cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18340810
In a contentious and misleading post on social media, JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, launched an attack on Vice President Kamala Harris’s support for LGBTQ+ inclusivity. Vance falsely accused Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif of being transgender, causing widespread condemnation and backlash from human rights advocates.
It’s important to note the reason all this kicked off is a Russian boxing organization (that let her fight multiple times) disqualified her after she beat an undefeated rising Russian star, and won’t disclose what test they accuse her of failing.
But they have said it wasn’t the testosterone test.
So it’s not surprising Republicans immediately ran with it
It’s not a Russian organization, it’s the IBA - which is the premier amateur boxing organization/confederation, which is currently headed by a Russian national.
And his time in office has been a smashing success, such as when the IOC withdrew their recognition of the IBA, which removed the IBA from any involvement/participation in Olympic Boxing.
It’s not a Russian organization,
It wasn’t a Russian organization…
But most of it’s operations have been moved to Russia, and their sole sponsor is a Russian company…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Boxing_Association#2023–present
The guy has even canceled elections to replace him. By now it’s essentially a kidnapped organization, literally nothing prior to 2023 matters anymore. It is only the IBA still in name only.
Like the old NRA takeover in the 70s.
It’s important to note the reason all this kicked off is a Russian boxing organization
That is what I was responding to. Your flippant dismissal of what the IBA actually is: a highly relevant intentional sporting organization for boxing, which is still true despite their current situation.
Shit on them for everything you laid out, their farsical antics this week, blatant corruption, or any other number of issues, but don’t intentionally mislead and mischaracterize them to an audience that most likely largely ignorant of amateur boxing or combat sports in general. Or at least, that is assuming as there are no active combat sports communities on Lemmy that I have seen, be it MMA, boxing, kick boxing, etc.
Always blame Russia, even when it is just your old white supremacy that is prevalent in Europe and North America. Do you think the Russians were the reason for the French occupation of Algeria that resulted in millions dead?
Do I think Russians cheat at international sports? Yes.
What the fuck are you going on about with that other shit?
You are blaming Russia for the West’s long tradition of white supremacy and racism. Algeria only freed itself from brutal French rule in 1962. Bigotry towards Algerians and North Africans is engrained in France and across Europe.
It’s actually worse. They said “it wasn’t the Testosterone test” when the DQ was announced in October, then yesterday said “it was the Testosterone test, or she has XY karyotype” depending on whichever one of the speakers you believe.
Fool me once, your fault. Twice? I’m an idiot.
The tests and results are confidential. Stop making a Russian conspiracy out of this. Lame and boring.
They were mentioned in an interview. People say things they shouldnt all the time.
Conspiracy theories are the best way to make yourself look silly.
And, they DQed her in a way that erased her win, making that Russian boxer still undefeated on the record.
But yeah, they claimed she failed a test, but won’t reveal who did it, or the methodology used, meaning it’s not replicable and thus NOT GOOD SCIENCE.
