Quote:I would get into how Native Americans treated these people as having special gifts and being "two-spirited," but I am positive I have wasted enough time on your nonsense.

 

Yes, when you intentionally discount other people's concerns and try to label them as fear mongers  or religious zealots then that's absolutely prejudiced.  As usual you have shown the fundamental inability to have a conversation.  Part of having a conversation is trying to understand and appreciate the position of the person that you're conversing with even if you may disagree with them.  I find it interesting that you want the entire world to try and have empathy with  subset of the population so rare that part of your position is that they will rarely interact with them while at the same time showing the inability to demonstrate empathy with the people you are talking with on a message board.  Talk about mixed messages.  

 

I cited a specific example that makes a lot of people across the political can religious spectrum uncomfortable or at least gives them pause: a trans woman who is anatomically male and is sexually attracted to women sharing the same restroom with natural born females.  

 

That's not some bigotted miscasting.  That's not some fairy tale about trans people hiding under a bed somewhere.  That is the reality of the cultural shift that you are cheer-leading.  

 

The whole concept of divided bathrooms was based on the idea that a woman who needs to use the restroom, or in some cases change clothes do make up etc. etc. would be able to do so with the basic knowledge that she wouldn't be oogled or accosted or made to feel uncomfortable by a guy standing next to her etc. etc. etc.  When you introduce the possibility of trans women who are still anatomically male and attracted to women into the equation then that changes the fiber of that social contract.  As a husband i have to tell you that it makes me uncomfortable and raises a certain level of concern.  

 

The state is not the agent of my concern or comfort, so i don't support the use of the state to try and enforce bathroom law. It doesn't mean that i will loose an ounce of sleep over it.  At the same time It does mean that as a society we have a responsibility of vigilance to make sure that the people that we make exceptions for are legitimately just in favor of making a #1 or #2.  

 

As to equal protection versus special exceptions, this is a special exception.  The basic principle that everyone across the board should use the bathroom associated with their birth sex is universal and equal.  We are talking about a special exception for those who see gender as some external social construct to be IDENTIFIED with.  

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