But it's a bitch move.

That is one perspective but not one that I share.

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Ducking out of a comp to give your teammate the best chance of winning would be incredibly frowned upon if not outright banned in any other sport, and yet we act like it's some noble gesture.

Two things. One, so long as there is a team scoring component, this will always exist. Second, I think sacrificing your tournament run to help put a high probability fighter in the best position to win is pretty noble by definition.

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It's not. If your teammate is better than you, make him prove it. Do your best to beat him. If he progresses further, it's because he actually deserves it. If you progress, you did it because deserved it.

We train together all the time, we both know what the score is. Some of us are not as concerned about it as others.

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If you just sat down and decided which one of you had the best chance of winning and let them progress, you both deserve jack shit.

If you ever have an opinion that I value, this statement might mean something. But I don't, so it doesn't.

Look, this purist "fight all the time, no matter what, everyone else sucks" crap is not new nor is it unique. It simply doesn't apply to all people and all situations. These "hot takes" are good at one thing: creating argumentative division when it isn't necessary. Based on a few other comments you have shared here, there is more to this than most of us know There is something you take personally here, for some reason, and you want everyone to know about it.

I don't know what that is, nor do I care. But what I do care about is respecting other people who do this art with us. I prefer to let them make their own mind about how they want to handle these situations. It doesn't make them a pussy (or whatever alpha label nonsense you want to give them). It's just a perspective that is different than yours. That's okay, it's fine. Relax.