Where Are the Adults?

Author of "The Economics of Adaptation and Long-term Relationships." "The Free-Range Economist" on Substack. No oversold nonsense.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@CaffMomREDACTED It is.

Among other things, Obama was the "constitutional scholar" who yet managed to publish as many scholarly articles on constitutional law as everyone born tomorrow.

An empty bag of hot air.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@CaffMomREDACTED Nice photo.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

ADFL has filed its complaint. We will see where legal process goes, but one can imagine a judge having a hard time with this matter. Among other things, a lot of things go into "Assault." I imagine intent would have something to do with it, but our friends at ADFL would hopefully have some things to say about that.

Meanwhile, one can ask if this matter is the best one ADFL could come up with for pursuing the larger objective: getting men out of women's sports.

I say this as: a contributor of many years to ADFL and as an occasional contributor to XX-XY sports. (!) I even have XX-XY socks.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@theblaze Please do a better job than either Haiti (after it secured independence) or Liberia.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@ElJefeTwoloom @BrandiKruse @ADFLegal https://t.co/WzkQ1hoWxR

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@IamTheBugMan @CurtA01981 @BrandiKruse @ADFLegal https://t.co/WzkQ1hoWxR

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

My guess is that ADFL is mostly looking for a case to set up the proposition that males--whether "trans" or not--should at least be identified in women's competition.

But, an observer (like a judge) might like to evidence of harm. (Declaring that a murder has occurred is one thing. Having a dead body to point to makes for a stronger case.) Hence the story about penetration.

The sequence of posts we've been treated to is to inspire outrage and not so much to illuminate strategic intent. Meanwhile, many of the non-wrestlers act surprised that a lot of rough, and often incidental, contact may occur through the course of match involving contact sport. I am not sure if a judge would be into the story--which is what?--that the offending wrestler intended to violate the other?

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@naturelovernow @Freedom_rider22 @BrandiKruse @ADFLegal Indeed. Men masquerading as women and then demanding access to women's sports and women's spaces is grotesque.

The authorities then granting them access is an abomination.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@CurtA01981 @BrandiKruse @ADFLegal A decade is ten items.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@babybeginner Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" makes contact with this group policing phenomenon.

[Office of Congressman Abe Hamadeh @RepAbeHamadeh]

Just a friendly suggestion for @SenateGOP:

Have they considered passing legislation supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans?

You know… like the SAVE America Act?

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@ImtiazMadmood A Korean maxim does come to mind: "Short pepper is hottest."

[Dan Burmawi @DanBurmawy]

Israel is the test case.

Strip away its history, rewrite the story, manufacture a cause, and suddenly terrorism is “resistance” and self-defense is “aggression.”

The same formula will be applied to Britain and to Western Europe.

The same voices that delegitimize Israel’s right to defend itself will one day delegitimize your right to defend your own people.

Erase the facts, invent a victimhood narrative, and brand the natives as oppressors.

That is the script. Today it’s Israel. Tomorrow it’s you.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

In the United States, this kind of thing started in the late 1980's. After the Detroit Pistons won the NBA championship in 1989, fans made a big mess in the streets of Detroit. The country was shocked.

The scale of the events in Detroit were very small compared to what goes on now in Paris. But, since 1989, city officials in any big city in the United States have come to expect demands for heavy policing after any great loss or victory in a sporting championship.

Meanwhile, Paris has long become inured to a few thousand torchings of vehicles _every year_. It's just how they do business. But the recent activity amounts to quite an escalation.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@RyanWeather The difference between Minnesota and Wisconsin looks like the difference between Haiti and the Dominican Republic or North and South Korea.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@RealJamesWoods I did not vote for this. But, that said, the Republicans in Virginia have reliably put on lame campaigns.

They've campaigned on vibes, not issues, one election after another.

And, here we are.

[Where Are the Adults? @dv_williamson]

@ImtiazMadmood @Robbie_Reasons Who's the Devil in a Blue Dress?

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@HeidiBachram Best laugh of the evening.

[Ian Miller @ianmSC]

There are no health benefits to masking to stop respiratory viruses because masks don’t stop respiratory viruses

Nearly 70% of South Korea tested positive for Covid, one of the highest rates on earth, with universal masking and it’s still not enough for them to give up