{"id":8260,"date":"2017-02-23T19:15:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T01:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=8260"},"modified":"2017-02-23T19:15:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T01:15:38","slug":"basic-illogic-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/02\/23\/basic-illogic-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Illogic 101"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSeeing the above on Facebook<\/strong><\/em> (from PBS<\/strong><\/em>) reminded me of a story I was listening to on NPR<\/strong><\/em> this morning – Big Business is having a grudge match in the Texas Legislature, their opponent being religious conservatives. The issue? The above. Business – especially those in Houston, hosting an upcoming event (NCAA basketball, maybe?) – are concerned that overturning the transgender bathroom law will cost millions of dollars as events and businesses pull out.<\/p>\n

Religious conservatives are afraid that men will dress in girly clothes and traipse into the women’s restrooms and rape the 9 year olds they find in there.<\/p>\n

I’m sure you’ve all heard that explanation before, but I am compelled to say, I KID YOU NOT.<\/p>\n

You boys in Texas, you need to think hard about this: No Rapist Is Held Back By A Lack Of Girly Clothes<\/em>. In fact, we can assume that restrooms, particularly in busy venues, are simply not good for rape. Tragically, it happens – but permitting the transgender to use the one that makes them comfortable isn’t going to lead to mass rapes.<\/p>\n

It seems the problem here is that the conservatives chose to take control of the argument, and no one challenged them where it hurts – in the illogic of their base argument. It’s pathetic that is the best they can do, and that so many people listen to it. No doubt it’s because everyone hears R A P E<\/strong> and stop reading. And thinking.<\/p>\n

So everyone, THINK. Transgender bathrooms, involving as few people as they do, are a truly trivial issue. The question for religious conservatives is What makes you afraid of doing the right damn thing<\/em>? ‘cuz it sure isn’t rape concerns. That’s just damn silly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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