Teammates of Transgender UPenn Swimmer Continue to Speak out and They May Show Conservatives a Way Forward – Opinion

Many historical moments were made during the Zippy Invitational Swim Meet in Akron, OH on December 3.

Lia Thomas, swimming for the University of Pennsylvania, took 38 seconds off the Women’s 1650 Freestyle event.

As my colleague Jim Thompson pointed out in BREAKING: Dude Beats Women at Swimming Because, He’s a Biological Dude, 38 seconds is a long, long time in swimming. Lia looks to have won by approximately two laps.

Jim gave the punchline away too. Lia is a woman. Lia, back when he was still Will, swam for three years with UPenn’s men’s team and was good enough to make second-team All-Ivy. Then, he took a year off, during which he decided he needed to get in touch with his feminine side and started swimming for UPenn’s women’s team as  Lia.

Outkick reports that the women of the UPenn team don’t like it and are distraught.

“Pretty much everyone individually has spoken to our coaches about not liking this. “Our coach [Mike Schnur]Just really loves to win. He’s like most coaches. I think secretly everyone just knows it’s the wrong thing to do,” the female Penn swimmer said during a phone interview.

“When the whole team is together, we have to be like, ‘Oh my gosh, go Lia, that’s great, you’re amazing.’ It’s very fake,” she added.
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“The Ivy League is not a fast league for swimming, so that’s why it’s particularly ridiculous that we could potentially have an NCAA champion. That’s unheard of coming from the Ivy League,” Thomas’ teammate explained.

“On paper, if Lia Thomas gets back down to Will Thomas’ best times, those numbers are female world records. Faster than Katie Ledecky’s college times. You can’t think of a faster Olympian. He won three of his events in record time. [female] world records.”

Despite being told by UPenn’s women swimmers not to talk to media about this matter, a second swimmer reached Outkick yesterday.

They feel so discouraged because no matter how much work they put in it, they’re going to lose. Usually, they can get behind the blocks and know they out-trained all their competitors and they’re going to win and give it all they’ve got,” the source said.

“Now they’re having to go behind the blocks knowing no matter what, they do not have the chance to win. I think that it’s really getting to everyone.”

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Akron was an absolute beatdown by Thomas, but it wasn’t without disgust from fans who were in the building watching meet, pool, and school records drop one after the other.

“Usually everyone claps, everyone is yelling and cheering when someone wins a race. Lia touched the wall and it was just silent in there,” OutKick’s source said during a phone interview.

“When [Penn swimmer] Anna [Kalandadze] finished second, the crowd erupted in applause.”

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OutKick’s source said that after the 200 freestyle, Thomas could be overheard bragging.

“That was so easy, I was cruising,” Lia Thomas allegedly said.

According to OutKick’s source, Thomas was unhappy with her time after the 500 race, but while standing in front of teammates, made sure to mention, “At least I’m still No. 1 in the country.”

“Well, obviously she’s No. 1 in the country because she’s at a clear physical advantage after having gone through male puberty and getting to train with testosterone for years,” OutKick’s source said. “Of course you’re No. 1 in the country when you’re beating a bunch of females. That’s not something to brag about.”

The infiltration of men who “identify” as women into women’s athletics is becoming sadly commonplace. For instance, Mission College in Santa Clara, CA, has a 6’8″ player who has now played college ball as both a man and a woman.

How about Australia’s contribution?

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This is what I mean.

https://youtu.be/9FVOb82jlyA?t=35

Here you see what used to be associated with a drunken Saturday night in the down-in-the-heels parts of down re-enacted as an MMA event when a transwoman, I think that’s the proper terminology, it’s hard to keep up with what is and isn’t appropriate week-to-week, crushes the skull of her real-woman opponent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6LyCjwDW04

This list is a complete list.

It’s difficult to see any video and not remember this episode. Seinfeld.

I’m of two minds on this. Bear with me on the pronouns because if I don’t use the correct ones, I take the chance on Facebook entering a strike against the site and blocking this post. We all know it is bullsh**, but in today’s hyper woke media environment, it is the price of being able to speak.

First, I’m appalled that the NCAA would go along with such a corrupt display of gamesmanship. I obviously can’t speak for what makes Thomas think that trophies won by cheating have any value or how she believes this fraud she’s perpetrating upon women’s swimming, with the connivance of UPenn and the NCAA, is anything less than shameful. This reminds of my Army Assistant Inspector Gen investigation into the wearing of awards and decorations that they weren’t entitled to. Thomas isn’t a champion or hero, but other members of the UPenn group are. The men have been working hard for more than ten years only to lose by biological males. It is really difficult to see how the movement of second-tier male athletes into women’s sports under the guise of “identifying as women” doesn’t violate the spirit, if not the letter of the same Title IX that destroyed male collegiate sports.

Conservatives are struggling to fight this transgender nonsense. People who claim to be conservatives openly support the transgender movement because they don’t want to be bad guys. There are Republicans who, like the Fairness for All Act sponsor, are trying to see the absurdity in federal law. While you are undergoing addadictomy or chopadicfromy, the military will not allow you to enlist if your braces have been removed and Ritalin has been taken within the past two years. Federal courts are allowing grown biological men to go into women’s bathrooms and locker rooms because federal judges lack the guts or wits to validate thousands of years of human history and experience. One federal circuit, the Eleventh, has even ruled that it is a constitutional violation to prevent biological males from competing in women’s sports.

On the other hand, I’m buying popcorn. The way to fight this is by letting the non-political public see the damage this is doing to women’s athletics and getting the political left to say “enough is enough.” The parents who sent their daughters to UPenn on swimming scholarships may not be conservatives, but they will not like what is going on. Alumni donors will be held responsible for the actions of universities. Even the morons at the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity office will soon see that white men suddenly identify themselves as women. As a woman swimming against women, the crowd instantly recognizes second-place as the winner in this race. Institutions will eventually have to face the same reality. If you look at the media coverage of Thomas, there is very little of the “bold and brave” coverage that transgender athletes usually get. My guess is because women’s swimming is a sport that more progressive reporters have sympathy for than, say, powerlifting. I can hardly wait to see the reaction when the first men join the leftwing darlings of the US Women’s National Soccer Team.

It is possible that the victory may not be swift or easy. However, the idea of biological men fighting against biological women and claiming they are women won’t go down well with many, regardless of their political views. A more indirect approach to the problem than fighting head-on is more effective. It unites the left.