petty troll’ is an apt description.

Oh! You’re back! Did you see all the debunking stuff about The Disinformation Project?

ApocalipstickNow · 14/04/2023 08:27

If you’ve got a history of misogynistic posts then it’s a reasonable assumption that the words used in your latest post are misogynistic.

Helleofabore · 14/04/2023 08:25

I found it searching for ‘chatterbox mama’ on twitter and finding someone else’s link.

I expect that penis news realised that people seeing the link would not be jumping to the ‘petty troll’ conclusion. And yes, she made comparison with the 60s bra burning.

Mummyoflittledragon · 14/04/2023 08:06

I can’t see the video from that link unfortunately. Has it been removed? Very symbolic and reminiscent of the 1968 freedom trash can and subsequent bra burning to counter female oppression, especially as we’ve now done a full circle in 2023 with the regression of women’s rights.

HagoftheNorth · 14/04/2023 07:48

LandofConfusion just to clarify, do you think it’s ok for Mulvaney to be advertising bras? Female chest physiology and therefore bra needs are very very different from those of TW. It’s important that bra designers and manufacturers know this. By using Mulvaney, Nike is indicating that they don’t recognise this as being important. Of course women are angry about this, and want to protest. Especially if they’ve bought stuff from Nike which they believed was designed to protect them. In what way is that the same as the racist abuse triggered by Kaepernick’s protest?

You won’t answer obviously, but please do remember that TW are not women when, for example, considering their needs for equipment such as sports bras. Claiming they are is in nobody’s best interests

risefromyourgrave · 14/04/2023 07:48

@landOFconfusion

’Criticising a woman doesn’t make me a misogynist….’
No, those particular words don’t but I guarantee every post you write on this topic kind of does…

Happylittlechicken · 14/04/2023 07:14

landOFconfusion · 14/04/2023 05:22

One of the tired old techniques of arguing in bad faith is to rewrite the other person’s words, quote them out of context, and construct intentionally idiotic interpretations which you’ll claim that I ‘meant’ even though the actual meaning was clear.

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Yes @landOFconfusion we know you do that, it’s good you are learning it’s a tired old technique, personal growth is always good.

Cailleach1 · 14/04/2023 07:09

And, Rachel Dolezal prancing like an imbecile around the garden, to make some point or other.

Cailleach1 · 14/04/2023 07:06

landOFconfusion · 14/04/2023 03:17

She reminds me of all the scumbags who started screeching at Nike for making Colin Kaepernick the face of an advertisement after he kneeled instead of standing during the US national anthem.

‘Petty troll’ is an apt description.

I think your comparison would be correct if you had given a supposed scenario of Rachel Dolezal being brought on board to do the collab as the face of a person of colour. Instead of an actual person of colour, like CK.

Helleofabore · 14/04/2023 06:52

I just watched it again. Nope. Cannot see any other reason to mention the following:

‘She reminds me of all the scumbags who started screeching at Nike for making Colin Kaepernick the face of an advertisement after he kneeled instead of standing during the US national anthem.’

unless you were trying to draw the parallel that she is a screeching scumbag for protesting the paid sponsorship of a male who performed moves that have been used to mock girls and women for as long as girl’s and women’s movements have been mocked.

There seems no other reason to have posted that comment otherwise. So it is reasonable to assume misogyny motivates this. Someone vilifying a woman for protesting Nike’s poor decision to use a male influencer to inspire female sport’s performance Ie. For Nike to use a male to advertise female sportswear. It is misogynistic to vilify women’s choices to do this.