Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2084439)

I mean, if I'm going to pick a sports company as my hill to die on, I would just - stop buying from that company. Maybe use a magic marker to blacken the swoosh on my sneakers or whatever.

But throwing away perfectly good clothing/gear is basically cutting off your nose to spite your face. You already paid for it. You can't undo that.

I don't wear Nike or Adidas stuff because I'm not into sports-branded clothing. But I really don't give a flying furt if their advertisements have men, women, transgender, black, white, disabled, poor, wealthy, Muslim, Baptist, or whatever else. They want everyone to buy their stuff. And so, they're marketing to everyone.

Unless you feel that transgender people shouldn't be allowed to buy Nike and Adidas clothing? Because if that's the case, it sounds more like a "you" problem.

Originally Posted by Tuly914 (Post 2084525)

Your words, Free Country! So let people do as they please! It's a free country after all right? LOL

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 2084530)

Nah, it really becomes “it’s” problem when a man, who now thinks he should be sporting boobs and a vagina, goes into the bathroom with my granddaughter; it won’t be pretty.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2084471)

All you experts in a man is a man and a woman is a woman... What is a person with XXY chromosomes? What is a person with XO? What is a person with XYY? What is a person with ovotestes? What is a person who has cliteromegaly that mimics in all respects a small phallus? What is a person whose brain tells them beyond any shadow of a doubt they are a woman? You experts are so certain in your ignorance and intolerance. The genders are not as simple as you wish or your church may have taught you. It is very complex and the exceptions to your wrongheaded wisdom prove the fallacy of your beliefs.

Of course you would support forcing teachers not to teach the truth about gender identity because telling children the truth would threaten your so tightly held beliefs. There is every color of the rainbow in human expression and experience of sexuality and gender.

And any corporation that understands how the emerging picture of the complexity of gender must be boycotted. Cancel culture I believe is the term the thought police use on TV

Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 2084349)

Well first it was Nike. Threw away or gave to charity all all my Nike stuff including a golf bag and would never buy anything with a swoosh on it again. Now Adidas is running a commercial pushing transgender women in sports.
Pretty soon I will be barefoot

Originally Posted by Proveone (Post 2084552)

Everyone can't and should look and think like you!

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 2084392)

As will Mrs. KC and I. Tired of the Woke companies that push that.

Originally Posted by Love2Swim (Post 2084370)

And we care about this why?

Originally Posted by Windguy (Post 2084550)

Ah, yes, The Villages: Florida’s Most Tolerant Home Town.

So much hate…

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2084560)

Why is a disagreement over a fundamental fact that biological males and females are different make us haters?

Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 2084349)

Well first it was Nike. Threw away or gave to charity all all my Nike stuff including a golf bag and would never buy anything with a swoosh on it again. Now Adidas is running a commercial pushing transgender women in sports.
Pretty soon I will be barefoot

Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 2084387)

That is sage advice but I will buy what I choose to at least while we are still a free country

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2084430)

Haven't seen it, not looking forward to it.

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 2084530)

Nah, it really becomes “it’s” problem when a man, who now thinks he should be sporting boobs and a vagina, goes into the bathroom with my granddaughter; it won’t be pretty.

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2084430)

Haven't seen it, not looking forward to it.

Originally Posted by KYtoTV2021 (Post 2084569)

Your money is "support". If you give money to support Adidas, you support transgender competition. I really iS that simple. A free county? Of course. But do you really want men competing as women?

Originally Posted by BlackhawksFan (Post 2084574)

I wish more of the bigots had profile photos like you. At least I know one person to avoid when I see them. For the others I'll just look for the knives and pitchforks.

Originally Posted by KYtoTV2021 (Post 2084569)

Your money is "support". If you give money to support Adidas, you support transgender competition. I really iS that simple. A free county? Of course. But do you really want men competing as women?

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2084439)

I mean, if I'm going to pick a sports company as my hill to die on, I would just - stop buying from that company. Maybe use a magic marker to blacken the swoosh on my sneakers or whatever.

But throwing away perfectly good clothing/gear is basically cutting off your nose to spite your face. You already paid for it. You can't undo that.

I don't wear Nike or Adidas stuff because I'm not into sports-branded clothing. But I really don't give a flying furt if their advertisements have men, women, transgender, black, white, disabled, poor, wealthy, Muslim, Baptist, or whatever else. They want everyone to buy their stuff. And so, they're marketing to everyone.

Unless you feel that transgender people shouldn't be allowed to buy Nike and Adidas clothing? Because if that's the case, it sounds more like a "you" problem.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2084444)

I don't think men playing mens' sports should be allowed to earn more than women in womens' sports. I don't think a man OR a woman should earn more in a professional sport than a teacher, or a nurse, or a truck driver. It won't stop me from buying whatever the heck I want to buy.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2084454)

Dam, I hope Crocs doesn’t do something to cause me to have to boycott them. If that happened, all I’d have left to wear would be my sketchers golf shoes : (

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2084457)

Whatever happened to U. S. KEDS?

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2084577)

WOW! Nice illogical jump you made there...


P.S. Where's your profile pic?

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2084460)

Have you tried that yourself? It's easy to be condescending, it's harder to be exact.

Here is an article from USA Today and another from WaPo on the subject.

Originally Posted by MartinSE (Post 2084463)

Thank you for your post, I am biting my tongue here. It is not condescending, it is hate.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2084565)

. Regrettably (though not unexpectedly) some of the discussion is most definitely intolerant and hateful.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2084471)

All you experts in a man is a man and a woman is a woman... What is a person with XXY chromosomes? What is a person with XO? What is a person with XYY? What is a person with ovotestes? What is a person who has cliteromegaly that mimics in all respects a small phallus? What is a person whose brain tells them beyond any shadow of a doubt they are a woman? You experts are so certain in your ignorance and intolerance. The genders are not as simple as you wish or your church may have taught you. It is very complex and the exceptions to your wrongheaded wisdom prove the fallacy of your beliefs.

Of course you would support forcing teachers not to teach the truth about gender identity because telling children the truth would threaten your so tightly held beliefs. There is every color of the rainbow in human expression and experience of sexuality and gender.

And any corporation that understands how the emerging picture of the complexity of gender must be boycotted. Cancel culture I believe is the term the thought police use on TV

Originally Posted by villageuser (Post 2084481)

Targeting the companies that sell the items is not the solution. Targeting the organizations allow /transgender individuals to compete against non-transgender athletes would be more effective. As a woman, I personally think there should be its own transgender category.

Originally Posted by MidWestIA (Post 2084487)

They want to let trans guys compete with girls ok let girls use steroids - it's the same thing

Originally Posted by rjgnj321 (Post 2084507)

What a Perfect Statement to make on the day Christians around the world celebrate the Resurrection of a Man who Accepted all those who were different, poor, old, sick, whores, uneducated, homeless, hungry etc……..

Originally Posted by Windguy (Post 2084550)

Ah, yes, The Villages: Florida’s Most Tolerant Home Town.

So much hate…

Originally Posted by Kgcetm (Post 2084555)

Does Converse still make high tops?

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2084560)

Why is a disagreement over a fundamental fact that biological males and females are different make us haters?

Originally Posted by BlackhawksFan (Post 2084567)

So you're fearful of transgender people. What did they ever do to you?

May you be blessed with a transgender grandchild.