Posted on 04/21/2016 7:13:56 PM PDT by Kaslin
On Thursday, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump took the liberal stance on transgender restroom access. Media outlets can call it "moderate" all they want, but it is inescapable that Trump defended biological men using women's restrooms. The Donald is not exactly hesitant to offend people, and transgressing political correctness has been one of the centerpieces of his campaign. He even declared in the past that he would protect Christians and social conservatives, but this acceptance of "transgender rights" may be a sign that he has started pandering to the "center" for the general election.
Conservatives have long warned that Trump is unpredictable, that he would make a horrible Republican standard bearer because he does not represent the classical issues of that party. Now it seems The Donald might be proving them right -- after most of the socially conservative voters in the South already backed the real estate tycoon.
Trump attacked the North Carolina law which reserved multiple-person restrooms in schools and government facilities to only those people of the appropriate biological sex. This law was intended to protect the privacy of girls and boys, men and women, but many companies attacked it as discriminatory. Rather than defending the law -- as those who find The Donald a champion of conservative or politically incorrect values might expect -- Trump trashed it.
"North Carolina did something that was very strong and they're paying a big price and there's a lot of problems," said Trump, who would have left things as they were. "There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate, there has been so little trouble."
This stance sounds moderate -- Trump is arguing that there should be no restrictions -- but in reality, it is a complete surrender to a small, vocal minority. If public restrooms must be one way or the other, why side with the infinitesimal minority of people who identify with the sex opposite the one they were born with, rather than the millions of men and women who are comfortable with their birth sex?
Why can we not have more single-serve, unisex restrooms, to avoid the issue entirely? Trump attacked the idea of separate transgender restrooms as a waste of money -- he's right -- but he did not address this solution, which many restaurants have already adopted.
In matter of fact, Trump is incorrect that there has been "so little trouble." Women who claim to have been abused as children are now vehemently opposing the opening of girls' and women's restrooms to biological men. When the New York Times attacked Americans concerned about this issue as effectively insane, controlled by "transgender bathroom hysteria," these disenfranchised people took to Twitter to express their outrage. Regardless of what Trump or the New York Times says, many Americans are concerned about this, and it's not just because of "transphobia."
Nevertheless, The Donald was quite explicit in his support for transgender access. He said that if Caitlyn Jenner (born Bruce Jenner) walked into Trump Tower, The Donald would let her use the restroom of her choice.
If @Caitlyn_Jenner walked into Trump Tower, what bathroom would @RealDonaldTrump suggest she use? #TrumpTODAY https://t.co/E6jLyif6ls
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) April 21, 2016
The Federalist's Ben Domenech once explained why social conservatives in the South might back Donald Trump. Domenech said these voters "have no illusions about [Trump's] unbelief. The difference is that while they believe Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio would be one more round of good soldiers for their cause, they think Donald Trump would be a tank."
But when it comes to actually fighting for conservative values, Trump ends up on the other side. Indeed, in a classic battle involving political correctness, he falls neatly in line. The Donald might not be a tank, but rather a Trojan horse.
Reading even some of the comments on this thread are showing me that Cruzfanbois have actually gone insane.
It’s quite sad, really. Were they always like this or got this way since Cruz? I’ve been away from FR for around a year so maybe I just don’t remember...
Do you not realize that women have always had the right to undress in private without having naked men be able to watch them?
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Excuse me, but since when do women undress in a public bathroom? That is the issue, NOT insinuating that a rest room is their PRIVATE bedroom. YIKES. The ridiculous, rabid, frothing at the mouth Cruzite extremists are REALLY something to behold!
I wouldn’t watch the Today Show if you paid me. Nothing of any import to be gained.
I’ll believe what I choose, Altura and under NO circumstances will I EVER believe even one word out of your mouth! I thought you had been banned for your lies. What takes you back here? Getting paid?
Kaslin, who is your candidate? Stalin, Marx, Hitlery?
Excuse me…it we should NOT institutionalize such nonsense as acceptable.
We have no laws that I am aware of that “protect transexuals rights to use whatever bathroom they choose?” That is not what is being discussed. You truly are a hopeless imbecile. What is being discussed is making it illegal for persons to use a bathroom that is marked for the other sex. As a parent I took our little girls into men's bathrooms to use the toilet and my wife took our little boy into the women's restroom. I have also been in a men's bathroom when women took their little boys into the men's room. I didn't have a problem with that, and my wife has not had a problem with men taking their little girls into women's restrooms.
You have exposed yourself as someone who is either not a parent or did not take care of your own kids.
“We have no laws that I am aware of that “protect transexuals rights to use whatever bathroom they choose?”
What forced the state of North Carolina to pass its law was a Charlotte ordinance that would allow “transgenders” to use either a men’s or women’s bathroom, depending on the gender with which they identify.
Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article61786967.html
Dammit. TRUMP SAID IN HIS BUILDING HE WOULD LET A MAN (BRUCE JENNER) USE A WOMAN’S BATHROOM). CAN WE NOT PRESUME(at some time) THERE WOULD BE A WOMAN OR LITTLE GIRL IN THE BATHROOM WHEN BRUCE JENNER ENTERED????
ONLY a man with deep issues would do that!
Thank you, this “transsexual activist” had no idea. Maybe I shouldn’t put it in my tag line after all. To me it still seems like much ado about nothing.
LOL.. yeah the Cruzbots are getting the vapors on this because they know it’s over for Cruz getting the nomination... how many women in the last 30 years have you ever heard of that were outraged a tranny walked into the restroom they were using?.. I have NEVER heard of one instance.. ever!.. I owned four restaurants in my life with restrooms of course.. nobody cared who used it.. use it if nature calls and get out.. nobody gave it a thought
it’s a made up issue that is about 1 million issues down on the give a damn meter
In approximately 60 years of living in a place that is horribly liberal neither my wife or I has ever noticed a “transsexual” in a public restroom. Anyone who lets their “little girl” go into a public restroom alone is an irresponsible parent. This is a NON-ISSUE, and is a stupid line of crap.
Law enforcement doesn't have enough resources to handle real problems such as murderous or rapist illegal aliens. People who are making a nuisance out of themselves can already be arrested. Legislation like this does nothing to protect anyone and is just being used as a talking point.
Exactly!
Article tells it like it is bud!
SimpleMan - what an apropos screen name...
Wut? Is that a serious question? Do you want to be the one in the stall with a man walking outside peeking through the cracks in the doors? Don't ignore the posts that say this applies to locker rooms and showers at gyms as well.
And how exactly is a father supposed to go into the ladies' room with his child? If you expect the same-sex parent to ALWAYS be there with a child in public, you must know that is a totally unrealistic situation. And what the heck about schools? Do you, as a parent, stand around in school all day waiting to help your kid go to the bathroom?
How much do YOU get paid an hour? 20, 25, 30 dollars an hour?
Do you have any thoughts on why "they" are paying Lauer more in a day than you probably make in a year?
Or maybe 2 or 3 years?
Disgusting. The Donald is making it very difficult for me to vote for him in the General!
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