Having just watched an Owen Jones interview about women's sports he actually scares me. The mindset of seeing rational discussion about single sex sports as hatred, and pretending not to know why sports aren't mixed makes me feel like I'm living on another planet.

@Huttoneer Exactly, this is what happens when people defer their morality to ideology. Disturbing that your friend was like that :(

@Huttoneer @CJ_liberte It's a cult

@Vancity_Bink @CJ_liberte For a 51 yr old man to deny what he knows to be true it must be . It's the ultimate test of loyalty - jettisoning all your wisdom and knowledge about the nature of humanity for your tribe.

@Huttoneer @CJ_liberte Most of us have these 'friends'. The truth is, none of us have any more than 5 friends, our busy lives preclude us from analysing what a friend is - someone who'll drop everything to come to your aid, as my old headmaster - Mr Jack - said, most mums are your best friend

@Huttoneer @CJ_liberte I've given up on men's sport too, I figure if enough people do it, it will hit them in their wallets.

@Huttoneer @teaandabikkie @CJ_liberte Same as when an old friend told me he fully supported the Green Party calling women 'non men'. A couple of weeks later I was out with him and he was happily talking about his lack of sexual attraction for female bodies, as per.

@Huttoneer @CJ_liberte Men who follow sport (including women’s) and understand both sportsmanship (sportspersonship? 🤣) and fairness, know this is wrong. My husband is very much one of them. I’ve seen plenty here vocalising their objections. It’s the ideologues & sport haters who spout the nonsense.