Anonymous wrote:Woodley Suspension
I am Luis Fernandez - currently suspended member of Woodley pool and subject of Virginia Dad Suspended From Pool After Calling Out Boy In Girls’ Races
I am posting these pages to try to encourage more of you to write to your pools and the NVSL board asking both to clarify the rules such that future NVSL events only include boys (males) swimming against boys in boys' events and girls (females) swimming against girls in girls' events.
The NVSL Board of Directors emails can be found here: https://www.mynvsl.com/contacts
I noticed that many of the posts in this DCUrbanMom.com forum thread were well considered, and for that reason I hope to engage with you all to push for fair competition in NVSL. I hope that many of you will write letters to your Community Pool Boards and NVSL to advocate for the clarification and enforcement of the rules concerning sex differentiated swim events.
I have nothing to hide about the whole affair and am willing to share basically everything. So if I get some good questions, I will try to engage. If the conversation degenerates, then I guess I'll ignore the thread.
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Luis’ Account
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Woodley Suspension
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That article makes me so angry. I realize it's not a novel concept that the media manipulates and spins information to support a narrative but sheesh. This makes it sound like a meet marshal is empowered to enforce the rules. That's like saying an usher at a baseball game can call balls and strikes.
Also still waiting for the OP to acknowledge the fact that the child in question was, in fact, a female. Not that it matters. His behavior was reprehensible regardless. But his lack of response to that fact further demonstrates that this was a stunt to take a stand on an issue. At the expense of a child and a community organization.
I keep thinking about the fact that this was a 7 year-old girl. 7 year-olds still sleep with stuffed animals. I cannot imagine the psychic harm of knowing that this adult man decided she was insufficiently feminine, and seeing her accomplishment crossed out in a public space.
That poor baby.
i think the parent of the girl should sue Luis for damages he caused.
Agree. He’s insufferable by posting this in multiple places and creating websites to shame a child.
I remain naively hopeful the family (and child especially) remains unaware of this media campaign.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That article makes me so angry. I realize it's not a novel concept that the media manipulates and spins information to support a narrative but sheesh. This makes it sound like a meet marshal is empowered to enforce the rules. That's like saying an usher at a baseball game can call balls and strikes.
Also still waiting for the OP to acknowledge the fact that the child in question was, in fact, a female. Not that it matters. His behavior was reprehensible regardless. But his lack of response to that fact further demonstrates that this was a stunt to take a stand on an issue. At the expense of a child and a community organization.
I keep thinking about the fact that this was a 7 year-old girl. 7 year-olds still sleep with stuffed animals. I cannot imagine the psychic harm of knowing that this adult man decided she was insufficiently feminine, and seeing her accomplishment crossed out in a public space.
That poor baby.
i think the parent of the girl should sue Luis for damages he caused.
Agree. He’s insufferable by posting this in multiple places and creating websites to shame a child.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That article makes me so angry. I realize it's not a novel concept that the media manipulates and spins information to support a narrative but sheesh. This makes it sound like a meet marshal is empowered to enforce the rules. That's like saying an usher at a baseball game can call balls and strikes.
Also still waiting for the OP to acknowledge the fact that the child in question was, in fact, a female. Not that it matters. His behavior was reprehensible regardless. But his lack of response to that fact further demonstrates that this was a stunt to take a stand on an issue. At the expense of a child and a community organization.
I keep thinking about the fact that this was a 7 year-old girl. 7 year-olds still sleep with stuffed animals. I cannot imagine the psychic harm of knowing that this adult man decided she was insufficiently feminine, and seeing her accomplishment crossed out in a public space.
That poor baby.
Anonymous wrote:What is a marshal's job at a swim meet? Luis admits to reading while he's supposed to be working.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That article makes me so angry. I realize it's not a novel concept that the media manipulates and spins information to support a narrative but sheesh. This makes it sound like a meet marshal is empowered to enforce the rules. That's like saying an usher at a baseball game can call balls and strikes.
Also still waiting for the OP to acknowledge the fact that the child in question was, in fact, a female. Not that it matters. His behavior was reprehensible regardless. But his lack of response to that fact further demonstrates that this was a stunt to take a stand on an issue. At the expense of a child and a community organization.
I keep thinking about the fact that this was a 7 year-old girl. 7 year-olds still sleep with stuffed animals. I cannot imagine the psychic harm of knowing that this adult man decided she was insufficiently feminine, and seeing her accomplishment crossed out in a public space.
That poor baby.
i think the parent of the girl should sue Luis for damages he caused.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That article makes me so angry. I realize it's not a novel concept that the media manipulates and spins information to support a narrative but sheesh. This makes it sound like a meet marshal is empowered to enforce the rules. That's like saying an usher at a baseball game can call balls and strikes.
Also still waiting for the OP to acknowledge the fact that the child in question was, in fact, a female. Not that it matters. His behavior was reprehensible regardless. But his lack of response to that fact further demonstrates that this was a stunt to take a stand on an issue. At the expense of a child and a community organization.
I keep thinking about the fact that this was a 7 year-old girl. 7 year-olds still sleep with stuffed animals. I cannot imagine the psychic harm of knowing that this adult man decided she was insufficiently feminine, and seeing her accomplishment crossed out in a public space.
That poor baby.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That article makes me so angry. I realize it's not a novel concept that the media manipulates and spins information to support a narrative but sheesh. This makes it sound like a meet marshal is empowered to enforce the rules. That's like saying an usher at a baseball game can call balls and strikes.
Also still waiting for the OP to acknowledge the fact that the child in question was, in fact, a female. Not that it matters. His behavior was reprehensible regardless. But his lack of response to that fact further demonstrates that this was a stunt to take a stand on an issue. At the expense of a child and a community organization.
I keep thinking about the fact that this was a 7 year-old girl. 7 year-olds still sleep with stuffed animals. I cannot imagine the psychic harm of knowing that this adult man decided she was insufficiently feminine, and seeing her accomplishment crossed out in a public space.
That poor baby.
Anonymous wrote:That article makes me so angry. I realize it's not a novel concept that the media manipulates and spins information to support a narrative but sheesh. This makes it sound like a meet marshal is empowered to enforce the rules. That's like saying an usher at a baseball game can call balls and strikes.
Also still waiting for the OP to acknowledge the fact that the child in question was, in fact, a female. Not that it matters. His behavior was reprehensible regardless. But his lack of response to that fact further demonstrates that this was a stunt to take a stand on an issue. At the expense of a child and a community organization.