{"id":2420128,"date":"2025-04-04T18:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fencer-who-protested-trans-opponent-gains-big-ally-tennis-legend-navratilova-enters-the-conversation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T18:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:58:04","slug":"fencer-who-protested-trans-opponent-gains-big-ally-tennis-legend-navratilova-enters-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fencer-who-protested-trans-opponent-gains-big-ally-tennis-legend-navratilova-enters-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fencer Who Protested Trans Opponent Gains Big Ally: Tennis Legend Navratilova Enters the Conversation"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ffencer-who-protested-trans-opponent-gains-big-ally-tennis-legend-navratilova-enters-the-conversation%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=2420128&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--><p>In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), tennis icon Martina Navratilova expressed her outrage towards USA Fencing for disqualifying fencer Stephanie Turner, who refused to compete against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-men-and-women-compete-athletically-heres-what-the-science-says\/\" title=\"Can Men And Women Compete Athletically? Here\u2019s What The Science Says.\">transgender female athlete<\/a> during a tournament in Maryland. Turner made a statement by taking a knee instead of participating in the match,which drew meaningful attention online. Navratilova criticized USA Fencing for prioritizing what she described as &#8220;gender bulls***&#8221; over the fairness of women&#8217;s sports, questioning whether it is truly equitable for biological males to compete against female athletes. Despite her strong condemnation of this issue, Navratilova, a lifelong Democrat, continues to support the party despite its promotion of transgender policies that clash with women&#8217;s rights.This cognitive dissonance has drawn criticism from many who feel she supports policies that undermine the very issues she is fighting against.Nonetheless,some hope that Navratilova might come to connect these tensions and recognize the broader implications of her stance on women&#8217;s sports and transgender inclusion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not often does one applaud a celebrity&rsquo;s moral clarity while at the same time lamenting her cognitive dissonance.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, even when displays of courage make the truth obvious, some people still cannot see the forest for the trees.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who remains a committed Democrat despite her objections to the transgender invasion of women&rsquo;s spaces, delivered a scathing rebuke of the USA Fencing officials who, during a recent tournament in Maryland, disqualified 31-year-old fencer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-womens-fencer-faces-transgender-opponent-knows-next-move-needs-video-world-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanie Turner<\/a> from the competition then escorted her from the venue when she refused to compete against a man posing as a woman.<\/p>\n<p>With delicious irony in light of the gesture&rsquo;s woke symbolism, Turner took a knee rather than fight.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a clip of that incident went viral on the social media platform X. Navratilova d the clip, along with her own indignation.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what happens when female athletes protest! Anyone here still thinks this is fair???&rdquo; Navratilova wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, no sane person, free from woke narcissism, regards &ldquo;fairness&rdquo; as an objective of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-swimmers-ex-teammates-speak-trump-admin-cuts-funding-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a> ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Navratilova continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am fuming&hellip; and shame on @USAFencing, shame on you for doing this. How dare you throw women under the gender bulls*** bus!!!&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">tennis legend added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>WARNING: The following post contains vulgar language, which may offend some readers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what happens when female athletes protest! Anyone here still thinks this is fair??? I am fuming&hellip; and shame on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAFencing?\">@USAFencing<\/a> , shame on you for doing this. How dare you throw women under the gender bullshit bus!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2ojOJvJiLx\">https:\/\/t.co\/2ojOJvJiLx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Martina Navratilova (@Martina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1907494732323836151?\">April 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On some major policy failures, of course, Republicans and Democrats  a substantial amount of blame. Catastrophic wars and the national debt leap to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Only one party, however, has promoted the transgender invasion of women&rsquo;s spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, for instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/45-democratic-senators-show-true-colors-betray-americas-women-girls-inexplicable-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">45 Democratic senators<\/a> conspired to kill legislation that would have prevented federally funded schools from allowing males to compete in activities set apart for females.<\/p>\n<p>Navratilova&rsquo;s X profile, however, described her as &ldquo;voting blue despite the Dems stance on women&rsquo;s sex based spaces.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, she has continued to support the only people capable of perpetuating the transgender madness she despises.<\/p>\n<p>That kind of cognitive dissonance would seem to reveal a lifetime of brainwashing at the hands of the establishment media and other diabolical institutions, for the 68-year-old tennis legend made it clear &mdash; even in replies to comments on her own post &mdash; that she somehow still regards President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-just-made-profound-statement-economy-every-american-will-understand-happening-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> and not his woke-authoritarian enemies as the real bearer of fascism. It boggles the mind.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, one retains hope for Navratilova and others like her. After all, if she could applaud Turner&rsquo;s obvious bravery, and if the injustice committed against the female fencer did indeed fill Navratilova with outrage, then it remains possible for her to eventually connect all the dots and to finally see the magnitude of the lies she has absorbed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Unfortunately, even when acts of bravery highlight the truth, some individuals fail to grasp the bigger picture. On Wednesday, tennis icon Martina Navratilova, a dedicated Democrat who opposes the encroachment of transgender individuals into women&#8217;s spaces, sharply criticized USA Fencing officials on social media platform X. This came after they disqualified 31-year-old fencer Stephanie Turner from a recent Maryland tournament and removed her from the venue for refusing to compete against a transgender woman. In an ironic twist reflecting the woke culture&#8217;s symbolism, Turner chose to kneel instead of fight, and footage of this moment quickly gained traction online. Navratilova shared this clip along with her own outrage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is what happens when female athletes protest! Does anyone still think this is fair???&#8221; she expressed in her post. Clearly, no rational person free from woke ideology views &#8220;fairness&#8221; as part of transgender policies. Nevertheless, she continued: &#8220;I am furious&#8230; shame on @USAFencing for doing this! How dare you betray women!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>While both Republicans and Democrats share blame for significant policy failures like wars and national debt, only one party has actively supported the intrusion of transgender individuals into women&#8217;s spaces. Recently, 45 Democratic senators worked together to block legislation aimed at preventing federally funded schools from allowing males in female sports activities. Despite this stance by her party regarding women&#8217;s rights based on sex, Navratilova continues to identify as a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>This contradiction suggests deep-seated indoctrination by mainstream media and other influential institutions over her lifetime; even at 68 years old, she seems unable to recognize President Donald Trump as less fascist than his woke-authoritarian opponents\u2014a notion that is perplexing.<\/p>\n<p>However, there remains hope for Navratilova and others like her; if she can acknowledge Turner&#8217;s bravery and feel outraged by the injustice faced by female athletes like Turner, perhaps one day she&#8217;ll connect these experiences with broader truths about the lies she&#8217;s been fed throughout her life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Martina-Navratilova-on-Fencer.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38057,52887,52888,33418,50772],"class_list":["post-2420128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-athlete-activism","tag-fencing-2","tag-martina-navratilova","tag-sports-controversy","tag-trans-rights-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Martina-Navratilova-on-Fencer.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420128","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=2420128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420132,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420128\/revisions\/2420132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}