What in the world?!?!
OK, so long time no post, but I've been busy. Life has been stupid & awful & life-changing (& not in the good way). But I wanted to post something that seems so ridiculous to me that I can't believe it's happening in 2016.
Anyway, there is a group called American Family Association (AFA) who protest against abortion, pornography & homosexuality (among other things). They say they are Christians but thrive on scare tactics. Recently, they are starting petitions & calling on their people to boycott Target (cuz Target stands by their choice to let transgender individuals use whichever bathroom by which they gender-identify) -- in the past they rallied against Paypal for Paypal's refusal to build an office in NC. I went to their site & read some of the articles/comments -- wow, am I disappointed/disgusted in humanity right now. Their basic stance is that if a male "feels like a woman" on the day on their Target visit & used the women's bathroom it would be for perverted reasons.
I posted a comment trying to educate some of them of the baseless & incorrect assumptions/fears/whatever-you-want-to-call-their-line-of-BS. I checked back to see if it would actually post & what do you know?
It didn't. Apparently the AFA reserves the right to pick & choose which comments get posted publicly. Of course they do. SMH
In any event, here is my comment:
"The backwards thinking of this group (AFA) is what's wrong with society today. ALL people deserve respect -- regardless of their color, religious beliefs, gender, or gender-identity. Stop spreading hate under the guise of freedom!!
What you are actually saying is that you'd want a transgender male (female by birth) to use the ladies' bathrooms. If/when that happens, you all would be the first to throw a fit! It's comical that you keep using the transgender female (male by birth) in your arguments, saying that if a male "feels like a woman today" you take issue with that individual in the ladies' bathroom, as that would be something completely different (transvestite). Transsexual individuals are typically in the process of becoming whichever gender they associate themselves with, while transgender individuals have gone through the process. Neither transsexual or transgender individuals decide their gender-identity on a whim -- unlike your ridiculous theories -- it's who they believe they truly are.
You know what is worse?? When a man has to bring his small daughter into the men's room so she can use the bathroom -- men's bathrooms are typically more poorly attended than women's (not to mention that one frequently must pass the urinals to get to a stall). Why are none of you extolling the virtues of a family bathroom & trying to get more businesses/restaurants to incorporate these upon their premises??
And before anyone says anything, I am a female (female by birth). It just sickens me that there are still people subscribing to the "an acorn dropped, so the sky must be falling" fearmongering mentality."
To me, this is just inexcusable as that documentary Morgan Freeman made in 2012 about the segregated prom in Mississippi. (A high school decided to hold TWO proms -- one white & one for everyone else -- & the whole thing was sickening. MF even offered to pay for the entire prom himself if the school would just do 1 prom -- they turned him down. WTF???)
PS -- In case I have any of my terms crossed, please let me know. (My point was that everyone should be treated humanely/respectfully, so I would like my stance to be as factual in this regards as possible -- cuz knowing is half the battle...)
Anyway, there is a group called American Family Association (AFA) who protest against abortion, pornography & homosexuality (among other things). They say they are Christians but thrive on scare tactics. Recently, they are starting petitions & calling on their people to boycott Target (cuz Target stands by their choice to let transgender individuals use whichever bathroom by which they gender-identify) -- in the past they rallied against Paypal for Paypal's refusal to build an office in NC. I went to their site & read some of the articles/comments -- wow, am I disappointed/disgusted in humanity right now. Their basic stance is that if a male "feels like a woman" on the day on their Target visit & used the women's bathroom it would be for perverted reasons.
I posted a comment trying to educate some of them of the baseless & incorrect assumptions/fears/whatever-you-want-to-call-their-line-of-BS. I checked back to see if it would actually post & what do you know?
It didn't. Apparently the AFA reserves the right to pick & choose which comments get posted publicly. Of course they do. SMH
In any event, here is my comment:
"The backwards thinking of this group (AFA) is what's wrong with society today. ALL people deserve respect -- regardless of their color, religious beliefs, gender, or gender-identity. Stop spreading hate under the guise of freedom!!
What you are actually saying is that you'd want a transgender male (female by birth) to use the ladies' bathrooms. If/when that happens, you all would be the first to throw a fit! It's comical that you keep using the transgender female (male by birth) in your arguments, saying that if a male "feels like a woman today" you take issue with that individual in the ladies' bathroom, as that would be something completely different (transvestite). Transsexual individuals are typically in the process of becoming whichever gender they associate themselves with, while transgender individuals have gone through the process. Neither transsexual or transgender individuals decide their gender-identity on a whim -- unlike your ridiculous theories -- it's who they believe they truly are.
You know what is worse?? When a man has to bring his small daughter into the men's room so she can use the bathroom -- men's bathrooms are typically more poorly attended than women's (not to mention that one frequently must pass the urinals to get to a stall). Why are none of you extolling the virtues of a family bathroom & trying to get more businesses/restaurants to incorporate these upon their premises??
And before anyone says anything, I am a female (female by birth). It just sickens me that there are still people subscribing to the "an acorn dropped, so the sky must be falling" fearmongering mentality."
To me, this is just inexcusable as that documentary Morgan Freeman made in 2012 about the segregated prom in Mississippi. (A high school decided to hold TWO proms -- one white & one for everyone else -- & the whole thing was sickening. MF even offered to pay for the entire prom himself if the school would just do 1 prom -- they turned him down. WTF???)
PS -- In case I have any of my terms crossed, please let me know. (My point was that everyone should be treated humanely/respectfully, so I would like my stance to be as factual in this regards as possible -- cuz knowing is half the battle...)