Riley Gaines

No one knows where we're going.

And if you're going to change the definitions of everything and what Vivek wisely calls the tyranny of the oppressed –

The oppressed are forcing everyone else to comply with their desires and needs.

And he's right about that because that is what it is.

And they feel because they have that title, they're above all the tyranny of the oppressed.

Yeah.

But if people listen to you, actually listen to you and not just read the bullshit and the clickbait and listen to you talk, they see.

a very accomplished woman who's done amazing things in the world of athletics, who's confronted by this very unique challenge, and you're uniquely qualified to handle it.

And so I think that's what they're going to get out of this.

I hope so.

Because, again, that's really all this is.

I just wanted to swim.

I just wanted to compete fairly.

And then, boom, that was impacted.

And here we are, just trying to make a difference when and where we can.

That's certainly what I hope people see me as.

You're right, getting past the headlines, anti-trans swimmer slams Leah Thomas.

It's all that reductionist view of a human being.

They just try to paint you in the worst possible light, the bigotry, the transphobia.

Stop using those words and just talk about the reality of the facts of what we're talking about here and you realize you don't have an argument.