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Rhand Holm's avatar

My daughter once received a participation plaque. It was more meaningful than any other trophy or medal she won. She's a runner; cross country and track. Her junior year of HS, her cross country team won the state championship and went on to take the New England championship. They went on to place second in the Northeast. That qualified them to run in the Nike Nationals race in Oregon. The team and my daughter placed in the middle of the pack. Doesn't seem like much of a showing until you realize there are about 180,000 female high school cross country runners in the US and they were in the top 200. So that participation plaque meant more to her than all the races she won. Participation, running with the best, just being there, shared experience, achievement, and recognition. So fuck Pirro. and her small minded bullshit.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

This country is littered with participation trophies for people who still haven’t gotten over losing the civil war 160 years later.

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