When someone writes that "everyone" who supports this is a liberal, when in fact 6% of Republicans support it, they are wrong.
And they should be told they are wrong.
And the poll results are a Google search away, if you care to fact check me.
And again, I am a Democrat that opposes the participation of XY humans in girls' and women's sports. The majority of Democrats agree with me.
Fine...using "everyone" may have been a very small overstatement. But If 99.9999% of the people who believe in this cause are liberals, and also the individuals driving these abhorrent policies, then I think it's a safe and appropriate overstatement to make. I appreciate you being so literal though. it's extremely helpful to the conversation and addressing the root cause of this issue!
I like the baconator. But bro, you really must have struggled in probability. If 6% of Republicans support this and 20% of the country supports it, then for every 100 people, you’d have 20 supporters. Assuming the country is split about in half with Rep/Dem, then there would about 50 Republicans, 3 of whom support choosing which race to enter. 3/20 = 15%, and about 1 in 6-7 people who support it are Republican. While not a majority, it’s far from negligible, and so your stats about 99.9999% Democrats (and equivalently, 0.0001% of people supporting being Republicans), is underestimated by a factor of 100,000x.
Fine...using "everyone" may have been a very small overstatement. But If 99.9999% of the people who believe in this cause are liberals, and also the individuals driving these abhorrent policies, then I think it's a safe and appropriate overstatement to make. I appreciate you being so literal though. it's extremely helpful to the conversation and addressing the root cause of this issue!
I like the baconator. But bro, you really must have struggled in probability. If 6% of Republicans support this and 20% of the country supports it, then for every 100 people, you’d have 20 supporters. Assuming the country is split about in half with Rep/Dem, then there would about 50 Republicans, 3 of whom support choosing which race to enter. 3/20 = 15%, and about 1 in 6-7 people who support it are Republican. While not a majority, it’s far from negligible, and so your stats about 99.9999% Democrats (and equivalently, 0.0001% of people supporting being Republicans), is underestimated by a factor of 100,000x.
Yes, he’s math stupid, and worse, doesn’t even realize it or refuses to acknowledge it by digging himself deeper.
The other poster claimed earlier that “roughly 50% of our country…identifies as Republicans" - which isn't true. Taking his claim at face value, you're assuming it means that half of the 333 million people living in the USA at present - 166.5 million people - identify as Republicans.
But this overlooks that 73 million people living in the USA at present are under 18, and a good many people in the USA age 18 and up either aren't eligible to vote or don’t care about US politics enough to be registered to vote or to be affiliated with a party.
In the last presidential election, 2020, 168 million Americans were registered to vote. In 2022, 161 million were registered.
Of registered US voters, less than a third “identifies as Republican.”
Balletopedia uses figures from the 30 US states and one territory - the U.S. Virgin Islands - that allow people to indicate their party affiliation on voter registration forms and which make information available to the public.
Balletopedia says that of March 2024, 30% of registered voters in those 30 US states and one territory reported they were Republicans. 38% said they’re Democrats. 28% said they’re Independents. 4% said they’re affiliated with other minority political parties (such as the Libertarian Party, Green Party, Constitution Party).
Gallup gets its figures about party affiliation from nationwide polling done on a regular basis. Results of Gallup polling done over the 12 months show that the percentage of adults who are likely to vote in the USA and consider themselves to be Republicans ranges from 25-30%. Another 25-30% of likely voters consider themselves to be Democrats.
By contrast, Gallup results show that over the past year, 38-50% of adults in the USA likely to vote considered themselves to be Independents at the time they were polled (the numbers vary considerably from one poll to the next, hence wide range).
So anyways, 6% of the people in the USA who actually are Republicans would come out to be far fewer than 10 million peple. The real figure is probably 2-3 million people.
Hah, so 2-3 million is so insignificant that it changes everything; either that or it’s a pointless nitpick.
Not to mention, Verbosa conveniently changed “republicans” to registered republicans just to have an excuse to barf out a verbose diatribe to argue that it’s fewer republicans than the other poster claimed.
Whatever math abuse is needed to advance transphobia, it’s dunst it.
If you think the democratic party charts left on the political spectrum, I've got some bad news for you. They've been right, in fact mid-right, of center for at least the last thirty years.
What the hell are you talking about? Just intentionally being obtuse trying to convince people on a running message board that Dems aren't "left on the political spectrum". Everyone knows they are. A large portion of them catering to these mentally unwell individuals who get "hurt" when competitors don't congratulate them when they beat all the girls. Without these Dems, this would not be an issue. This is absolutely a liberal/Dem issue.
You obviously only get your news sources and information from Fox News/etc.
it actually is a left/dem/progressive supported issue; you will not hear any of them oppose bio males competing in females sports, in fact they all support it
All of the CIS females should have just lined up and then refused to race after the gun goes off. Let homie with his 55 second 400 win have his short lived glory. Then immediately line up after he crosses the finish line and refuse to get off the track until they fire the gun again for them. I'm sure they would have had a majority of the support in the stadium. F*&K this clown!
To keep it simple why not just a women or girl division and an
open division. I am for protecting women sports integrity.
And a Democrat
They don't want that.
They want to say they are a girl, and steal the win from actual girls. And get a lot of attention for doing so. And nobody can tell them they are wrong, or that they can't do it.
For all the people that support all of this and say, "they're just socializing!"
If thats the case, why don't they just participate in rec or intramural sports?
Why do they have to compete on the state level?
You know why. We all know why. But keep pandering to this foolishness.
So where do you live? If you want people to believe you, support your view with statistics from objective sources. If you can't, then find somewhere else to live.
Why didn't I think of that?
OH, because its a freaking terrible idea, but what else would a whiny lib suggest?
If you don't like your crime riddled city, just move!
If you don't like your daughter competing against boys, just tell her to refuse and stand there and forfeit her race!
it actually is a left/dem/progressive supported issue; you will not hear any of them oppose bio males competing in females sports, in fact they all support it
Like, just look at their fearless leader that they will die on the hill of defending and his imaginary chair today. They don't know where they really stand, because I guess in their own way, they're all just looking for the imaginary chair.
To keep it simple why not just a women or girl division and an
open division. I am for protecting women sports integrity.
And a Democrat
If you are a Democrat, you are voting against integrity for women's sports. Your party is strongly and actively acting against what you claim to believe in. I believe that you support integrity in women's sport in theory (though the devil is in the detail) but clearly you care more about other things, or you would vote Republican. So you care about women's sports, but not as much as you care about other things. It's a low priority for you.
All of the CIS females should have just lined up and then refused to race after the gun goes off. Let homie with his 55 second 400 win have his short lived glory. Then immediately line up after he crosses the finish line and refuse to get off the track until they fire the gun again for them. I'm sure they would have had a majority of the support in the stadium. F*&K this clown!
Remember when they did that in West Virginia, and none of the adults supported them, and they received a temporary ban from competition?
I agree with you, but the adults on this thread need to stand up and start taking some action so that the kids don't have to. Especially the ones who vote Democrat.
Five West Virginia middle schoolers who protested a transgender athlete’s participation in a track and field competition have been barred from future matches — prompting the state’s att…
This is 100% NOT a left-wing issue. I'm liberal as they come and all my liberal associates and friends are 100% not supportive of trans athletes competing with natural born females in sports. There is a major advantage and every girl I coach supports trans rights 100% in every other aspect of life but this is an invasion by male born athletes with advantages into girls sports where the playing field is not fair. Why should a trans athlete think their taking away a medal stand spot be welcomed by girls competing at a disadvantage???
To keep it simple why not just a women or girl division and an
open division. I am for protecting women sports integrity.
And a Democrat
If you are a Democrat, you are voting against integrity for women's sports. Your party is strongly and actively acting against what you claim to believe in. I believe that you support integrity in women's sport in theory (though the devil is in the detail) but clearly you care more about other things, or you would vote Republican. So you care about women's sports, but not as much as you care about other things. It's a low priority for you.
Somehow, democrats don't realize that they are voting for this.
And lawlessness, crime, lack of consequences, censorship, and a lower quality of life for everyone.
So, why do they vehemently stick with it? What do they think they're voting for?
This is 100% NOT a left-wing issue. I'm liberal as they come and all my liberal associates and friends are 100% not supportive of trans athletes competing with natural born females in sports. There is a major advantage and every girl I coach supports trans rights 100% in every other aspect of life but this is an invasion by male born athletes with advantages into girls sports where the playing field is not fair. Why should a trans athlete think their taking away a medal stand spot be welcomed by girls competing at a disadvantage???
If you think the democratic party charts left on the political spectrum, I've got some bad news for you. They've been right, in fact mid-right, of center for at least the last thirty years.
What the hell are you talking about? Just intentionally being obtuse trying to convince people on a running message board that Dems aren't "left on the political spectrum". Everyone knows they are. A large portion of them catering to these mentally unwell individuals who get "hurt" when competitors don't congratulate them when they beat all the girls. Without these Dems, this would not be an issue. This is absolutely a liberal/Dem issue.
It is a bit of pointless aside to the issue of trans rights in sports but poster is absolutely correct and probably frustrated by the constant extreme political ignorance in the discourse here.
The democrats are not a left party in any sense, other than by default in comparison to the more overtly socially backwards capitalist party that represents the other faction of the ruling class. In fact I’d argue they are the biggest obstacle to an actual working class party rising, but I know what message board I’m on lol
Lenin and Mao vehemently opposed liberalism too, just for entirely different reasons than modern American reactionaries like yourself.
Sadly it is though, as that is the party that's also not condemning it.
If you think the democratic party charts left on the political spectrum, I've got some bad news for you. They've been right, in fact mid-right, of center for at least the last thirty years.
You are out of your mind. It is hard to imagine something more ridiculous than this...
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