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Anonymous wrote:I assume the “marching band is a sport” people are just being facetious. Although I suppose it tracks with our current climate of “words mean whatever the speaker says they mean”…

No, I meant what I wrote. It is a VARSITY sport.

It is also extremely athletic and requires tremendous discipline.

I am a band parent; I know these things for a fact.

What schools consider it a varsity sport? That’s hilarious! If it is it would be either to 1) fulfill Title IX requirements or 2) to allow unathletic kids and their parents to essentially lie on the college applications and say they played a varsity sport

Wrong.

Marching Band earns a varsity letter in county schools. Everyone knows that.

Plus: it’s a sport everywhere, not just FCPS

https://www.campustimes.org/2019/09/22/marching-band-is-too-a-sport/

Please cite your sources. It is NOT a sport anywhere, and it’s not considered a sport everywhere. Schools handing out varsity letters for this the athletic equivalent of grade inflation.

Just give it up and admit that your little snowflake has no athletic ability whatsoever.

I have no dog in this fight, have never had any sort of even tangential association with marching bad culture, etc.

But I will say that for someone to be so virulently anti-Marching Bad is very, very odd. You seem insistent on denigrating the endeavour, for no apparent reason. You also seem extremely unpleasant and, conjecture but likely 100 percent correct, incredibly unhappy. Be better.

WTH? I am “not anti marching band”, you tool. I was in marching band in high school for four years.

But it’s not a sport. Jesus Christ.

Marching band can be considered a sport because it involves significant physical exertion, requires a high level of skill and coordination, and features competitive elements where teams compete against each other in competitions, with clear judging criteria to determine a winner, even though the focus is on performance rather than directly opposing another team in a traditional sporting manner.

Key points supporting marching band as a sport:

Physical demands:
Carrying heavy instruments for extended periods, marching in precise formations, and performing complex movements all require considerable physical endurance and agility.
Technical skill:
Mastering musical techniques while marching in sync with the group demands a high level of coordination, timing, and musical ability.
Competitive nature:
Marching bands participate in competitions with set rules and scoring systems where judges evaluate their performance against other bands, determining a clear winner.
Training regimen:
Similar to other sports, marching band members undergo rigorous practice schedules to improve their physical fitness and performance skills.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume the “marching band is a sport” people are just being facetious. Although I suppose it tracks with our current climate of “words mean whatever the speaker says they mean”…

No, I meant what I wrote. It is a VARSITY sport.

It is also extremely athletic and requires tremendous discipline.

I am a band parent; I know these things for a fact.

What schools consider it a varsity sport? That’s hilarious! If it is it would be either to 1) fulfill Title IX requirements or 2) to allow unathletic kids and their parents to essentially lie on the college applications and say they played a varsity sport

Wrong.

Marching Band earns a varsity letter in county schools. Everyone knows that.

Plus: it’s a sport everywhere, not just FCPS

https://www.campustimes.org/2019/09/22/marching-band-is-too-a-sport/

Please cite your sources. It is NOT a sport anywhere, and it’s not considered a sport everywhere. Schools handing out varsity letters for this the athletic equivalent of grade inflation.

Just give it up and admit that your little snowflake has no athletic ability whatsoever.

I have no dog in this fight, have never had any sort of even tangential association with marching bad culture, etc.

But I will say that for someone to be so virulently anti-Marching Bad is very, very odd. You seem insistent on denigrating the endeavour, for no apparent reason. You also seem extremely unpleasant and, conjecture but likely 100 percent correct, incredibly unhappy. Be better.

WTH? I am “not anti marching band”, you tool. I was in marching band in high school for four years.

But it’s not a sport. Jesus Christ.

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That's the "everyone wins, trophies for all" culture at work. In no universe is band a sport. An art, yes. Team, sure. More akin to drama and theater than football. Come on.

It starts with boys. It’s crucial we raise boys to not only respect women, but also for boys to be raised to be active feminists.

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Anonymous wrote:This entire thread and the term “toxic masculinity” and people who believe it’s just this rampant plague are why donald trump won. People are tired of hyperbole.

Honestly, I think when a party gets fixated on identity politics men naturally get left out. Opressed women - who’s to blame? Opressed lgbtq+ - who’s to blame? Opressed African Americans - who’s to blame? Toxic masculinity, mansplaining, manspreading, rather be in the woods with a bear - it just goes on endlessly.

Scroll through the list on the Democrats “Who we serve” page:

https://democrats.org/who-we-are/who-we-serve/

Notice anyone left out of the “inclusive” party?

As a never trumper I was pretty heart broken this week to see him get elected but I get why men wouldn’t vote for a party who takes away their voice even when their heart is in the right place.

I checked the link, and yeah, that is a really glaring omission, which sends a strong message.

The real culprits here are the progressives. They should be expelled from the party. Let them form their own party.

Wow, they have shut out men from the Democrat party. The link is amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:I seriously question the emotional/mental health of those that think toxic masculinity is a) a thing and b) somehow pervasive.

Same.

This is why the Dems are struggling this election year. There has been years of hatred towards men from the far left.

Or, conversely, was VP Harris’ loss the result of the toxic masculinity problem plaguing our nation?

You mean the “problem” of men simply existing?

LOL poor baby you feel unseen-hatred towards women never ends!

M’eh. You flatter yourself. Men don’t even notice you.

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Anonymous wrote:I seriously question the emotional/mental health of those that think toxic masculinity is a) a thing and b) somehow pervasive.

Same.

This is why the Dems are struggling this election year. There has been years of hatred towards men from the far left.

Or, conversely, was VP Harris’ loss the result of the toxic masculinity problem plaguing our nation?

You mean the “problem” of men simply existing?

LOL poor baby you feel unseen-hatred towards women never ends!

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Anonymous wrote:This entire thread and the term “toxic masculinity” and people who believe it’s just this rampant plague are why donald trump won. People are tired of hyperbole.

Honestly, I think when a party gets fixated on identity politics men naturally get left out. Opressed women - who’s to blame? Opressed lgbtq+ - who’s to blame? Opressed African Americans - who’s to blame? Toxic masculinity, mansplaining, manspreading, rather be in the woods with a bear - it just goes on endlessly.

Scroll through the list on the Democrats “Who we serve” page:

https://democrats.org/who-we-are/who-we-serve/

Notice anyone left out of the “inclusive” party?

As a never trumper I was pretty heart broken this week to see him get elected but I get why men wouldn’t vote for a party who takes away their voice even when their heart is in the right place.

I checked the link, and yeah, that is a really glaring omission, which sends a strong message.

The real culprits here are the progressives. They should be expelled from the party. Let them form their own party.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious. Men have slowly been emasculated yet they have toxic masculinity? lol

Men and women really aren't that different in the US.

Anyone who has lived in Latin America knows that men are men and women are women. Much better down there IMHO.

Aggressive Latino men are total creeps. Why on earth would anyone promote that? Mexico city actually has pink buses for Women only because the men are so aggressive. That sounds “better” to you?

Racist!

We can all agree t-rump’s election win will only increase the problem of toxic masculinity in the US.

But what about J.D. Vance?

Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious. Men have slowly been emasculated yet they have toxic masculinity? lol

Men and women really aren't that different in the US.

Anyone who has lived in Latin America knows that men are men and women are women. Much better down there IMHO.

Aggressive Latino men are total creeps. Why on earth would anyone promote that? Mexico city actually has pink buses for Women only because the men are so aggressive. That sounds “better” to you?

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Anonymous wrote:People, including men and other genders, who do not suffer from toxic masculinity, are the ones embracing Kamala/Walz. Watch this

Strongly reject the concept of toxic masculinity and think there absolutely has been an organized and coordinated effort to demonize men and masculinity.

That said, I am enthusiastically supporting Harris for president because Trump is a lying sack of shit that lives by no code and is the opposite of what a man should be. (Which, I realize is a toxic masculine position to take because blah blah there is no definition of what a man is blah blah)

I also see a coordinated effort to demonize men but I can also clearly see toxic masculinity. Both are happening at the same time. That’s why nobody can discuss this reasonably. People are arguing about their own experiences while denying others.

This all really boils down to these awful “boy moms.” It rests entirely on them.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume the “marching band is a sport” people are just being facetious. Although I suppose it tracks with our current climate of “words mean whatever the speaker says they mean”…

No, I meant what I wrote. It is a VARSITY sport.

It is also extremely athletic and requires tremendous discipline.

I am a band parent; I know these things for a fact.

Does the band have a trainer who wraps ankles & massages backs? Or even applies balm to chapped lips?

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Anonymous wrote:This entire thread and the term “toxic masculinity” and people who believe it’s just this rampant plague are why donald trump won. People are tired of hyperbole.

Honestly, I think when a party gets fixated on identity politics men naturally get left out. Opressed women - who’s to blame? Opressed lgbtq+ - who’s to blame? Opressed African Americans - who’s to blame? Toxic masculinity, mansplaining, manspreading, rather be in the woods with a bear - it just goes on endlessly.

Scroll through the list on the Democrats “Who we serve” page:

https://democrats.org/who-we-are/who-we-serve/

Notice anyone left out of the “inclusive” party?

As a never trumper I was pretty heart broken this week to see him get elected but I get why men wouldn’t vote for a party who takes away their voice even when their heart is in the right place.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:My sons have none of it. 19 & 16. They hate that culture.

They are student athletes that don’t party or act that way. They are very empathetic, sensitive.

But most male-only sports are inherently toxic.

Especially problematic are lacrosse, tackle-football, baseball, boxing, soccer, water polo, crew, basketball, crew, and hockey.

Lacrosse is one for sure.

Remember those three Duke lacrosse team players who raped that girl ?

Oh, you mean the one where they were falsely accused of rape by a stripper?

Talk about toxic femininity.

Yep, the case was 100% fabricated. Yet we wanted to believe so badly that those kids had done something bad because we wanted to push some narrative. You’d think we’d have learned something from that case but no. People still bring it up like those kids had actually done something.

dookie had to write some big checks to those kids. Big. Couldn’t happen to a worse group of chow head poseurs. Dook sucks.

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Anonymous wrote:I seriously question the emotional/mental health of those that think toxic masculinity is a) a thing and b) somehow pervasive.

Same.

This is why the Dems are struggling this election year. There has been years of hatred towards men from the far left.

Or, conversely, was VP Harris’ loss the result of the toxic masculinity problem plaguing our nation?

You mean the “problem” of men simply existing?