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JD Vance falsely accuses Algerian Olympic boxer of being transgender & weirdly blames Kamala Harris (www.advocate.com)

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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.

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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%E2%80%93present

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.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Your flippant dismissal of what the IBA actually ~~is~~ was: a highly relevant intentional sporting organization for boxing