# Hari Seldon's warning in the Biden XO transgender sports thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 21, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134 "2021-01-21T20:31:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/143 "2021-01-24T08:22:36Z")
4? Which 4th poster were you thinking about? ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/144 "2021-01-24T08:23:02Z")
@YWTF and @monstro didn’t leave just because of the topic ban, but because of the new anti-science, anti-reason attitude, where protecting feelings is more important than knowing the truth. It’s not exactly the moderators’ fault, since this is just reflecting a change in wider society where conspiracy theories, witch hunts and deliberate obfuscation have broken our shared agreement on the facts. I hope this will reverse soon before even more damage is done. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/145 "2021-01-24T08:41:54Z")
> [@chela](#): > > and then what? you tattled to the life guards and they said so what, you’re in the pool it’s raining on your head and you got wet? so not following your logic here. It’s simple. By pretending that speech you don’t like is equivalent to assault, you can pass your favoured policies without requiring such niceties as debate or evidence, and those adversly affected are unable to speak up about it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/146 "2021-01-24T10:14:27Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > @YWTF and @monstro didn’t leave just because of the topic ban, but because of the new anti-science, anti-reason attitude, where protecting feelings is more important than knowing the truth More accurately, the scientific consensus falls somewhere that doesn’t match THEIR feelings, and they just couldn’t handle it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/147 "2021-01-24T11:00:13Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > @YWTF and @monstro didn’t leave just because of the topic ban, but because of the new anti-science, anti-reason attitude, where protecting feelings is more important than knowing the truth. Naah, more like one of them was just butt-hurt that their preemptive misandrist defence for acting like a jerk didn’t work. There’s nothing _science_- or _reason_-based in declaring that the men who oppose you are domestic abusers. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/148 "2021-01-24T11:01:52Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > By pretending that speech you don’t like is equivalent to assault That’s rich irony, given it’s **YWTF** you’re defending. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/149 "2021-01-24T11:18:10Z")
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/150 "2021-01-24T11:19:07Z")
Emotions seem to be running a bit high, so let’s give this thread some time to cool down. Thread closed until tomorrow (Monday). ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/151 "2021-01-27T00:11:05Z")
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