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  >Did *anything* I say have anything at all to do with academics? Yes. In America -- the country which the Democrats are a political faction of -- the only places where government has standing to regulate the specifics of sport as such are in those leagues attached to schools. Professional and recreational leagues are only governed by employment and public-access law. ~(You're free to, say, create a private club that allows only white men and play whatever games you want. You just wo...

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  Which studies? Done with what methodology? And what are the rebuttals against their claims? Did the study differentiate trans women who are not on HRT, newly on HRT, and on HRT past the several year adjustment period? Same question, for age at which HRT or puberty blockers began. And does the reported difference fall outside the expected range for feminine athletes? Did the study include a group of cis boys or cis men as contrast? Were trans boys and trans men also included to show the pr...

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  >A good example is trans rights in sports. It seems fairly obvious to me... While your larger point is worthwhile, this part is indistinguishable from the positions where it "seemed obvious" that africans not as smart as europeans, or that women were not as mature as men, or that the poor were less deserving of the rich. Trans women who go through HRT are essentially indisinqyusihable in ability from Cis women. There may be a reasonable bar in some sports for trans girls who are...

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  I think the terms most applicable to the situation you described are "bigotry" and "democracy" In your initial description, blue-haired Mike's misdeeds are considered by the town to be of less importance than Bob's bias against blue-haired people. No deception occurs -- the group is merely spending their time addressing an ongoing general ill rather than a completed special ill. This is *generally just fine.* Groups tend to rightly recognize that ongoing issues ar...