joecrosby

With the amount of time I spend looking at photos of this kind of stuff, I should probably just go in person. As I get older, I get more and more appreciative of the hard work put into everything.

I am noticeably happier after deleting FB and Insta from my phone. I still have those accounts because marketplace is great, and we have a business that has good results networking and advertising through FB. Endlessly scrolling through a filtered view of everyone’s lives and having an algorithm determine what gives you a hit of dopamine is not a healthy way to live.

@furiousstyles: you didn’t explain anything at all. “I just made it clear to you” …all you said was “ALL expert organizations back me up on this.” You did not clarify anything at all, in even the smallest way. -Who are the organizations? -What the is the substantiation to your claims and statements? -There is literally a textbook definition of “biological sex”. It is not a construct. It is not black and white. You are referring to “gender identity”. -Why tf would I think the earth is flat, and what does that have to do with any of this? Your statements are the standard rebuttal that we see time and time again: bold claim, “I’m right, trust me”, absolutely zero substantiation, followed up by an insult. I asked you to teach me and tell me more about the things you were saying, but nothing came of it except for you telling me you’re right and then sending an insult my way.

@furiousstyles: I’ll go by the actual definition of Biological male = born with XY chromosomes with a penis. I don't have a clue what any of those other things you listed out are, and after a quick Google search, I understand that I don't have time to educate myself on all of them to an extent that I have a solid foundational knowledge of each that can be constructively applied to this discussion. What I did gather from my Googling is that everything you listed appears to be an anomaly. Complete and Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndromes: 1 in 20,000 (0.005%) Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 1 in 15,000 (0.006%) 47,XYY Syndrome: 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) As a professor, it's probably safe to assume you'd agree that studies will mention anomalies, but they are generally excluded from datasets as a result. With that in mind, would you agree that it is acceptable to say that studies show there are biological males and biological females at birth, although anomalies do exist? I appreciate your statement of "It's also one that goes against all major psychological and medical associations", but it was provided without context. Tell me more about this. Without substantiation, it just sounds like you're throwing out fancy words and bold statements because you know I won't have any idea what you're talking about, which you clearly mentioned. Because I don't know, why don't you provide more context and information so I can learn? Isn't that what professors do? The original context of this discussion is how physical capabilities differ from biological males to biological females, and how that has the potential to create an unfair competitive advantage in a physically competitive sport. We are not discussing the psychological aspect of “what do people identify as”. I do not care if someone was born a male and now wants to be called a female. That is not what we are discussing here. The intention is to have an objective discussion, not inclusive of emotional bias.

@weeksy59: Yes, of course. They are my children. They are what I love most in this world. I will love them regardless of who they are or who they want to be. I am their father, and my job is to guide them through their youth to ensure that they are prepared to be in the world on their own one day. My personal opinions will have an effect on the way in which I go about raising them. When they are grown and have developed their own opinions, I will respect their opinions, I will be open to discussing them, and I will love them no differently if their opinions differ from mine. My only hope is that I do a good enough job raising them that they understand that it's okay to not think the way as everyone else, be genuinely open to other perspectives, and hold true to what they believe regardless of what others say. If they can find and know themselves as the person they are, and find peace and happiness in who they are, then I have done my job as a parent.

@pinkbert: no, your comment is not one that encourages a “discussion”. You are just bashing a group who thinks differently than you. And, you’re blindly throwing people into that group with no rhyme or reason. “Some right wing hack job” is a good starting point. This statement is under the assumption that everyone politically right-leaning shares the same thoughts about gender. Political ideology has nothing to do with thoughts on gender identity. They are completely unrelated topics. You’re also saying all right wings are hack jobs, which is just a foundation-less claim and will inevitably be taken as an insult. Insulting is not discussing. You are right, all people do is argue about hot topics. Which is why I’m saying that instead of arguing, why can’t people discuss it? You know, those things where one person talks while the other listens, then vise versa? For the sake of discussion, here’s my personal opinion. (It’s okay if you don’t agree with me, and it’s okay if I don’t agree with you. Because we likely won’t agree, we each have the opportunity to learn something from each other.) If you are born a woman, you compete as a woman. If you are born a man, you compete as a man. Simple as that. This is my opinion because biologically, men and women are not the same; for example, men are generally stronger, and have faster reaction times. In most forms of competitive biking, that puts men at a biologically competitive advantage over women. Because of that alone, it is unfair (in my opinion) to place a biological male in a women’s athletic category. I am aware that these biological advantages slowly fade away with various hormonal treatments, but that biological male will, to some degree, always be a biological male. It is unfair to have biological men competing with biological women in sports where strength and reaction time are critical to overall performance. If you hold a dh race or slope style where men and women compete in a single category, the podium will only have men. That’s not a bash or degradation of women, nor is it a bash or degradation of people who are transitioning from male to female and want to compete as a female. Men and women are biologically different, each with their own advantages and abilities over the other. On more of a personal side of my opinion, which is probably extremely similar to the vast majority of people: I don’t give a flying fuck what you do with your body. I literally don’t care, it does not affect my life whatsoever, so save your breath and don’t even bother telling me. It is none of my business what your sexual preferences are, so don’t even bother telling me those either. You do you, and I’ll do me. If you are a good person, I will treat you as such. I do not care what you do, how you do it, or with whom you do whatever it is that you do. If I make an incorrect assumption about you, I did it innocently, and I would hope you don’t yell at me or think differently of me for it; again, I am always open to discussion. However, I have personal boundaries: 1. Do not insult me and tell me my opinions are wrong. They are opinions, everyone has them. 2. Do not encourage or push my children to adopt whatever ideologies you have. They are my children, I will raise them how I want them to be raised. They will develop their own opinions, and I will respect them, but that will happen under my guidance.

@emptybe-er: turns out, you can do those things on a 50lb bike. There’s loads of dh videos from the early/mid 2000s of people bunnyhopping and jibbing 50lb bikes.

@pinkbert: the “problem” is that no one is willing to discuss hot topics any more. It’s okay to have varying opinions. It’s okay to discuss things and consider other perspectives. It’s okay, and a good thing, that not everyone thinks the exact same way. That’s why I got defensive.

If you are downvoting my comment, you are the problem, not me. I asked a question without bias. You could have a stance on either side of the topic and could argue that my question is in your favor.

The world itself functions around the good ol boys club. Politics, wealth, religion, you name it. I think it’s a human thing.