tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post7905807715100021825..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: NRO: The Left Is Weaponizing SportsWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-60638326678189187822016-09-17T08:28:57.299-04:002016-09-17T08:28:57.299-04:00Oh, DA...you're a dude who's been limping ...<br />Oh, DA...you're a dude who's been limping along with virtually no bullshit detector at all...so...pot, kettle, all that sort of thing... Though, in your case, I *don't* wonder why...I think you and I both know that *your* bullshit detector is liberal-issue and only works in one direction...<br /><br /><br />As for your third paragraph, I was presupposing that there had been no Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-64881837221269100222016-09-17T05:45:42.017-04:002016-09-17T05:45:42.017-04:00Oh, DA...you're a dude who's been limping ...Oh, DA...you're a dude who's been limping along with virtually no bullshit detector at all...so...pot, kettle, all that sort of thing... Though, in your case, I *don't* wonder why...I think you and I both know that *your* bullshit detector is liberal-issue and only works in one direction...<br /><br />Still, it's kinda good to know all that stuff. I don't trust the NC GOP anyWinston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-48939609058772079202016-09-17T01:26:12.582-04:002016-09-17T01:26:12.582-04:00Well, Winston, this is easily falsifiable. Were t...Well, Winston, this is easily falsifiable. Were there any cases of trans men bothering women and/or girls in a woman's bathroom before the bill was passed? <br /><br />Now, I may be wrong and proven foolish by the facts, but, based on my admittedly imperfect understanding of human behavior and psychology, the answer to the questions is probably no.<br /><br />Also, you have do wonder why Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-42853651985315240012016-09-16T11:12:54.578-04:002016-09-16T11:12:54.578-04:00> You forget the case of Kim Davis, Winston. Sh...> You forget the case of Kim Davis, Winston. She used her Christian faith as an excuse for not doing her stated job duties as the County Clerk in Kentucky.<br /><br />Wait...I'm missing the analogy...what am I not seeing? If anything, doesn't that support what I said? That conservatives couldn't get away with something like that?<br /><br />Davis, though, was a public official, so Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-41510158208656327132016-09-16T10:28:45.159-04:002016-09-16T10:28:45.159-04:00You forget the case of Kim Davis, Winston. She us...You forget the case of Kim Davis, Winston. She used her Christian faith as an excuse for not doing her stated job duties as the County Clerk in Kentucky. <br /><br />The restroom bill rests on a false basis, that somehow letting transgendered people use restrooms will lead to transmen using woman's restrooms and therefore somehow endangering little girls who use the same facilities. That Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-27606359345730672492016-09-16T08:11:55.099-04:002016-09-16T08:11:55.099-04:00> Really? What if some of the players refuse to...> Really? What if some of the players refuse to play in NC?<br /><br />*What if?* is kind of grasping at straws, don't you think? <br /><br />Still, I *had* forgotten about all the other shit in that bill. I agree that it's a crap bill overall, and am not defending the anti-minimum-wage stuff.<br /><br />I'm not even sure that the restroom stuff is right. <br /><br />I just don'Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-38390115860872737562016-09-16T03:51:34.603-04:002016-09-16T03:51:34.603-04:00First, I'm pretty damn sure that the NCAA woul...First, I'm pretty damn sure that the NCAA would not lose any money by holding games in NC.<br /><br /><br />Really? What if some of the players refuse to play in NC?<br /><br /><br />Also, the law in question overrides not just bathroom laws, but local minimum wage laws as well.<br /><br />The National Basketball Association has moved its 2017 All-Star game and associated festivities from Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-18274473614191795342016-09-15T21:01:34.730-04:002016-09-15T21:01:34.730-04:00I'm inclined to agree, and I almost put in an ...I'm inclined to agree, and I almost put in an aside about that. But I'm not sure it's that simple. First, I'm pretty damn sure that the NCAA would not lose any money by holding games in NC, so I'm pretty sure that there was something else at work there. And that's the really troublesome/sinister possibility. If it *were* financial, I'd be way less concerned.<br /><br /Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-9054130582653592612016-09-15T20:51:07.973-04:002016-09-15T20:51:07.973-04:00Winston, it's the free market at work. N.C. i...Winston, it's the free market at work. N.C. is perfectly free to make what laws they choose to pass and sign into law, and the NCAA, a private organization is free to make what decisions they think will increase their bottom line.<br /><br />There have been no reports that this law was passed in response to a problem, it was an ideological anodyne,at best, or a form of grandstanding at wor<Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.com