w0w0w0w that's some damn logic gymnastics you got goin' on there bud lmao
If you want to lower this discussion to shitty trolling, I can probably outmaneouvre you in that game. I'm playing nicely. Try to extend the same courtesy back.
You know good and well that the argument against allowing trans people in the bathroom that corresponds with their gender is about cis people's safety, not trans people's. It'd be downright delusional to suggest otherwise.
I wouldn't say it's
the argument, but it's one of the arguments, yes. See, this is why I keep trying to point out that the issue is nuanced. To you it's black and white - moral policing must be enforced nationwide, and anyone who believes otherwise is an evil religious villain (the twirly moustache kind, of course) who hates human rights. Nevermind that you can't demonstrate the link to human rights without contradicting yourself. Nevermind that multiple arguments are floating around, and most of them don't mention safety at all. Nevermind facts, we must PROTECT RIGHTS OR SOMETHING
Your argument is rooted in emotion, which is why you take it apart yourself. To paraphrase: "Trump is inconsistent and that makes me angry! Here's an article that explains that he's not inconsistent. Oh, what's that? I should have read the article. Well, I didn't think the part that talks about his consistency is in any way important to me talking about how inconsistent he is, this is about human rights! Specifically, the right to safety, which is not affected demonstrably in any way, and which I believe is irrelevant since trans people get assaulted in either bathroom!"
This issue at hand, simply, is the state trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Most trans people, I imagine, use the bathroom that will cause them less issues. So if they can pass as female, they will use the women's room. If they pass as male, the mens. And when they can: a gender neutral one. All regardless of law.
I mostly agree. For the most part, the bathroom laws change nothing. It will, however, affect some extreme edge cases.
Meanwhile, the White House's
open data catalogue has been blanked entirely. Unfortunate.