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Monika Burzynska knew Will Thomas. He was a member of the men’s swimming team at the University of Pennsylvania, although she found that “he wasn’t very social.” Nonetheless, as he was a member of the men’s swimming team, she had every reason to believe that he was a male. Her certainties, however, would soon face a strong challenge from university officials, and, indeed, from the entire leftist political and cultural establishment.
Imagine Burzynska’s surprise the following year, when she was a member of the UPenn women’s swim team and discovered the identity of her teammate who had been given the locker next to hers: it was none other than “Lia” Thomas, that is, Will Thomas pretending to be a woman. And he had the full weight of UPenn authorities backing him up every inch of the way.
Fox News reported Sunday that Burzynska “thought Thomas had already graduated when her team was dealt the news that the athlete would be transitioning to join the women’s team starting in the 2021-22 season.” This was a “transition” that UPenn officials clearly wanted, for the immediately inflicted Thomas upon the unwilling female swimmers, forcing them to share their locker room with an individual who, despite his claims to the contrary, was quite clearly and unmistakably a male.
Once Thomas “became a fixture in the women’s locker room,” a deeply uncomfortable Burzynska “often retreated to the corner of the room to change. Other times, Burzynska timed exactly when she changed to coincide with when Thomas showered. Eventually, Burzynska opted to only change in the stalls or in the family locker across the hall.” Comments Burzynska: “Around Lia, I wasn’t going to risk anything.”
It’s easy to see why. Riley Gaines, who, like Monika Burzynska, is an actual woman and became an activist for women’s sports, explained that “a 6-foot-4 man was allowed in to undress, fully expose himself. He was full naked and, of course, full intact inches away from where we, 18-, 19-, 20-year-old girls, were fully undressed.”
And so now that UPenn has reversed course and dropped its insane push to force its real female athletes — and the world — to accept men pretending to be women as actual female athletes, Burzynska is relieved. She says that UPenn’s announcement that it was no longer going to boost the likes of Lia Thomas gave her “a deep sense of peace and validation. Not only for me, but for all the girls on the team, for all the girls in the swim world and in the sport world. And I think this decision, it brought back – at least for me – a sense of fairness that had been lost. Women’s records belong to women and that protecting the integrity of women’s sports still matters.” Yes.
If leftists paid attention to this sort of thing, they would see Monika Burzynska’s experience as an object lesson in the dangers of overreach. She was initially on their side, saying: “I thought it must be terrible to feel like you’re trapped in the wrong body. Just be so out of touch with who you really are.”
Then, however, she had to share a locker room with Lia Thomas, and says: “You have these issues that are from afar and you never really quite think they’re going to touch you personally until you’re on a team with Lia Thomas and your locker is directly next to this biological male. And you would have never believed that you’d be facing this issue directly. And then when that happens, your views change where you still feel sorry for this person because they’re clearly so deeply lost. But then it turns into more, ‘OK, this is not fair.’”
Indeed it isn’t. It is one of the foremost manifestations of the insanity of our age, as well as being toweringly unfair, that men are not only competing in women’s sports, but also receiving the full and self-righteous backing of the left. For years now, leftists have insisted, in the fullest Orwellian 2+2=5 fashion, that we all must pretend that these stubble-faced, musclebound poseurs are women, and shout “You go, girl!” as they collect their gold medals. Yet the tide of this craziness appears to be receding. We can all hope that it doesn’t come in again.
“Then, however, she had to share a locker room with Lia Thomas, and says: “You have these issues that are from afar and you never really quite think they’re going to touch you personally until you’re on a team with Lia Thomas and your locker is directly next to this biological male. And you would have never believed that you’d be facing this issue directly. And then when that happens, your views change where you still feel sorry for this person because they’re clearly so deeply lost. But then it turns into more, ‘OK, this is not fair.’”
Not in my backyard!
I’m reminded of the illegals arriving on Martha’s Vineyard and immediately being given the boot.
“My heart and soul cry out for those illegals BUT NOT IN MY BACKYARD YOU DON’T!”
Not in my backyard! Mr. tough guy strikes again.
How about “I’ll huff and I’ll puff……….” That’ll show ’em.
Compassion is a lot more complex than your NIMBY framing.
Will Thomas is mentally ill and needs compassionate, perhaps even brutal help — not participation in his delusion which is neither helpful nor compassionate to him or the women who must endure him in their locker rooms.
The illegal alien invader is an enemy. He is to be removed and repelled – even with deadly force depending upon context. These actions can be done with compassion and love for one’s own family and people while also respecting the illegal invader to the extent the circumstances dictate. Removing him and denying him his desire does not mean there is no compassion for him. Even killing him in certain contexts does not remove compassion.
Your framing does not permit a true understanding of compassion. NIMBY does not necessarily mean compassion has been destroyed.
Wil Thomas is not delusional. He is manipulative and a sociopath. He wanted NCAA awards and trophies. He knows he is not female. He is not confused. Any person who parrots the idiocy of “he needs mental health’ will go along with delusion and evil. Wil Thomas needs to have all of his awards, accolades and trophies returned in addition to his scholarship funds if he was awarded any. We’ll remain a nation of degenerates and lunatics as long as so many believe in the ‘he just needs some help’ lie. We are not a nation of imbeciles and retards. We are not in need of ‘some help’ or pity. This is emotional rot. UPenn, NCAA, and Thomas need confrontations with reality. Nothing more.
You just might be right, and I did not make that possibility clear, but it is what I envisioned by “brutal help” for some people. We do not always know the minds of others, but sometimes the motive becomes plain and our conjecture becomes discernment.
I know Will Thomas and watched him swim for several years. Before adolescence, he regularly won or placed in his races. After adolescence, he did not do as well with his natural talent. After winning so much with ease, I do not think he made the transition to a disciplined focus upon the training necessary to win in the age groups after onset of adolescence, when boys begin putting on the “man muscle” and becoming more masculine in other ways (aggression, discipline, focus, etc.)
He got lots of attention. It went to others. It used to be easy. I find it provocative that he admitted, after a distance race, that he was not even swimming his fastest when he won by LAPS – not yards. So the attention was easy again – both for being trans and being naturally – even supernaturally fast by female standards.
The photo of him with this article is a very good one, capturing his personality. I see vulnerability in him as well as effeminacy. Very sad because he is handsome and had great potential. He was not effeminate when he was a boy.
THX is quite the philosopher! There’s a huge difference in the NIMBY HYPOCRISY of the Martha Vineyard leftists and these SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WOMEN! I’ve heard people say “even an idiot could see that” – evidently they never encountered THX!
And now that UPENN is faced with DEFUNDING, they have reversed course and stripped the MAN from his WOMEN’S Medals and awarded them to their RIGHTFUL Winners! Too little, too late!! How do you think that makes the WOMEN feel? They KNOW the only reason this was done is the DEFUNDING! But, at least it’s done so continue with the DEFUNDING for the same period of time that these WOMEN were subjected to SEXUAL ASSAULTS!! Now they weren’t assaulted PHYSICALLY, but MENTALLY and VISUALLY!!
Every fake medal that was won by one of these pathetic liars should be expunged from the records at all levels of academic sports. Every official that supported this crap should be fired. Every competitor that lost to one of these freaks should be given her rightly earned medal.
I was wondering, when Thomas switched from the men’s team to the girl’s team, did anyone on the men’s team complain that a girl, (cleverly disguised as a man), had infiltrated their locker room?
OK!
Well, somebody’s gotta think up this sh_t.
Good question. I remember when female reporters began going into the men’s locker rooms and the men were not happy.
I’m guessing Thomas had an erection while he was in the women’s locker room. But I have never read anything about this one way or the other. It seems like he did because there is nothing sexual or eye catching about a flaccid penis. And of course, if a man really believed he was a woman trapped in a man’s body why would he become aroused at the sight of naked women?
I heard that one woman complained of that very thing – but there is no way to verify it. Will Thomas was taking hormones so that may have influenced his ability to function sexually, but who knows?
U-Penn is only changing policy because Donald Trump is our president and brought sanity back to women’s college and HS sports. Wait until the next Democrat enters the White House and every sane Tittle IX ruling that the Trump Administration achieved will be overturned. And when Democrat voters see the insanity and perversion begin again for their daughters they’ll ask, “What happened?” You just can’t fix stupid.
Time to totally Cut off their Allowance by 100% lets save that Monney for Texas
no ,! the tide of madness will not recede not while democrats , the left and the unelected bureaucracy exist . nice thought though .