{"id":1969863,"date":"2023-07-11T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-out-megan-rapinoe-over-her-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:56:49","slug":"tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-out-megan-rapinoe-over-her-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-out-megan-rapinoe-over-her-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan\/","title":{"rendered":"Martina Navratilova questions Megan Rapinoe&#8217;s stance on trans athletes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ftennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-out-megan-rapinoe-over-her-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan%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=1969863&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--><h2>Politics and ideology often make for strange bedfellows \u2014 and no topic makes that clearer than transgenderism.<\/h2>\n<p>Take, for example, the concept of a \u201cTERF\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-staff-condemns-transphobic-j-k-rowling-in-light-of-dorms-harry-potter-themed-floor\/\" title=\"Stanford Staff Condemns \u2018Transphobic\u2019 J.K. Rowling In Light Of Dorm\u2019s Harry Potter-Themed Floor\">trans-exclusionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-transgenderism\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking Transgenderism\">radical feminist<\/a><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not much conservative about a radical feminist. In fact, radical feminism is about as antithetical to conservatism as transgenderism is, and yet, when it comes to boys and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-out-megan-rapinoe-over-her-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan\/\" title=\"Martina Navratilova questions Megan Rapinoe's stance on trans athletes.\">girls suddenly deciding<\/a> that they\u2019re not a boy or a girl, conservatives and TERFs are actually in wholehearted agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most famous TERF going right now is Harry Potter author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jk-rowling-makes-best-argument-men-using-womens-bathrooms-epic-twitter-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.K. Rowling<\/a>, but don\u2019t discount tennis legend Martina Navratilova.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s another woman who is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1669604597877317633?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sick and tired<\/a> of men spontaneously deciding that the women\u2019s bathroom is right for them or that women\u2019s sports are fair game for athletes who are naturally bigger, faster and stronger than women.<\/p>\n<p>One female athlete who doesn\u2019t seem to care as much about men running rampant in women\u2019s sports is soon-to-be-retired soccer star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megan-rapinoe-suffers-humiliating-fate-final-uswnt-game-american-soil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a> \u2014 and Navratilova took her to task over it.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Time magazine published a puff-piece <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6293102\/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Rapinoe in which the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team player tore into the people trying to preserve the integrity of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as a country are trying to legislate away people\u2019s full humanity,\u201d Rapinoe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s particularly frustrating when women\u2019s sports is weaponized,\u201d she continued. \u201cOh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women\u2019s sports? That\u2019s total bulls***.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd show me all the trans people who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapinoe-would-welcome-trans-athletes-on-us-womens-national-soccer-team\/\" title=\"Rapinoe supports trans athletes on US women's soccer team.\">nefariously taking advantage<\/a> of being trans in sports. It\u2019s just not happening.\u201d (Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-won-womens-cycling-race-takes-winners-podium-now-look-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it is happening<\/a>, actually.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should men be allowed to compete in women\u2019s sports?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 100% (16 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name = cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca = decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i = 0; i <ca.length; i++) {\n\t\t\t\tvar c = ca[i];\n\t\t\t\twhile (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {\n\t\t\t\t\tc = c.substring(1);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn c.substring(name.length, c.length);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\treturn \"\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tfunction ffp_setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {\n\t\t\tvar d = new Date();\n\t\t\td.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays*24*60*60*1000));\n\t\t\tvar expires = \"expires=\"+ d.toUTCString();\n\t\t\tdocument.cookie = cname + \"=\" + cvalue + \";\" + expires + \";path=\/\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\twindow.ff_poll_voted = false;\n\n\t\tvar voted_cookie_name = 'firefly_voted_3407659';\n\n\t\tfunction ff_poll_submit( event ) {\n\t\t\tevent.preventDefault();\n\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPoll = jQuery( '#firefly-poll' );\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPollContainer = jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\n\t\t\tvar pollFormBox = jQuery('#pollFormBox');\n\n\t\t\tif( window.ff_poll_voted || ffp_getCookie( voted_cookie_name ) ){ return; 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They\u2019re saying, \u2018The rest of my life, this is how I\u2019m going to treat trans people.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Rapinoe directly called out Navratilova, the tennis icon returned fire, at first merely expressing shock at Rapinoe\u2019s comments, which were reported on by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYikes\u2026\u201d Navratilova tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yikes\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lfKs34dSN5\">https:\/\/t.co\/lfKs34dSN5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martina Navratilova (@Martina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1678522177820282885?\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for her to go after Rapinoe by name, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHmmm,\u201d she wrote the next day. \u201cReally Megan?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hmmm . Really Megan? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DxzQGvkPd8\">https:\/\/t.co\/DxzQGvkPd8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martina Navratilova (@Martina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1678742641779851264?\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps the worst part of the Rapinoe interview was when she said she would have \u201cabsolutely\u201d no problem with a transgender \u201cwoman\u201d taking the place of a real woman on the U.S. women\u2019s soccer team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You\u2019re taking a \u2018real\u2019 woman\u2019s place,\u2019 that\u2019s the part of the argument that\u2019s still extremely transphobic,\u201d she said. \u201cI see trans women as real women. What you\u2019re saying automatically in the argument \u2014 you\u2019re sort of telling on yourself already \u2014 is you don\u2019t believe these people are women. \u2026 I don\u2019t feel that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gee, what an awfully convenient bit of virtue-signaling right as Rapinoe\u2019s forthcoming retirement ensures this hypothetical trans athlete can\u2019t take <em>her\u00a0<\/em>spot on the USWNT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInteresting how these women at the end of their career or have retired kick the ladder from under younger female athletes to appear progressive. They are a disgrace,\u201d one Twitter user said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t get it,\u201d Navratilova responded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I really don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martina Navratilova (@Martina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1678753407027355648?\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s not much to get. Rapinoe is accumulating as much clout as she can before she fades into relative obscurity; it\u2019s just a shame that she can use the \u201cpro-LGBT\u201d label as a guise for it. (Her \u201cwife,\u201d WNBA star Sue Bird, also recently retired, leaving the LGBT power couple to face the frightening prospect of life outside the spotlight.)<\/p>\n<p>Who cares if future generations of female athletes are sidelined while men take the winners\u2019 podium if you\u2019re on your way out anyway?<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe has milked every last bit of personal gain that she can out of women\u2019s sports, so who cares if it gets razed to the ground now?<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-megan-rapinoe-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan\/\">Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Calls Out Megan Rapinoe Over Her Trans Athletes Comments: &#8216;Really Megan?&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics and ideology create unexpected alliances, as seen in the case of transgenderism. 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