A wise legislature
We must not keep males out of women’s sports unless a male actually smashes a girl to the ground leaving her concussed.
“A wise legislature does not go out looking for social issues to tap,” said [North Carolina] Republican House leader Tim Moore when he declined to put the Save Women’s Sports Act up for a vote last year. Moore said the House would not consider legislation prohibiting biological males from competing against girls in school sports without examples.
Now the House has its example (but it said examples – how many does it need?).
During a girls’ tournament last month, a Highlands High volleyball player pelted a Hiwassee Dam High player in the forehead with the ball during a return.
I think “bashed” is the word rather than “pelted.”
The Hiwassee Dam player, a biological girl, suffered severe head and neck injuries, resulting in long-term concussion symptoms, including vision problems. The girl has still not yet been cleared to play again by her primary care physician or a neurologist.
Never mind. The validation of the boy is more important than the health of the girl.
“But girls injure other girls in sports all the time! You’re just singling out girls whom nature blessed with extra talent and ability.”
One might suggest that the “we need examples first” justification results from having political opponents so often criticize drafting laws without “examples”. I know I’ve read and heard that complaint levied numerous times over the years against conservative legislators. I’m sure it’s been said of Democrats, but my memory is bad late at night.
US Congresscritters are complete amateurs – Sir Humphrey could still stonewall Jim Hacker when the latter claimed “another 700 isolated examples”.