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"So you want me to be afraid of trans women in the women's bathroom?" (Original Post) Swede Mar 12 OP
The #1 predator of women is cis men. Always have been. Coventina Mar 12 #1
And further Unwind Your Mind Mar 13 #17
! Solly Mack Mar 12 #2
dangerous bathrooms Norrrm Mar 12 #3
then there was Idaho Senator Larry Craig who was busted for lewd conduct in airport restroom Attilatheblond Mar 12 #14
NAILED IT AZJonnie Mar 12 #4
Well, actually, AverageOldGuy Mar 12 #5
Get a brian, moran... rubbersole Mar 12 #7
Virginia is a bifurcated state. One half confederate dunces, one half educated and liberal, and 60 percent confused. erronis Mar 12 #8
Two many misteaks Norrrm Mar 12 #16
Every single point that idiot made was blindingly STUPID AZ8theist Mar 12 #10
Your son goes to school and comes home a girl! BidenRocks Mar 12 #12
" Where would a teenager get that kind of scratch?" Wednesdays Mar 12 #15
Well, that's true. AZ8theist Mar 13 #18
I really wish Katcat Mar 12 #11
They usually use that term to talk about providing palliative care to a baby who is born actively dying. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 13 #21
boogeyman Be Leave On Mar 12 #13
To qualify as a MAGAMORON I think the only requirement is a pulse. NoMoreRepugs Mar 12 #6
Obviously no brain required. Biophilic Mar 12 #9
Actually Bob_in_VA Mar 13 #20
This bathroom thing is DUMB. Joinfortmill Mar 13 #19
trans women and trans men are not dangerous in the rest rooms. When will they understand this 😳 TommieMommy Mar 13 #22
rightwing talking heads are paid not to understand this LymphocyteLover Mar 13 #24
The whole bathroom "debate" is so stupid moose65 Mar 13 #23
Why are right wingers and the religious right so dead set against gays, trans, and others? --- Misdirection. Norrrm Mar 13 #25

Coventina

(29,752 posts)
1. The #1 predator of women is cis men. Always have been.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 07:36 PM
Mar 12

Trans women are not a threat, and never have been.

Unwind Your Mind

(2,351 posts)
17. And further
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:27 AM
Mar 13

Their policy would be to force trans women to use men’s bathrooms. Where they would not be safe. Because of cis men.

Attilatheblond

(8,889 posts)
14. then there was Idaho Senator Larry Craig who was busted for lewd conduct in airport restroom
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:22 PM
Mar 12

for lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport

Lost his appeal https://apnews.com/article/-----0c1c1e69c45b40fcbb60abdee63d0ef2]

So many men, so many restrooms, so many issues.

AZJonnie

(3,710 posts)
4. NAILED IT
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:12 PM
Mar 12

For my part, I have also made this same argument to transphobic assholes over the years.

AverageOldGuy

(3,874 posts)
5. Well, actually,
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:13 PM
Mar 12

. . . the dumbasses raving about transmen in women's restroom don't have a clue what they mean.

Meanwhile -- I live in Virginia. One of the political blogs in Virginia is an accumulation of half-wits, dumbasses, former Tea Partiers, and MAGAts. I won't identify it, however, this bit of wisdom was posted recently by a guy who is a local Republican Party official, a member of the Republican Party of Virginia Executive Committee, and was recently defeated by a Democrat for a seat on his county Board of Supervisors.

This is how these people "think:"

John Massoud
March 10, 2026 at 11:26 pm
The average Democrat supports abortion after birth, transgender surgery for teens without parental consent, the Ayatollahs in Iran, and Hamas/Hezbollah. They’re sick.

erronis

(23,927 posts)
8. Virginia is a bifurcated state. One half confederate dunces, one half educated and liberal, and 60 percent confused.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:31 PM
Mar 12

Last edited Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:12 PM - Edit history (1)

Loved living in NoVa (mainly living on beltway/gov't jobs) and traveling into the mountains. The valleys and red soil country were "interesting". Lots of gentrification going on which also build resentments.

Edited to add that damned missing Oxford Comma in the title:
Was "... one half educated and liberal and 60 percent confused"
Now "...one half educated and liberal, and 60 percent confused"

I don't think I've ever detected my own mistake making mistakes...
But, all swell that endswell.

AZ8theist

(7,395 posts)
10. Every single point that idiot made was blindingly STUPID
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:55 PM
Mar 12

Just to address the 2nd claim: Teens getting transgender surgery. Does this numpty have any idea how much that elective surgery costs? Where would a teenager get that kind of scratch?

I've seen Repukes make some idiotic statements, but that one takes the cake.

Wednesdays

(22,634 posts)
15. " Where would a teenager get that kind of scratch?"
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:46 PM
Mar 12

I heard George Soros is very generous...

Katcat

(577 posts)
11. I really wish
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:34 PM
Mar 12

Someone would make these dumbasses explain HOW a woman has an after birth abortion! I know they’re mostly bonkers but come on!

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,961 posts)
21. They usually use that term to talk about providing palliative care to a baby who is born actively dying.
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:55 AM
Mar 13

Joinfortmill

(21,195 posts)
19. This bathroom thing is DUMB.
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 08:52 AM
Mar 13

I was in Paris in 2015 with a group of high school students. I went to a public bathroom, did my business in the stall, came out, and while I was washing my hands at the sink, a middle-aged man exited the other stall, walked to the sink next to me, smiled, and washed his hands.

So, ok, it was unexpected, to say the least, but after a moment, I shrugged and went to join my group. No trauma, no drama.

TommieMommy

(2,909 posts)
22. trans women and trans men are not dangerous in the rest rooms. When will they understand this 😳
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:30 AM
Mar 13

moose65

(3,454 posts)
23. The whole bathroom "debate" is so stupid
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 01:53 PM
Mar 13

First of all, I’ve been around straight cisgender men all my life (I’m gay), and let me just tell ya: the last thing they would EVER want to do is dress like a woman to sneak into a bathroom. That would be an insult to their manliness.

Second, if a straight male wanted to go into a women’s restroom to assault someone, what is stopping him? Public multi-user restrooms don’t have locked doors. This is a “thing” that doesn’t happen.

They just want to harass trans people. That’s it.

Norrrm

(5,087 posts)
25. Why are right wingers and the religious right so dead set against gays, trans, and others? --- Misdirection.
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 03:32 PM
Mar 13

Why are right wingers and the religious right so dead set against gays, trans, and others? --- Misdirection.

Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers

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