The flap stoked discord
Cowardly inadequate women-abandoning reporting by the NY Times:
A lawyer for Algerian boxer Imane Khelif says the gold medal-winning boxer has asked prosecutors in Paris to look into online harassment she faced during the Olympics about her gender and presence at the Games.
And they’re gonna do what? Arrest us all? Fine us? Yell at us?
The lawyer, Nabil Boudi, said in a statement on Instagram that his firm had filed a complaint with the online hate unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office. It was not immediately clear where the complaint would lead. The Associated Press reported Sunday that under French law, it would be up to prosecutors to decide if an investigation is merited and who might be at fault.
Man cheats women in boxing then tries to punish everyone who objects. How impressive.
The flap stoked discord among sports fans and advocates surrounding extremely touchy topics of inclusion, fairness and the complex biology of sex. Numerous people online criticized Khelif with incorrect assertions. Boudi called the chatter a “misogynistic, racist and sexist campaign.”
“This unfair harassment suffered by the boxing champion will remain the biggest stain of these Olympic Games,” he said.
Khelif, who won her gold medal bout Friday, will conclude her Games as one of Algeria’s two flag bearers at Sunday’s closing ceremony.
Blah blah blah. The Times never got around to saying a single word about the injustice to women, let alone the danger to them.
It wasn’t the flap that stoked discord, it was the cheating that provoked the discord.
Might as well say there was a fuss that caused a fuss.
But of course calling it a flap makes the women who object sound stupid and trivial. Thanks, Times.