I dont want to live in this reality any more.

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[–] 24 points 5 months ago (6 children)

If they're a myth, why make a law against a supposed myth? Oh, it's a talking point of you wanting to make them a myth. Republicans are a myth.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    I appreciate the sarcasm, but their actual "thought process" (yes, that belongs in quotes) goes something like this:

    • Real trans people don't exist.
    • Therefore, anyone claiming to be trans is either in need of mental healthcare to "fix" them, or else they are lying.
    • If they are lying, then their attempt to use an opposite gender bathroom means they must be doing so for reasons that put other people in danger.
    • In order to "protect" people from the lying liars, we need to make it illegal for someone to be in the "wrong" restroom.
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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    To put it simply, because they don't think trans people exist, a person using the wrong gendered bathroom is there to sexually assault people.

    Because signs apparently stop rapists.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Which is weird, because people like them are statistically far more likely to commit sexual assault than trans people or drag Queens.

    I guess it's yet another example of right wing projection.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Exactly. And as we've already seen in some places, a passing trans person trying to use the "correct" bathroom according to law is more likely to get harassed or even assaulted as a result. These laws don't fix an actual problem, they just create an environment where innocent people will be punished for the crime of existing in a public space.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Well, that's the explanation they give publicly. In reality, they just want to hurt and oppress people.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Some do, probably, yes. Some actually believe in this chain of "logic". Those people really do believe that trans people are a threat to the safety of others. Odds are good those people have never talked to, or possibly even met, a trans person.

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