“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 canceled?”
Former cycling champion Lance Armstrong is preparing to release a series of videos focused on a “conversation” about the fairness of men who claim to be female athletes competing in women’s sports.
“I think, you know, with sensitive conversations and topics like this people tend to … they’re really afraid to be fired, shamed or canceled,” Armstrong says in the video. “Turns out I’m not that afraid of that. I think it’s an important conversation. Especially, I think if it can be handled in this way and I also think the best way to have these conversations and get to a smarter conclusion or even have a smarter conversation is to just to go in fearless and I’m sort of fearless on this one.
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