• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago
    • Propaganda and ideological superiority of communism.

    • Cold war rivalry. Proxy battle.

    • National pride and unity.

    • International prestige.

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      3 months ago

      So nothing important then.

      Yes, you’ve definitely come up with a plausible reason why a Muslim country would be okay with a transgender athlete. Algeria is just desperate for international prestige. It will definitely do something or other.

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        3 months ago

        Yes, you’ve definitely come up with a plausible reason why a Muslim country would be okay with a transgender athlete.

        Have I? Strange. I wasn’t asked that question.

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          3 months ago

          I love how your whole conversation here is like “I’m not saying Khelif isn’t a woman and shouldn’t compete, but someone who is a person who boxes women that I have not named, but have decided is not a woman, should not compete with women. But I’m not saying it’s Khelif.”