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Poll —Should biological men be able to participate in female sports?

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by UFLawyer, Aug 16, 2023.

Should biological males be permitted to participate in competitive female sports?

  1. Yes

    3 vote(s)
    3.7%
  2. Yes if they have had hormone therapy

    2 vote(s)
    2.5%
  3. Yes if they have had gender reassignment surgery

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. No

    76 vote(s)
    93.8%
  1. GatorRade

    GatorRade Rad Scientist

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    In your system, who gets to determine what is a lie?
     
  2. G8tas

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    We haven't had a threat about transgenders in about 2 weeks. You guys think about transgenders more than transgender activists. I guess it was time
     
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  3. Vindibudd

    Vindibudd VIP Member

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    Absolutely not. This isn't political to me. This is stone cold hard science.
     
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  4. UFLawyer

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    Did you get to participate in that poll? I didn’t. And because there was a news making event this weekend, and because this is a message board where people have opinions, I posted a poll here so real people, maybe even including you, could express their own opinion. Apparently, as of now, 100% of respondents say no. Calls into question your AP poll, don’t ya think? ….oh wait
     
  5. Vindibudd

    Vindibudd VIP Member

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    Communism is everything that communist countries aren't when they fail. It's a magical fairy concept that just can't be pinned down bEcAuSe iTs nEvEr bEeN tRiEd.
     
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  6. GatorRade

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    Do think force in the only method of control?

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    In my view, totalitarianism is less about what is being done than who is doing it. Most of our mates are chosen on the basis of their characteristics, but this isn’t eugenics because each of us that is doing our own choosing of our own mates. If we ourselves choose to believe Donald Trump is a great president, that doesn’t make the USA a totalitarianism, even if some non-believers would see the Trump supporters as “sheep”.
     
  7. wgbgator

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    I just voted to ruin your 100%. My AP poll? I believe it basically says most people are against it too. You could have saved yourself some trouble.
     
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  8. UFLawyer

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    I don’t see Trump supporters as sheep at all. My sheep comment is directed at the notion suggested by some posters that the “gov control” of totalitarianism is only accomplished by force. I think your original post is spot on. It is much easier to disarm the people with words than it is by force. Today, social pressure is much more effective than a badge. The govt has unpaid social Justice warriors doing their job for them. This is why the far left support ANTIFA and BLM.
     
  9. UFLawyer

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    antagonizing you is no trouble at all. #hugs
     
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  10. BigCypressGator1981

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    I voted no. But I don’t particularly care about this culture war bullshit “issue.” We have much bigger real problems that could use this energy devoted to them.
     
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  11. boligator

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    Kind of like the MAGA crowd...
     
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    Don’t tell OP, but I did too.
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    Sounds like a certain contingent I know who lies daily about the election being stolen
     
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    I did too although I think the poll, perhaps intentionally, is an oversimplification of a complex issue. To those opposed to "biological men competing in female sports" this is their poster person.
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    To those who believe that transgender persons should allowed to compete as females these images come to mind.
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  15. docspor

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    'ats called religion.
     
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  16. slocala

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    I didn’t vote. There was no option for my opinion. In short, I am of the view that there should be no designation and just have all humans compete and have multiple divisions. At some point at nth division it would be just be biological woman. Somewhere would be transgender, non-gender, biological male, and biological females all competing. Maybe there is even added PED division.

    Golf could be non-gendered / age agnostic fairly easily with tee placement.

    Pickleball might be possible as well.

    The money is where all of this comes into play. I would also eliminate college sports scholarships and move it all to NIL’s. I don’t care much for sports being used as a factor for someone getting into college.

    Slightly OT: Watching the little league World Series, there are girls playing baseball at 12U. I have no issue with a biological female making a 12U team.
     
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  17. okeechobee

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    That's your opinion which you've exerted zero effort in defending. If you're just going to give me the Merriam-Webster definition of "totalitarianism", don't bother.
     
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    In a totalitarian system, the government ultimately determines what constitutes dishonesty or a "lie."
     
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    If a society can accept or even tolerate a man entering a sanctioned women's competition, competing as a "woman", winning said competition and receiving all of the accolades that come with said victory, then a society can be made to believe anything.
     
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  20. l_boy

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    Totalitarianism = I don’t get everything I want.
     
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