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Originally Posted by craigwd
Shaming people to fit into a category they do not identify with is exactly what I was referring to when I said 20th century thinking.
It's appalling that you are not willing to be inclusive and accepting which we all know is one of the causes of depression. That is what Bell Let's Talk day is supposed to be about - letting people with mental illness, like depression, know that they are not going to be shunned or stigmatized.
It seems like that message has failed you.
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Wow. What a gigantic leap you made.
It's appalling that I think the biological sex you're born into makes a very real difference in sports? Really? Does that appal you? Am I a terrible person for thinking it's ridiculous that you're asking to basically remove fair athletic competition from schools because it's apparently too hard for a kid to play with whatever gender they're born into?
Cause that is what you're suggesting.
Here are the options laid out:
A) We let people play in whatever gender they identify in - Super. Guess the girls who have to compete against biological males for spots and for awards that might make a difference in their athletic careers should just suck it up.
B) We scrap gender divided sports and make everything co-ed - Alright well too bad for any girls that can no longer make any teams cause the guys take all the spots. Suck it up.
C) We leave it like it is. Biological males play with the males and biological females play with the females - Nothing happens. Everything is fine. Those who aren't comfortable with that will have to suck it up.
Notice any recurring theme? All options end up with someone getting the short end of the stick but I can tell you that option C is quite obviously the most fair option that negatively impacts the least amount of people and doesn't take away the opportunity for anyone to play the sport.
A and B on the other hand are 100% special snowflake territory. We're taking away the right for others to enjoy a biologically even playing field so that the few special snowflakes can play too.
Note that I'm not calling all transgendered people special snowflakes. I'm calling the ones who would otherwise refuse to play sports in their biologically defined gender category special snowflakes. They need the entire sporting world shifted around for them.