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Still squeaking? Seriously, you're not fooling anyone. It's okay to admit when you're wrong and move on with life. You made pointless contributions and got called out. That isn't the end of the world. I don't understand the senseless defensiveness that nobody is buying. It's not just me that recognizes the nonsense, look at the votes. Unless your next comment has any sort of point to it, this is the end of it from me. Thanks for wasting everyone's time I guess.

You never engaged in discussion to begin with, you were only defensive.

Its very confusibg that you go after the dnc

It's really not. They're one of the two parties in the two party system that our government is rigged to prop up.

But, that is what is happening. The DNC seems to be learning the wrong lessons from their loss. I have no reason to believe they will do better in the future until they realize they are out of touch and need to stop blaming the voters.

Lol, you're trying every deflection you can. Such a squeaky door. I'm still waiting for the point of it all.

That's fair.

You're still squeaking.

hours before you joined this post

You were literally replying to a comment that was replying to me. Therefore I was already in that conversation even before you joined...

I never asked you?

That was the point. Instead of just letting your assumption stand (I made the assumption you were actually trying to have a conversation not just attack a strawman) I offered my actual opinion.

Why are you so defensive? Have a conversation or don't. What you're doing now is pointless.

Nope, I think pointlessly attacking a strawman is pointless. I think making a point and immediately back peddling is pointless. I think refusing to engage in an actual conversation and only being defensive is pointless. I'm still waiting for you to actually even make a point. Why even use social media to not be social? What did you attempt to accomplish? As my logic professor would say, you're just making noise, just squeaking like a door.

The thing with Trump is, he doesn't care. He will do whatever he can until he's told he can't. So, until this gets challenged and makes its way through the courts, he will do it. So much of our system is built on "norms" that he can get away with doing things that seem like they shouldn't be allowed. Until democrats start doing the same, they'll keep losing for failing to do what the people want.

Okay, so it was a strawman and completely pointless. That tracks. Why did you even bother commenting if you weren't going to add anything of substance and refuse to have a conversation? What a waste.

Fair enough I suppose.

I don't think you're dealing with a full deck of cards.

Eww, the projection...

Correct, that is what I asked. I never said it wasn't... You made a comment that seemed to imply women weren't brave enough. Which is obviously a ridiculous statement. So I asked if that's what you meant. You then said it wasn't. So, then what was or even is your point?

I said hours ago as if it were about you

Okay then. Who was it about? When you replied to the person that was replying to me and you said "people like this", who was the person like that? I think any reasonable person would infer you meant the person that the commenter you were replying to was replying to. So, if not, then who?

You seem way more concerned with being defensive you keep undercutting your own statements. I don't know what point you're trying to make. I'm still waiting for you to clarify that. Until you can, this is pointless.

Okay, you're back peddling again. If you weren't referring to the current conversation, what was the point of commenting at all?

I didn't ask if you thought they were cowards. I asked if you think the only reason aren't in major leagues is because they aren't brave enough. That's the implication you made by bringing up Jackie Robinson on the context you did and adding that he was exceptionally brave.

Did you just not bother reading anything I wrote before responding?

Are you reading what you're writing? What is the point of anything you're writing? What message are you trying to convey?

And unlike a cat you apparently have no night vision at all along with your dirty toilet?

I have asked people like this multiple times

Very clearly referring to me as the person... I guess you wanted to keep it a strawman instead of actually asking what I thought.

I mean, you could ask me instead of assume. I would respond I have no idea about that specifically because I don't like basketball and don't pay attention to it at all. However, I do watch the NHL and the PWHL. Do I think the worst NHL player is better than the best PWHL player? Yes. I don't even think the PWHL is at the AHL level of play. Just watching the speed of the plays, the structure of the plays, they're not close. The PWHL play is more like men's collegiate play. So, if you're asking me if I would rather draft someone at that play level that is in their prime playing at their peak, or someone that is playing at that level who is a young player with room to grow, it's an obvious choice.

Here's the other part of that. The PWHL is an incredibly young league only 2 years old and with only 6 teams. It takes time, generations even, to develop the interest and the infrastructure to support young women/girls in hockey (or anything). You don't wave a magic wand and suddenly have a vast pool of women that can play at that level. Do I think that league will mature and get younger women interested in playing more and fostering even better future talent? I really hope so, I would love to see it. At that point, will my answer change? It's very possible. Circling back to your WNBA question. The WNBA is a much more mature league, 28 years old with 15 teams. We're probably just now seeing the true "fruits of the labor" of that league. I'm just entirely unqualified to make that kind of judgment because I have zero interest in that sport. But even I know of Caitlin Clark, and that speaks volumes.

I didn't make any such claim. You did. Now you're back peddling, so I guess there wasn't any point to your previous comment?