They're is this really strange tendency in US public policy, politics, and specifically media to take issues that people can actually kind of agree about and push absurdist solutions and ideas. Take the trans athlete in women's sports issue. I don't have a dog in this fight 1/n
And quite frankly I've yet to meet anyone who really cares. However, media like NBC has taken to pushing absolutely absurdist disinformation (had to drop that in) that there is no scientific evidence men have an advantage over women in athletic competition. Rather than taking 2/n
An issue where reasonable moderate solutions exist and could be much more easily agreed to, they put forth absurdist claims at the extreme to inflame viewers. Probably more importantly they ignore women's rights in this case. If I was a female swimmer in the widely discussed 3/n
Case yes I would be pissed. I remember how absurd it was during the summer Olympics when women with testosterone advice a certain level were banned but trans women with testosterone levels well above levels for banned women were allowed to compete. It makes absolute no sense 4/n
The bigger problem is instead of approaching the issue conservatively (not meant politically) in how can we reach a reasonable solution for all shareholders, they actually advocate for extreme positions and push absurdist idea to paint any one who disagrees as all nature of 5/n
Of backwards neanderthal -ist. If you notice they even appeal to science even though the science is clearly against them and scientists have written on this very topic detailing biophysiology. Media needs to do a much better job if it wants respect rather than inflaming
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