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The hypocritical be-kind brigade refuses to see what’s right in front of them in trans athlete debate

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I wish Enes Kanter Freedom did not take the bait from Chicago Sky’s Natasha Cloud.

During a game last week against the Indiana Fever, she shouted vulgar comments at the former NBA player, who was sitting in the crowd behind the basket.

He chirped back and showed off his massive wingspan and his T-shirt, emblazoned with the definition of the word “woman” (“adult human. female”).

Kanter Freedom was booted — and promptly became the story.

Critics have said that he’s using the protect women’s sports movement for clout. But some are using him to rewrite history.

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Take, for example, The Athletic columnist Jerry Brewer, who wrote that Kanter joining the movement is a “man’s alibi” to “exclude.”

That’s ironic because, just a few sentences later, Brewer excluded all the women who are fighting this very battle.

“If the trans athlete debate were an organic, fully woman-led controversy, it could have prompted meaningful conversation, empathy in the pursuit of solutions and thoughtful measures taken after an extended........

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