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Gallup poll on transgenders in sports

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by oragator1, Jun 12, 2023.

  1. mdgator05

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    Okay, so boards are scared of their athletes, but only some of their athletes, but those athletes will get all the other athletes to go along with them even if they don't agree, and this is your argument for why governing boards can't be trusted to do the right thing for their sport?
     
  2. gator95

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    I see you are avoiding the Penn swimmers lol. And you keep trying to talk in circles. You feel bad about getting called out when you revealed your true feelings on this? Ooops.
     
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  3. gator95

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    And somehow you make watching this awful gator baseball game more fun than you trying to hide your true feelings that you are scared to tell everyone.
     
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  4. mdgator05

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    Yes, following your argument requires talking in circles. Okay let's add in the Penn swimmers to your soccer scenario, as that will obviously strengthen the case. Now, we have your theory that boards are afraid of their athletes, but only some of those athletes, but they will get those athletes to go along with them, even though the other athletes don't agree, unless they can't, at which point, some other entity, such as a school, will need to step in to make sure that the athletes don't speak out against their teammates, which they don't want to do, unless they do and are stopped.

    Yep, it is all so clear now.
     
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  5. mrhansduck

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    I had already acknowledged a government role in high school and collegiate competitive sports. You mentioned MLB, and I wasn’t sure if you were saying Congress should regulate pro sports in terms of gender/sex issues as well or were just using steroids as an example of a public interest.
     
  6. Gator715

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    No, it's a nuanced stance.

    Also, what is a woman?
     
  7. okeechobee

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    Maybe Lia Thomas can suit up and rescue us.
     
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  8. gator95

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    It would take some balls but I guess she has them.
     
  9. gator_lawyer

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    What is a woman?
     
  10. Gator715

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    I asked you first, you called me out for being inconsistent. I'd like a definition of the word "woman."
     
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  11. gator_lawyer

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    Ah, I see you can't provide a definition.
     
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  12. mdgator05

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    So I'm scared to tell anybody my true feelings because...I'd be cancelled? For taking the opposite stance than you said would get a board cancelled?
     
  13. okeechobee

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    Anything that would clearly give one individual an unnatural competitive advantage over their peers. Ultimately, that is why Congress intervened in MLB, because the players who were flying straight were at an obvious competitive disadvantage physically and that wasn't their fault. This situation with the transgenders competing in women's athletics mirrors that, plus the more sinister component than steroids once you factor in the locker room violation of privacy issue. So we really have two major issues here. I'm going to list in ranking of importance:

    1. violation of women's privacy in the locker room
    2. distinct unnatural competitive advantage over their peers
     
  14. Gator715

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    No I'm just not going to take lectures on consistency in regards to gender standards from someone who can't define "woman."
     
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  15. gator_lawyer

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    Okay. Define the word.
     
  16. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

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    Again, I asked you first.
     
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  17. gator_lawyer

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    In other words, you can't define "woman." Enjoy the rest of your night.
     
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  18. gator95

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    LOL. So why are you so scared to tell everyone here that you are for Trans athletes competing against women?
     
  19. jjgator55

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    Cut the lad some slack. I’m sure the only reason he’s asking the question is because he really doesn’t know.
     
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  20. Gator715

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    Yep, I might be a gay Hispanic guys.

    Is there anybody kind enough to describe what a woman is just to make sure I know? I'm having a bit of an existential crisis right now.
     
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