With the beginning of the Tour de France just days away, one of it’s most famous winners – and most controversial – waded back into the public eye with tweets on an even more controversial su…
In the caption to the video that Armstrong posted on Twitter, he seemed to draw a parallel between his doping scandal and being “cancelled,” writing: “Have we really come to a time and place where spirited debate is not only frowned upon, but feared? Where people’s greatest concern is being fired, shamed or cancelled? As someone all too familiar with this phenomenon, I feel I’m uniquely positioned to have these conversations.
“Is there not a world in which one can be supportive of the transgender community and curious about the fairness of Trans athletes in sport yet not be labeled a transphobe or a bigot as we ask questions? Do we yet know the answers? And do we even want to know the answers?” he wrote.
“You are uniquely situated to sit this one out — as the biggest cycling cheater of all time,” another wrote.
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