BTW, if you want to keep any job, it is preferable not to go on television and publicly proclaim that you had many of your teammates and do not believe they should be entitled to equal rights. It doesn't matter whether you're claiming that black people should be required to sit at the back of the bus, jews have horns, or gay people should not be allowed to get married or adopt children. You deserve to get fired for telling your co-workers any of those things. It doesn't matter whether you do it in person or through a television screen.
Trans eligibility rules for girls sports.
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BTW, if you want to keep any job, it is preferable not to go on television and publicly proclaim that you had many of your teammates and do not believe they should be entitled to equal rights. It doesn't matter whether you're claiming that black people should be required to sit at the back of the bus, jews have horns, or gay people should not be allowed to get married or adopt children. You deserve to get fired for telling your co-workers any of those things. It doesn't matter whether you do it in person or through a television screen.
BTW, if you want to keep any job, it is preferable not to go on television and publicly proclaim that you hate many of your teammates and do not believe they should be entitled to equal rights. It doesn't matter whether you're claiming that black people should be required to sit at the back of the bus, jews have horns, or gay people should not be allowed to get married or adopt children. You deserve to get fired for telling your co-workers any of those things. It doesn't matter whether you do it in person or through a television screen.
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Soccer Dad & Ref
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This is the point I was trying to make earlier. I'm not saying some of these folks are racists, but this is very similar to the 1950s segregationists. They believed their opinion on the matter was valid. That was not an opinion, it was racism. Many transphobic people here are using similar arguments, and history will not look back kindly on them.
Soccer Dad & Ref
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Hysteria is all they have to be honest.
I at first thought you were being too harsh on them by bringing up their daughters, but I see the point you are tying to make.
thirteenknots
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You've come back to your talking point that some people have opinions that matter, and some people do not.
And, naturally, you imagine yourself deciding which are which.
As before, no discussion is possible on that basis.
I could be wrong, but I think you've already made that bs statement once or twice already. One thing I do know, however, is that your children have no business in sports because they're terrible at them.
I do relish your participation, however, because it is people like you who best prove my point. Even your fellow transphobes scatter like cockroaches when you roll in.
Meh...I get the point...he's basically saying the people in the 1950s that supported segregation didn't think they were racists and thought they were rationally and reasonably in the right instead of acting out of bias. That's the thing about bias...it's hard to recognize in the moment when you are the one holding them. What's more is numerous people have now pointed out to you in particular your bias, but rather than take a moment and reflect and say "hmm...maybe I am....I ought to at least consider it", you double down. You are perfectly capable of having a rationale position on this issue without falling back on the bias and judging rationally what's going on here, and that is perfectly capable of leading various individuals to various different conclusions of what's right, particularly as we get to the middle, harder cases. But that's not what you are doing (see kicking or maarspeed for people that actually did that). What's worse, you accuse him of "naturally, you imagine yourself deciding which are which" when he was quite clear history would be the judge. What worser than worse, you then do the same thing you accuse him of doing by saying "no discussion is possible on that basis" by appointing your the sole judge and arbiter of that. What's worser than the worser, the fact that you are (or were...we never did get a clear explanation of what happened there) an educator and given you have to act with a broad range of children and/or young adults, you'd think someone in that profession would be a little more introspective. What's worst of all, this is a similar dance we've seen before from you.
My point is more that, even if you think someone is racist/communist/fascist/whatever, you still owe them the courtesy of listening to their argument and evaluating it on its own merits.
So, the best way to understand a 1950s segregationist or 1950s Maoist is to listen to them make their case in their own words. You may still disagree, but at least you treat each other as sentient beings.
That's not quite what I see from SF and SDR in this thread. I see a whole lot of "you're a transphobe" or "your daughter sucks". Not really much to respond to there.
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The fact is this fellas and Grace. None of us want these two running around the girls locker room as women. It's fear that's causing all this hysteria and also the fact a female could lose her a spot on the team to a Boggs or a Roster. It's possible that imposters like Boggs will use this new MTF thing and go Boggs on our dd. It's within the realm of possibilities. Like I said before, if the snake is chopped off first, then the discussion can be had. We will then look at height, weight and speed. Once that takes places, more talks. This Lia situation took most of us for a loop. Then the young lady cried about having a 6'4 full man all naked next to her as she was undressing and getting ready for the big race. I love gays by the way. One of my BFF is gay. This is not about being gay, no way. Their setting us because.......
I agree. That's why I don't find labels like "transphobe" or "racist" particularly useful. It's just "you are an apostate and outside circle of contempt and therefore your arguments are invalid". It's a lazy argument that jumps to a conclusion. The coin flip, though, is it is perfectly acceptable to point out when an argument is racist/transphobic/bigoted/and/or biased and you have crossed the line a few times. An introspective person might wonder why because odds are, if you are locked in bias, you can't see it (or you wouldn't be locked in bias).
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Are we all in agreement that we don't respond to Crush? I have a feeling that many of you may have him blocked, as there are usually no responses to his nonsensical memes and typo-ridden posts.
Nah. If you can't treat trans people with even a minimal amount of dignity and respect, if you insist on calling them "dudes" and intentionally referring to them by the incorrect pronoun even when you don't need to use a pronoun at all, if you lack any empathy whatsoever for how hard life often is for them and you and don't give a shit about remedying that, you're a transphobe and need to hear repeatedly what will happen if you pull that crap publicly outside your little pool of transphobic friends.
Hahahahaha. 99% hate crush you said so why even mention crush? Dad ref is wrong about everything. How many other avatars you got? The fact this is a topic of discussion is a trip and I keep SMFH. The fact I live in your head all day is even more of a trip. You should read my PMs. Mostly positive with, "keep up the good work bro." "Finally someone is willing to take a stand." My favorite, "Are you coming back Crush? We need you."
Why would I show respect for someone like Lia Thomas? Lia had every reason to know that they had an unfair advantage: you don't go from #462 to top five without wondering how it happened. Despite this, Thomas chose to enter the event and take a spot from someone else. Thomas couldn't even show basic courtesy while there. Walking around with your schlong hanging out in the women's locker room? Who does that?
Certain actions do not deserve respect. Thomas' fall into that category.
Uh, when you claim that people aren't giving you the courtesy of "listening to their argument and evaluating it on its own merits", what you really mean is that "people aren't agreeing with my bs". The reality is we did evaluate your arguments, recognized the ones that weren't complete bs, discarded the ones that were, and decided like ECNL, CIF and others that they are outweighed by the legitimate arguments that support trans participation in youth sport. The fact that you can't even recognize the reasons the ECNL and CIF claim support trans participation are even legitimate opinions to have pretty clearly establishes that you lack self-awareness and that you're the only one who isn't willing to listen. To date, you have not even conceded that a single reason that ECNL and CIF have made to is even a legitimate one to have.
BTW, I listened to your argument that we owe Nazi's the courtesy of listening to why jews should be exterminated, evaluated it on its merits, and decided it is bs. I guess I'm not surprised that you're taking the position that people should listen to Nazis, though, given that you share many of the same values including about what to do about trans children. Do you also want to dump them into the incinerator because you're scared one of them might deprive your soccer playing daughter of a trophy, or is that too far for you?
thirteenknots
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I never asked you to show respect for Lia Thomas. In fact, I've been pretty clear that I agree with the NCAA's decision to change the rules with swimming.
Regardless, Lia Thomas is no excuse to rationalize why you hate trans children. It is bs to use her as an excuse why a 13 year old trans girl should not be allowed to play with other girls. Unlike the NCAA, who wins and loses a kiddie soccer game is meaningless. Unlike with the NCAA, the privacy interests of children are more important than those of an NCAA athlete who affirmatively puts her trans schlong out in the public, so to speak. Unlike the NCAA, hardly any youth clubshave locker rooms and, even if they did, that is an obviously easy fix. Unlike Lia Thomas, who is an adult at an Ivy League school, she also doesn't need the same level of compassion and empathy that a 13 year old trans girls deserves. In fact, she knows that she is more intelligent and will be far more successful in life than either you or your athletically-challenged little princess/future homemaker.
For ECNL?
Simple. A mtf athlete has an unfair advantage over a biological girl. Grace grants this. You seem to still be in denial over it.
Suppose I grant your claim that all past mtf soccer players were so-so when compared to biological girls.
This doesn't say anything about whether they received an unfair advantage. It just means that they were second rate before they got the advantage.
Given that we don't allow mediocre cis XY athletes to play down into the girl's league, we should not allow trans XY athletes to play down either.