{"id":1324408,"date":"2022-02-21T22:53:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T03:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1324408"},"modified":"2022-02-21T22:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T03:53:23","slug":"media-silent-as-ivy-league-transgender-man-beats-humiliates-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-silent-as-ivy-league-transgender-man-beats-humiliates-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Silent as Ivy League Transgender Man Beats, Humiliates Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-silent-as-ivy-league-transgender-man-beats-humiliates-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1324408&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AP22050030983925-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Male swimmer Lia Thomas and his Ivy League allies publicly snatched several athletic prizes from gagged women during the weekend, yet the pro-transgender establishment media ignored the sexual drama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re just trying to blunt force this [transgender claim] through,\u201d said Natasha Chart, a feminist activist and critic of transgenderism. \u201cThey\u2019ve got this strategy of smearing and shouting down their opponents now that they can\u2019t absolutely shut down the [public] debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mainstream sites, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/18\/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-destroys-pool-record-beats-competition-by-more-than-7-seconds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a>, covered the dramatic events, amid the remarkable silence from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/search?dropmab=true&#038;endDate=20220221&#038;query=lia%20thomas&#038;sort=best&#038;startDate=20220214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=site:CBSnews.com+%22lia+thomas%22&#038;sxsrf=APq-WBsu4DmdxNJgO8EFho0Aq7qprrdBBg:1645454990222&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjamL7BhZH2AhVjmHIEHS8vD6EQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1040&#038;bih=671&#038;dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=site:NBCnews.com+%22lia+thomas%22&#038;sxsrf=APq-WBuQY9ni30WgvmUjx3xrz4GIrboWvA:1645455302251&#038;source=lnt&#038;tbs=qdr:w&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjT-KLWhpH2AhX1qXIEHS6qBwcQpwV6BAgBEBc&#038;biw=957&#038;bih=546&#038;dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>, and Jeff Bezos\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/search?query=lia%20thomas&#038;btn-search=&#038;facets=%7B%22time%22%3A%22all%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%22relevancy%22%2C%22section%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22author%22%3A%5B%5D%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThe editors at all of these publications won\u2019t stand up to charges [by pro-transgender activists\u2019 claims, so]\u00a0articles will get pulled or people will get fired,\u201d said Chart. \u201cThere\u2019s no critical thought, there\u2019s no willingness to engage in debate on the topic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The issue is not whether a man can take swimming prizes from women. The issue is whether the establishment and its media can redefine the meaning of women and men, amid many polls that show growing public hostility to the transgender claim that \u201cgender identity\u201d is more important than male-or-female sex.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0showcased the don\u2019t-engage strategy on November 16, the day before Thomas dived into the pool with the Ivy League women. An article in the paper downplayed Thomas\u2019s male nature and instead played up past debates over standout female athletes. \u201cThe womanhood of women athletes was always questioned when they were really good,\u201d said a quote in the article, which was headlined, \u201cTrans Swimmer Revives an Old Debate in Elite Sports: What Defines a Woman?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is a pathetic and misguided state that any argument against Thomas\u2019 participation is immediately deemed to be an indication of transphobia,\u201d <em>Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/at-end-of-ivy-league-champs-conference-and-penn-have-betrayed-women-during-lia-thomas-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> after Thomas\u2019s weekend smash-and-grab. \u201cNo, the arguments against Thomas are about fairness, and for the Ivy League to play the transphobia card is arrogant, ignorant, and insulting. Really, it is a sign of the conference taking a bully approach and using such a strong term to intimidate and deter those willing to speak out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the meet, the Ivy League pro-transgender officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/03\/lia-thomas-penn-swimming-teammates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suppressed<\/a> objections from women swimmers. But they allowed pro-transgender displays at the weekend event, according to an ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/penn-quakers-swimmer-lia-thomas-wins-100-yard\/story?id=83008491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0February 19:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The controversy of the past two-plus months was muted throughout the four-day Ivy League championships. Harvard alum Schuyler Bailar, the first transgender swimmer to compete on a Division I men\u2019s team, draped a transgender flag over a railing near the pool deck.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, who has declined multiple interview requests from ESPN, was congratulated by rivals after her wins and high-fived by teammates on the podium. Penn senior Andie Myers wore a face mask bearing the transgender flag throughout the meet. The conference [organizers] made no swimmers available to the media at the meet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAt the meet, the announcer opens with a warning against \u2018racist, homophobic, or transphobic discrimination,&#8217;\u201d said an on-scene <a href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/watching-lia-thomas-win?utm_source=url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Common Sense with Bari Weiss. \u201cThe parents say their daughters know it\u2019s wrong that Thomas is swimming against them but that they will not risk getting smeared with the label transphobe.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The sheer domination in this race (and significant progress in rankings) highlights the physical advantages biological men have when competing directly against biological women. Everyone has a place in sport, but this level of unfairness to be allowed is mind-boggling  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KQhrOzRAHm\">https:\/\/t.co\/KQhrOzRAHm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ytlTpaXdtL\">pic.twitter.com\/ytlTpaXdtL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danielle (Nolli) Waterman (@nolli15) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nolli15\/status\/1494970519397048328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ivy League is using threats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/penn-swim-team-members-ask-school-ivy-league-to-refrain-from-litigation-to-allow-lia-thomas-to-race-at-ncaas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">silence criticism<\/a> from women swimmers.\u00a0For example, <em>Swimming World<\/em> reported on a letter from 16 swimmers who\u00a0said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We have been told that if we spoke out against her inclusion into women\u2019s competitions, that we would be removed from the team or that we would never get a job offer. When media have tried to reach out to us, these journalists have been told that the coaches and athletes were prohibited from talking to them. We support Lia\u2019s mental health, and we ask Penn and the Ivy League to support ours as well.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The displacement of the women was applauded by one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/story\/_\/id\/33332856\/penn-swimmer-lia-thomas-leaves-ivy-league-meet-four-champion-questions-remain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women<\/a>\u00a0whose prizes were grabbed by Thomas, according to an article by ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanbyte.com\/sports\/katie-barnes-espn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-transgenderism reporter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>BOSTON \u2014 Miki Dahlke looked on as University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas sliced through the Blodgett Pool water on Friday night at the Ivy League women\u2019s swimming championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the meet, Thomas\u2019 name had supplanted Dahlke\u2019s on three records, including the two set in this race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecords are made to be broken,\u201d Dahlke said. \u201cI am a faster swimmer because of fast swimmers of the past, and the future of swimming will be faster because of the women at the top of the NCAA today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The minimal media coverage also downplayed the many women who were pushed down in the rankings \u2014 and off the podium \u2014 by the Ivy League officials\u2019 support for the male swimmer. <em>Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/at-end-of-ivy-league-champs-conference-and-penn-have-betrayed-women-during-lia-thomas-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the 500 freestyle at the Ivy Leagues, Thomas\u2019 teammate Catherine Buroker was the runnerup, finishing more than seven seconds back. I don\u2019t know Buroker\u2019s stance on Thomas racing in women\u2019s competition. Perhaps she is supportive. Regardless of her position, Buroker should be the Ivy League champion in the 500 freestyle, as Thomas should not have been in the field.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thomas and his Ivy League allies are also humiliating women by changing in their locker rooms, said Chart.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is definitely a form of hazing. If it was just Lia Thomas doing it [on his own] then you could say that it was at an individual level. But he\u2019s doing this sanctioned by [President Joe Biden\u2019s] administration. He\u2019s sanctioned by the NCAA. He\u2019s doing this sanctioned by Penn\u2019s leadership, the college leadership. He\u2019s doing this as a representative of some of the highest authorities in these young women\u2019s lives, all lined up against them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The public, however, is not accepting transgenderism\u2019s ideological claim that the reality of sex is subordinate to each person\u2019s choice of her or his \u201cgender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Numerous\u00a0polls <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/lifestyle\/public_surveys\/most_americans_side_with_j_k_rowling_only_two_genders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">show<\/a>\u00a0the public \u2014 including liberal women \u2014\u00a0increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/transgender-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejects<\/a>\u00a0the transgender ideology. The new opponents include many liberal-leaning, college-educated women and men who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/01\/26\/ny-times-on-transgender-swimmer-grace-and-ease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hated<\/a> former President Donald Trump\u00a0and voted for Joe Biden in 2020. Even pro-transgender advocates admit they have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/30\/trans-activists-admit-theyve-lost-the-debate-urge-stealth-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost<\/a> the public argument\u00a0over sex-switching athletes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Amid the silence from the Democrats and their media allies, Trump is seizing the political opportunity. \u201cWe will ban men from participating in women\u2019s sports,\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/education\/2022\/02\/02\/trump-promise-sto-bar-transgenderism-from-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promised<\/a>\u00a0on January 29 during a Texas speech that mimicked a campaign rally.<\/p>\n<p>He referred to the Thomas scandal, saying, \u201cSo ridiculous. Did you see the man who was on the swimming team at a certain school that I know very well? The [women\u2019s swimming] record was held for like 11 years. He beat it by 38 seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Transgender advocates \u201cnever had a strategy for having a public debate about this because they were hoping that it would all be done and settled [before anyone noticed],\u201d Chart said. She continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>They don\u2019t have a good strategy for anything \u2014 besides pretending it\u2019s not really happening or damping down the debate \u2014 because there\u2019s no way to make their argument stand up to the slightest scrutiny. It\u2019s just not true that people can change sex, so there\u2019s no way to get it past people other than keeping them from talking about the reality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt seems they\u2019re just putting their hands in their pockets and trying to whistle past\u201d public opposition, Chart said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When she swam on the men\u2019s team, Lia Thomas never made it to the NCAA Championship. Now, she is seeded number one in the league and is poised to give Katie Ledecky a run for her money next month. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5M61ek279A\">https:\/\/t.co\/5M61ek279A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1495786475346137089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male swimmer Lia Thomas and his Ivy League allies publicly snatched several athletic prizes from gagged women during the weekend, yet the pro-transgender establishment media ignored the sexual drama. \u201cThey\u2019re &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1324408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1324408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1324408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}