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Julie Hemmings's avatar

I am making an assumption here which I know is dangerous but, I like to live dangerously....

So did he, Avi just declare himself a woman to compete in the category looking like the biological male that he is to point out the absurdity of all this and to put Anna in their place? If not, perhaps a real man should do this to make a point and ruin the unfair game.

Irunthis1's avatar

Yes, that is what he did. Plus he didn’t want the other guy that was at the top to be the no.1 --rather it should reflect what is really happening--that is a man did it. Brilliant imo.

Julie Hemmings's avatar

Love him for this!!! We need real men to step up for the women and this is classic!!!! Let's hope more will take his lead. I am so bewildered that people can't see how unfair men in women's sports is. It's scary how brainwashed many are along with being completely lacking in critical thinking skills. I didn't realize how terrible the education we give children has become until Covid and so much damage has already occurred. It's really shocking!

Irunthis1's avatar

Covid has opened many eyes including my own (which I thought at the time were pretty open). I’m grateful for the lesson and ready to finally move on in the knowledge that has been given and teach it as far and wide as possible! Blessings!

VanLife Views's avatar

Same with me

Covid did it

Was a rude awakening out of my slumber

But one I cherish dearly now

Karma Lodro's avatar

It's the humiliation aspect of this sinister malevolent cabal. WEF

Ritaritabobita's avatar

Basically it’s: don’t question the narrative.

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Julie Hemmings's avatar

I’m sorry. I think we just need some commonsense, decency, fair play to bring us back to a better place. Those who are pushing against this really need to check their values.

Zade's avatar

Except what he lifted is really rather pathetic compared to what real men lift. Speculating that Ari is a trans man who went trans woman so she/he/she could win at something.

Fizzygurl's avatar

It took me a while and asking my powerlifting buddy while I was at the gym what was going on but he already knew about it. I’m a female who still competes in powerlifting at 69 and hold the American bench press record so I can get with this...the gender bender shit needs to be pushed back and this men in female sports is so cringe!

Irunthis1's avatar

You go girl!!! Keep lifting its amazingly fantastic for your bones and overall health!

Fizzygurl's avatar

Thank you! Been at it since 22...keeps me young in body and mind, nothing like it. I recommend for all no matter what age.

Credenda's avatar

I’ve never done powerlifting but in my mid 60’s I took up Olympic lifting and absolutely loved it. Unfortunately I blew out my knee and had to give it up. But I wish I had known about it in my 20s. Can someone do it without a coach?

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laurel p. perry's avatar

love it "gender bender shit" RIGHT!!

Julie Hemmings's avatar

Wow! Good for you powerlifting. You are an inspiration and congratulations on your record. Yes! Fairness in competition is so important to maintain. That is why I speak up about men in women’s sports categories and if anyone tries to paint my motives as something mean, I correct them because I am so tired of dishonest framing to avoid the real issue of fairness. I hope you can set more records!

Fizzygurl's avatar

Thank you! We are in such an upside down world that this is even an issue. We normies have had a lot of weirdo sheeeit thrown at us lately... they are trying to see what sticks and I think people are getting fed up pretty quickly. I will try to set the 70-75 yr old record next year. Damn I gotta hold on a whole year 😐

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Irunthis1's avatar

So glad my kid is grown. Praying it gets better before I have any more biological skin in the game so to speak. Keep fighting at your local levels, which is where your vote counts the most!

Fizzygurl's avatar

I wonder if going to the school board meetings helps. I was a sub for 11 years and never saw this kind of sick stuff. I’m tempted to do it again and go into my grandson‘s school to see what’s up.

Warrior Mom's avatar

you should. please prove to these... (I don't know WHAT they are,) um, people, that a man is not a strong woman. a strong woman is just that... a woman.

James Dawson's avatar

Love it. I’ve thought about running for school committee in the town I grew up in and am back living in. My kids are grown and didn’t school here so I have no skin in the game, yet it is us that need to infiltrate this madness.

Karma Lodro's avatar

This has to be the red-line. What about a detransitioning show modeled after the hit cable addiction /alcoholism show INTERVENTION. Read this , this morning "I feel so lost. I genuinely do not know whether I'm a man or a woman, but I think I've come to the conclusion that gender isn't real and sex is an immutable characteristic that I can't deny." Off the /lgbtq board on 4chan.

There should be highly publicized counter culture to this insane delusional fixation

carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

can you take your kids out of school? or make noise at a school board meeting? you'll be branded a domestic terrorist but that's a compliment these days

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Dan Pommier's avatar

So funny, take that you woketards. Touche'

carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

ugh, to put "anna" is HIS place. "anna" is a single person of one of two possible genders (male) and so can't be put in "their" place.

the minute we all stop going along with this bullshit language, the nonsense will end.

rapper Zuby did something like this. he made an affectionate sarcastic video of himself easily smashing the woman's dead lifting record. he was obviously showing the absurdity of it all as i suspect coach Avi was doing.

canada has gone insane.

Credenda's avatar

Put Anna in “their” place? What does that mean? Be daring—use correct grammar!

Julie Hemmings's avatar

I knew I’d be called out for that. Because I am sure there is a very, very small segment of people who really do feel like they are the wrong gender, I was trying to walk that line. I have compassion for the marginalized and honestly, I would hate feeling like my body was a mistake. That would be hard to live with. That said, I truly believe most of what is happening is contrived and some people and industries are making BIG money off the vulnerable at their expense for nefarious reasons. So in the case of Anna, it would seem very easy to think he is gaming the system unfairly and if I am wrong I will apologize.

Ritaritabobita's avatar

Totalitarianism is when wrong is right and right is wrong. The ultimate gaslighting on a massive scale.

Warrior Mom's avatar

yup. in a nutshell. ;)

Warrior Mom's avatar

I get it! but wanna say: back in the day (80's), when I was an undergrad studying developmental psychology, gender dysmorphia was considered a 'one in a million' event. it was when a gestational mishap caused a baby's genitalia to be ambiguous in some physical way, then the child was 'labeled' a gender that did not match with their chromosomes (XX female or XY male). sometimes this was not discovered until puberty, when the true gender became obvious. of course, this then was a MAJOR psychological problem for the person. my point is that it DOES happen but it truly is very rare. imho, what we are seeing now, is some kind of exploitation of the awkwardness of puberty (at the very least). and nobody is talking about the fact that we now have the second generation of kids growing up awash in endocrine disrupting chemicals...

I am 100% okay with adults doing & being whatever the hell they want to be/do, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else (I've had gay/bi friends for my entire life, c'est la vie!)

BUT the case can be made that these biologically MALE athletes are in fact, hurting the biologically FEMALE athletes, who worked hard to be at the top of their sport, in a level playing field. so that is NOT okay and its NOT being a homophobe (or whatever 'phobe) to say that.

just my 2 cents.

Melody Jackson's avatar

Julie Hemmings and Warrior Mom BOTH... you both nailed it.... 100%. I have compassion for that small segment who truly has an issue... but the reality is so small... I would even say that there are a few who were in fact born with the "other" genetalia and have known from early on they were the other sex.... but even that is so so so rare... I have me a couple of people like that... but I would still say to wait until later to make that decision... Right now, as you said, there's a whole thriving industry around it... not to mention a depop agenda AND a Marxist agenda to cause chaos and confusion.... ALL OF IT is in full force right now... #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurCountry

Ruth Butros's avatar

True, it is so so so rare, but in those RARE cases, the parents are aware of it and hopefully facilitate whatever medical response they determine with a doc. I would bet there are almost no trans people who can produce any medical records that support the convictions.

Julie Hemmings's avatar

I agree with you and respect what you say 100 percent!

RE Nichols's avatar

I know how it feels to hate your body with a passion. I still do, but it was worse when young. That's when looks really matter. I never wanted to be a man. But everyone called me ugly. So I did unhealthy things trying to become good enough for love.

Graphite 🇨🇦's avatar

'They' want us to accept them for who they are - when they can't even accept themselves for who they are... :-(

Original Owner's avatar

It does seem like a lot of today's trans activists are misogynistic men who want to invade women's safe spaces.

The phenomenon of over-the-top trans-activism could plausibly have been fomented to provoke a reflexive return to strict traditionalism. Which IMHO would be a bad thing.

Julie Hemmings's avatar

That is an interesting theory I hadn’t considered. I can’t help but think it’s being driven by a few very wealthy, powerful individuals who are investing in nonprofit organizations. It is a step closer to trans humanism, blurring the lines of man, woman, machine. The AI boys are advancing far too quickly and changing our lives. There are powerful forces behind this but I think they could truly care less about trans people but using them. It’s really sad because there are a lot of mental health issues in the group that identifies this way and the last thing they need is validation by people who don’t care about helping them at all.

Warrior Mom's avatar

naughty, naughty (lmao)

Nick's avatar

Why not just say "his"? It's better not to try to reason with insanity

Karma Lodro's avatar

Like an odd high school shop teacher with a giant rack. Ridicule is an effective weapon.

Carrie's avatar

I love it! Never thought of how to move through this upside down. Thanks

Ivan Iriarte's avatar

Yes. As you correctly assumed, Avi entered the competition "self-identifying" as a woman to protest the current policy that allows anyone to do just that. If you see the video, he did the lift with hardly any effort, because he is a competirive male power lifter and can bench press twice that weight.

vksintx's avatar

I am pretty sure that is exactly what he did.

Nick's avatar

To quote Ricky Gervais, "SHE, you bigot!" referring to Avi. (Also, Anna is a he)

doors's avatar

FANTASTIC! Two can play that game eh? As Canadians say! All Avi needed was a little pink bow on the top of his head. Thank God people are starting to fight back!

Warrior Mom's avatar

he should have done some badly applied lipstick. but 'au naturale' was good too. ;)

John Andrews's avatar

It’s ok if it’s mis applied, just learning I’m sure, great lift Coach 💪🏻

Melody Jackson's avatar

I also LOVE that in making this point, he went with a FULL BEARD and a male singlet.... and then CASUALLY broke the record by 100 pounds... The transgender athlete was VERY MAD about this -- since s/he had won 8 of 9 of the last competitions... I hope Avi follows "her" around and competes everywhere she does!

Elizabeth G's avatar

Yes, the full beard was awesome!! The absurdity is real!!

Credenda's avatar

Melody why are you complaining about someone you believe is a female, this Anna person? If it’s a woman, as your speech indicates, then I don’t see why you have a problem with this woman competing against other women. If it’s a man, and we both know this is the case, why do you and others call her a woman? Every time you refer to this person as female gendered you are validating the lie. And the teachers confuse and destroy the little kids this way, by encouraging pronoun nonsense.

Melody Jackson's avatar

I don't have a problem if adults want to identify as whatever... I believe in Freedom.... However no men competing in women's sports and no teaching the ideology to kids. And I don't think people should be cancelled for using the wrong pronounds.... I don't have problem playing along a little until it starts infringing upon others rights and freedom.

Credenda's avatar

I hear you and respect what you are saying. Thing is, it seems there’s no room given to just play along a little, they demand entire and exact obedience to their delusional system and freak out or even get violent if you don’t play by their rules. There’s some kind of crazy militancy thing going on in our culture now and it’s just pathological.

An Appeal to Heaven's avatar

Avi is STUNNING AND BRAVE for all of the right reasons!

Credenda's avatar

Anna is a dude. Stop playing the game if you’re serious about stopping this bs. It’s not a her it’s a him. It’s not really that hard to understand.

Sheri's avatar

Would be fabulous if he gave the first place prize to the next (biological female) runner-up.

Melody Jackson's avatar

That's what I thought too... To give it to the actual TOP FEMALE!!!

Margaret Todd's avatar

Biological women should lift against biological women. It is of no positive value what this man has done. Women lifters need to make up their own league with proper rules.

Rust's avatar

It has wonderful positive value. The fact that he won over the previous "transgender" record holder makes it that much sweeter. I do believe the man is doing what Alinksy called "make them live by their own rules".

Margaret Todd's avatar

btw, so-called Lia Thomas tied with Riley Gaines at a time of 1:43.40, his actual female competitor. According to swimming world magazine: https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/a-look-at-the-numbers-and-times-no-denying-the-advantages-of-lia-thomas/ "The fact that the University of Pennsylvania swimmer soared from a mid-500s ranking (554th in the 200 freestyle; all divisions) in men’s competition to one of the top-ranked swimmers in women’s competition tells the story of the unfairness which unfolded at the NCAA level." I chose this quote with no pronouns for a reason.

Ivan Iriarte's avatar

He did it precisely to protest the policy of allowing anyone "identifying as a woman" to compete in women powerlifting.

Margaret Todd's avatar

Thanks for the positive responses. In the beginning Yahweh God made a special creation of one man and one woman and ordered them that they would multiply and fill the earth. He created them in His image, He said. When humans try to best God they are in for the worst surprise of their life. May even these find salvation and truth in Him.

Dee's meow's avatar

Be fair and have a seperate division for trans women only.

Otherwise this is rediculous.

Credenda's avatar

No such thing as a trans woman, only a mentally ill man.

Transcriber B's avatar

Scotty? It's long past beam up time.

Ed Quinn-Renaissance Man's avatar

Great comment. If anybody sees Scotty, send him my way. Can't take it any more.

BlazeCloude3's avatar

Definitely the example of a 'REAL MAN' 🤔

secure in herself. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

🎯 AND THANK-YOU.

Jillian Stirling's avatar

This whole trans nonsense just gets more and more absurd as time passes. Society has taken leave of its senses while commonsense just laughs and then cries.

Laura Kasner's avatar

THIS MADE MY DAY!!!!! Hoisted on their own petard. 😂😂😂😂

Lia's avatar

I'm assuming this article is satire. Could there be a greater affront to women's sports than allowing biological males to pose as female? Sheesh!

doors's avatar

Lia, I think Avi did it to prove a point! He used the rules against the transgender idiot who was beating all the females - He fought back - using their bull lines to enter the competition - I think I'll be a piano tomorrow - I love to sing....just as ridiculous!

Lia's avatar

Oh, wonderful! Good on him! Thanks for clarifying.

Ed Quinn-Renaissance Man's avatar

Thx to Lia, doors, and others for clarification. I couldn't imagine the article being anything but satire. As Mr. Wonderful says on "Shark Tank", "Stop the Madness." How did it ever become ok for me to 'identify' as something I'm biologically not? Congressmen actually ask female witnesses in hearings, "What is a woman?" Really? "I'm not a biologist" was the best cop out answer yet. I actually know of a grade school kid who identified as a cat. Parents went along with it or even put the idea in his head but they talked to the principle about accommodation. A litter box was placed in the nurse's office for the kid-cat. I wouldn't make this up bc I'm not that creative, or insidious. Hey Transcriber B, did you find Scottie yet? My vax injury brain fog is acting up.

Lia's avatar

I met someone who thought they were a cat...I just growled and barked at him and he ran away :)

Graphite 🇨🇦's avatar

A woman is a female of the human species and everybody knew that until a few years ago - Like a Vixen is a female of the fox species...

Rust's avatar

I do believe the man is trying to make a point. He succeeded wonderfully.

Duncan A Turner's avatar

Maybe a group of man could do this, Enter a female competition so that they win Gold. Silver and Bronze. Then do a media conference where they hand over their medals to the women who really would have won if the competition only included genuine XX women. Make a big media photo op out of it. The blokes could say we are feminist men standing up for up for women's rights in sports until the officials overseeing women's sports grow a pair and return women's sports back to women.

The people allowing this stuff to happen in women's sport (whether these officials be men or women) have been totally captured out of fear of a bullying extermist minority who are funded behind the scenes ny globalists who are trying to demoralise and destroy what is left of western civilisation, including the last tattered remains of Judeo-Christian values.

Atavistic Residuum's avatar

How did this trans movement take off like this in the first place? The systemic support for this does not couple well with there being any real threat to this movement. It really is the strangest thing I've witnessed.

Mel Taweel's avatar

Is there any way to follow money supporting it? That would help us understand the movement behind it.

Atavistic Residuum's avatar

There is a book there to be written by some brave intrepid writer. It would likely take someone who came up in this education system and found a way out.

The money is pouring into the schools and social activist groups, think tanks and policy forums from somewhere.

The movement reeks of a construct, there isn't an organic bone in it.

Mel Taweel's avatar

I know there are lists of groups Soros has put money into, it wouldn’t surprise me if this was something he’d support. It’s all about deconstructing our society.

Atavistic Residuum's avatar

He is def a culprit, anyone at the top of the transhumanist movement also, major funding of medicine (Rockefellers etc)...

... its the same cabal that is throwing all the issues down on to society, the decades old plan to destroy the nuclear family, break down culture into a dependent group of infertile hormonally confused masses addicted to tech and convenience and dependence.

Dr Alex Kennerly Vasquez's avatar

The story is true but he was doing this in protest. “Male Canadian Powerlifter Breaks Women’s Bench-Press Record in Protest against Trans-Inclusion Policy https://www.nationalreview.com/news/male-canadian-powerlifter-breaks-womens-bench-press-record-in-protest-against-trans-inclusion-policy/