Brickbat: Red Card Penalty

A federal judge in New Hampshire ruled against a group of parents who wanted to wear pink wristbands with "XX" (symbolizing female chromosomes) at Bow High School soccer games to protest a transgender girl playing on an opposing girls' team, denying their request to override the school district's ban on such displays. The parents sued after receiving no-trespass orders for wearing the armbands at a September 2024 game. They claimed the order violated their First Amendment rights and the wristbands were a "passive statement" supporting women's sports. But U.S. District Judge Steven McAuliffe sided with the school, saying the wristbands could be seen as harassment targeting the transgender student, as they were only worn at the game in which she was playing. The ruling allows parents to attend games but bans the wristbands.

Comments

[Adans smith]

Delusions must be maintained at all costs.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I would assume rainbow wristbands are kosher, though.

[Vernon Depner]

Yes, of course they are harassment targeting the boy on the girls' team, which is exactly why they SHOULD be allowed. The boy needs to be told by the community to get the fuck off the girls' team.

[Roberta]

Really no solution to problems like this short of abolishing government schools. Whatever expression is allowed at school events is justifiedly seen as its endorsement.

[Mickey Rat]

An actual threat to free speech.

[Speaking for normal people]

I am not Libertarian but this rulling is totally wrong by all Libertarians standards.
1) Must we now say that it is not what you did (wearing a wristband ) but the thought that is criminal ??? I might disagree with their verdict on trans people but show sympapthy for them by wearing a wristband also. And that would be illegal !!!
2) Is every trans person normal and accepted simply because they are trans "Several lines of evidence indicate the prevalence of mental health disorders in Transgender (TG) individuals is higher than that of cisgender individuals or the general population. "
Int Rev Psychiatry
. 2022 May-Jun;34(3-4):292-359. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2022.2093629. Epub 2022 Jul 27.
Mental health in transgender individuals: a systematic review

3) The people that rule on this and enforce it and comment on it, do not have daughters actually affected. It is pure despicable hypocrisy. Reminds me of REason's running from the ACLU story

ACLU Leader Resigns in Protest After Transwomen Scare Her Daughters in Restroom
https://lawandcrime.com/important/aclu-leader-resigns-in-protest-after-daughters-scared-by-transwomen-in-restroom/

This kind of reporting is bring REASON down !!!

[Longtobefree]

Have you no editors?
"as they were only worn at the game in which she was playing."

should be

as they were only worn at the game in which he was playing.

[MollyGodiva]

The school is correct that this is targeted harassment of a student. The school is wrong to ban the arm bands.

[Idaho-Bob]

Explain how wearing wristbands is targeted harassment?

Explain how a dude in the girls' locker room isn't sexual harassment?

[Get To Da Chippah]

It's targeted at a policy of which a particular student takes advantage. What would be the point of wearing these wristbands at events in which there are no transgender players?