This transgendered panic was thought up by the RNC to give them a new wedge issue. Creating panic is

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all they do. They lost on gay rights. Right now it is Transgendered people and bathrooms. God only knows what citizens' panic they have on hold and will roll out for the General election.

Not much at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_panic

[Wellstone ruled]

1. And created by the same folks who brought you

the Anti Gay Marriage laws. Funded via the Heritage Foundation and the Right wing Baptist Church.

[Dont call me Shirley]

2. Recovered Memories should not be on that list. Pedophiles were the ones really freaked out by

the pheomenon of recovered memories. And there are many pedophiles in high places.

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3. Okay I'll take that alternet link down.

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. I'm not saying delete the link, just saying recovered memories should have not even been put

on that list.

Agree with you on the Trans-Panic though. It's also a push for "States Rights" to pass the most asinine laws they can conjure up.

[Oneironaut]

4. No more devil-worshipping converts from day cares?

I hope I got that right. I need to brush up on the history of senseless moral panics.

The "I don't understand it, so it must be evil!" crowd is always very random. It's guaranteed they'll eventually deliver, though.

[Bucky]

6. What's stoopid is, I made a joke about them running out of scary groups several years ago

I can't find it just now, but the punchline was, "What's next? Wendy Carlos?!"

I feel sometimes like Republicans are in a nuclear arms race with satire.

[mnhtnbb]

7. The bathroom bigot brigade trotted out the same old tired fear

from the 70's of what terrible, awful thing could happen if the Equal Rights Amendment were to pass.

Funny, isn't it--ironic, really--that what they are really protesting--again--is equal rights? This time it's for
LGBT people.

This is the same argument from the 70's--be afraid in the bathroom.

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8. Yes. They find a way to tie any issue to the bathroom and disgust that way.