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[–] [email protected] 164 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Lauren Boebert makes woman feel threatened and unsafe in the women's bathroom."

[–] [email protected] 116 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Also, "Lauren Boebert cannot distinguish between Sarah McBride and another woman."

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If one can’t tell the difference between a transgender woman and a biological woman, perhaps it’s time to shut up about the issue altogether.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

But it hurts their fee-fees

[–] [email protected] 140 points 2 months ago (3 children)

“I made an error regarding a mistaken identity. I apologized, learned a lesson, and it won’t happen again,” Boebert said in a statement.

The fuck it won't. Fascists tend to see their enemies everywhere. It's why simply telling Trump "no, you can't do that" makes you some kind of radical Marxist in his eyes.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago

Did you also notice the part where she thinks the problem is misdirecting her bigotry to attack the wrong person, rather than not being a hateful fucking bitch in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Learned a lesson my ass

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So basically the opposition should just be radical Marxists anyway since the Republicans are just going to call anyone they disagree with that anyway.

Fat chance if that happening without some kind of forceful takeover of the Democratic party.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 2 months ago (3 children)

These fucking people literally do not care about this country, or helping their constituent bases whatsoever. Neglecting your duties should be fucking arrestable.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (21 children)

Maybe it would be if every dirtbag cop in the country wasn't on their side.

I'm way more worried about the cops becoming Brownshirts than the military.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Becoming? You think they aren't already?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

They're just assholes looking for people to torment.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

These people have names and addresses.

All humans are not immune to death.

In Minecraft.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

All I'm saying is, people like having certain things in their home, like working sewage, and running water, and electricity.

Be real miserable if that got shut off somehow.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I think it would be much more effective not to shut any of those services off. Rather, ensure very thoroughly that they're all present and accounted for, but just not existing in any of the places they're expecting them to be.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Can't wait for the freakout when a trans man has to use that restroom according to the rules.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately in places where this is a law, the response has been violence towards trans men

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Cis women harassing trans men is gonna be a bad time for those cis women

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

This is what it takes for a lot of them to understand. Having to learn what a trans man looks like and that he is now required to use the women's room next to their daughters.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I hope he pisses in the sink as a flex.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Everyone is supposed to use the women's restroom now. Didn't you get the memo?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

The other is Empty G.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Ohhh, counterspell.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

“Bimbo who vapes and acts like an asshole at musicals brings her shitbag behavior to the ladies room.”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gendered bathrooms are dumb anyway. Let's just get rid of that silly rule and make all bathrooms accessible to everyone

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This plus floor to ceiling stalls and cameras in the hand washing area would solve the issue. No big deal, I’d think.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Reps. Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace have made transgender bathroom bans one of their central political culture-war issues.

Our country is on the verge on imploding but im glad our representatives have nothing better to do than play bathroom police. Fucking jokes

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

I thought we're all legally women now?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Gross! Do you think they're in a theatre or something?!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

That's right, dear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Imagine: Beetlebert the qanon fan, thinking she has the right to judge anyone else. This is the woman vaping and jerking her date off in public.

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