On any of the donation threads where it came up and he replied to it, the most he ever did was some half hearted corporate PR “apology” (ironic)

  • Famko@lemmy.worldEnglish
    202·
    2 days ago

    I’m not really good at refuting the points made against including trans people in sports, but John Oliver in Last Week Tonight did a segment about trans athletes if you actually want to learn about the pro trans athlete arguments.

    • Rekorse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      55·
      1 day ago

      While he did spend a part of an hour in the topic, keep in mind its a very limited and narrow perspective on the situation. Its still good for him to have done an episode on it though, worth watching. I would recommend watching both right and left wing media on the subject if you want to try to understand the disagreements about it.

      • AnonomousWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        I watch John Oliver a lot I like his content and agree with the vast majority of what he says.

        I also like watching right wing stuff so I don’t end up in a echo chamber, I find most right wing stuff rediculous. But there’s some crazy thigns happening that I wouldn’t be aware of if I didn’t watch it so I’m glad I do/did