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Joshua Holland
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Burned out political writer and podcast/radio talker. I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others. Scuba diver and dog guy. weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/
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They worry that boys might become violent if they lost to some girls. So of course they kicked the girls out of the tournament. Pathetic. "What we have worried about is a boys team losing to a girls team (especially in the year end tourney), they may get frustrated and retaliate against a girl."

A girls basketball team kept beating the boys. The league called foul
A girls basketball team kept beating the boys. The league called foul

At the end of the regular season, the 6th grade squad from Wilder, Ky., posted a 7-1 record and was preparing to fight for the year-end tournament title. But they soon found out they were banned becau...

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Nthewesterhazys.bsky.social

Did we mention that we raised our boys to be pathetic assholes?

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Cclggmf.bsky.social

If I had to bet that the boys' parents would say they're raising the boys to be tough and able to handle adversity, I'd be comfortable giving some points.

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KSgoblinbox.com

for fuck's fucking sake

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MWmkwilson27.bsky.social

Wonder if people would be cool with a boys team entering a girls tournament…

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Cuncivil.work

hold on i was told by terfs that male bodies are genetically winners so there is no way that a girls basketball team could beat them

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My desire to avoid biological essentialism and the social assumptions thereof is at war with my desire to address the boys in this story a level that they'd understand and be properly insulted by.

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Kstarlinger.bsky.social

Well, you know, girls have a whole lifetime of disappointments to crush them into accepting lowered expectations & unwarranted self-reproach as normalcy, whereas, being a guy in & of itself opens magical doors to undeserved credit with no proof nor apology EVER due. "NO, you cannot fucking play..."

Incredibly memorable ad for the mere sake of leaving the door open against exclusion. 
TY, 1980s LEGO.
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Hhrlatinam.bsky.social

Then you punish the boy for attacking a player on the opposing team. You don't limit girl success.

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ERrandomreader.bsky.social

Our school district has co-ed wrestling teams. The boys are respectful. This behavior is modeled by teammates and mandated by coaches. Wrestling is very close-contact and can go fast. If wrestlers can behave appropriately, basketball players certainly can.

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OOolufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

phew close call there, something embarrassing might have happened if they hadn't had the foresight to duck a girls' team

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Joshua Holland
@joshuaholland.bsky.social
Burned out political writer and podcast/radio talker. I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others. Scuba diver and dog guy. weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/
4k followers516 following3k posts