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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. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

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    First of all, Trump conceded the election.

    Second of all, I really don't understand this obsession with "conceding the election." Even if you "didn't like" Trump's concession, he eventually "conceded" just by giving up on the 2020 election and moving on to 2024. Was it ugly? Yes. Should he have handled it better? Yes.

    But whenever people talk about things like counting electors when the issue at hand is "accepting election results," it's just a classic case of moving the goalposts because as usual, Democrats consistently fail to adhere to their own standards. So in order to have any sort of accountability with teeth, they need to tailor a new standard unique to Trump retroactively fitted towards the exact actions that he took, while simultaneously tiptoeing away from his Democratic predecessors. That is not how standards are supposed to work. That's how political witch hunts are supposed to work.
     
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  2. UFLawyer

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    You ask me questions, I answer them or ask you for clarification. You don’t clarify, you deflect.
     
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  3. UFLawyer

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    ^^nailed it
     
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  4. l_boy

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    I asked a question and you didn’t answer. It’s a pretty easy question. Was the outcome legitimate?
     
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  5. dangolegators

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    No, I'm not kidding you. How was the election corrupted?
     
  6. snatchmagnet

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    Lol, sorry, you’re missing my point. Never “really” conceded. She continued to claim trump was illegitimate and election was stolen long after that night
     
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  7. GatorRade

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    Um sure, but note that you could have terminated this exchange in a much less rude manner many posts ago by simply answering the question.
     
  8. UFLawyer

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    Pro Tip: spend more time reading and less time fantasizing. You have a rather boring habit of ignoring what posters write and replacing posters’ ideas with your fantasy conclusions. Show a little more initiative. I clearly answered the question you repeated, and your labels on my political beliefs are of no consequence or concern, and are not as creative and cute as you believe them to be.
     
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  9. VAg8r1

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    She complained about Russian interference in the campaign (which was real by the way, read the Mueller report) and as I pointed out in a previous post while she used language to the effect that an election can be stolen the quote was from an interview in 2019 almost three years after the 2016 election and it was more about future elections specifically the 2020 election than the 2016 election that she had lost and unlike Trump following the 2020 election she accepted the results of the 2016 election and that's what really matters. Unlike the guy with the orange complexion she never attempted to orchestrate a coup d'état to overturn the election in which she was defeated.
     
  10. duggers_dad

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  11. wgbgator

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    Like Florida, currently unranked, but if we recruit well enough and handle a tough schedule maybe we'll get into the top 10 and major bowl.
     
  12. snatchmagnet

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    That I can agree with
     
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  13. Gatorrick22

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    Lol... You really can't deny that these illegal third party mails boxes... and keeping the elections open for weeks after every single state legislature were supposed to have them closed on election night was not blatant fraud..

    Yeah, It happened and that makes the elections compromised to the point of fraudulent.
     
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  15. l_boy

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    WT# are you talking about ?
     
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  16. G8trGr8t

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    good. men that have gone thru puberty and developed male muscle mass should not be competing against women

    Trans U-Turn: Transgender Swimmer Wins NCAA Competition But Now Faces Lifetime Ban in Women’s Sports - Back Edge News

    Now Lia Thomas’ swimming career might face an uncertain future due to a new policy by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) that bans most biological males from competing in women’s events on the world stage. According to this policy, transgender swimmers must complete their transition by age 12 to be eligible to compete.

    The new policy was voted for by an overwhelming 71.5 percent of the governing board of swimming. It also clarified that it doesn’t support early childhood transitioning.

    A spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, James Pearce, explained that the policy is based on scientific evidence that transitioning after puberty can provide an advantage, which is deemed unfair.
     
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  17. citygator

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    Holy shit! A competitive governance body making rules for competition. What are US Senators and State Governors supposed to do if that’s not their own job?
     
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  18. PITBOSS

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    DIGHTON, Mass -“A field hockey player for Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School was hospitalized overnight

    “Dighton-Rehoboth Superintendent Bill Runey said in a letter to families that a shot taken by a male member of the Swampscott team left one of their female players with "significant facial and dental injuries," which included having two of her teeth knocked out.

    A student-athlete suffered a significant injury during a field hockey game played Thursday between two Massachusetts high schools, and the incident is renewing a debate about co-ed sports.“

    Mass. field hockey injury renews debate about co-ed sports

    Dighton-Rehoboth field hockey player injured in playoff game
     
  19. l_boy

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    This is how it is supposed to work. We don’t need the likes of Ron Desantis involved.
     
  20. citygator

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    A male player doesnt have a stronger face and teeth than a female player. However, I agree that safety should be the number 1 goal of a sport’s governing body followed quickly by fair competition.