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46. I don't understand part of your first paragraph

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 10:46 PM

Jan 2012

Neither males nor females can defecate standing up. If someone needs to do that in a public restroom, he or she enters a stall, closes the door and sits down to do his or her business.

Public toilets don't have seismic sensors on them, and no one is going to stand outside the toilet thinking, "I don't hear any shit falling into the water, so therefore the person using that stall must have no penis."

But yeah, ya gotta wonder...is the GOP going to now demand that every public restroom have a toilet attendant to inspect your junk before allowing you access, and are they going to pay for these attendants from public funds? (And if that happened, could we then lay to rest the old GOP canard that government doesn't create jobs?)

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Transgender people must use birth-gender bathroom, says Chattanooga lawmakers’ bill [View all] d_r Jan 2012 OP

the answer to this, of course, is unisex bathromms (remember the screaming when they were blocking niyad Jan 2012 #1

How about skimming that turd from Tennessee out of the gene pool? NT cognoscere Jan 2012 #76

So what happens when the born female, now guy, uses the dressing room? Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #2

+99 cutlassmama Jan 2012 #23

+1 wordpix Jan 2012 #32

Does transgender mean before genitals are surgically changed to other gender? Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #37

This sounds like your typical republican "small government" approach to a non-existant problem. Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #39

Republicans are only interested in small government when it comes to regulating corporations nxylas Jan 2012 #58

Can you see the want ads? "F/T Genitalia Enforcement - Macy's" MADem Jan 2012 #79

That was my point. No way to enforce that. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #106

You don't need a penis to commit rape. Withywindle Jan 2012 #53

Bathrooms aren't safe havens Politicalboi Jan 2012 #56

Also, if a man is living as a woman, DocMac Jan 2012 #61

I am no expert, not by a long shot, but it's more complicated than that, from what I have learned. MADem Jan 2012 #80

I think you've summed it up pretty nicely. Zenlitened Jan 2012 #93

I was in a crowded public bathroom once, where I asked a young man something. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #107

I, for one, always worry about transgendered women raping me in the ladies room TheCruces Jan 2012 #117

exactly... what's the big deal? fascisthunter Jan 2012 #44

In that case he/she has to go outside and it is his/her fault! So there! Nanny nanny boo boo. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #49

Women's public toilets dont have PUBLIC URINALS HockeyMom Jan 2012 #3

+1 Pouints for common sense! wandy Jan 2012 #13

Chances are that if a enlightenment Jan 2012 #16

it is against the law in Tenn. d_r Jan 2012 #22

Nasty, though I'm not surprised. enlightenment Jan 2012 #71

I don't understand part of your first paragraph jmowreader Jan 2012 #46

My point was addressing the enlightenment Jan 2012 #70

True, but no man shits in a public toilet unless it is a near death emergency joeglow3 Jan 2012 #114

I'm a male, and I sometimes use the 'sit down' toilets to urinate Hugabear Jan 2012 #67

I'm not worked up about it. enlightenment Jan 2012 #68

Mandatory to have a seat on the train, doncha know! MADem Jan 2012 #99

Jeez, here I got my dick cut off just so I could sneak into women's restrooms ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 #4

Stomp a mudhole? DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #5

I personally do not think violent language is appropriate, even in govt DaveJ Jan 2012 #20

Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #62

You do know that all religions are made up fantasies by old crackpots who thought the World is flat snooper2 Jan 2012 #66

Do you have a bill number for that "Gotta Be Gay" legislation you mentioned? Zenlitened Jan 2012 #69

What a stupid thing to legislate. surrealAmerican Jan 2012 #6

So his motivation is bigotry and hate.... Evasporque Jan 2012 #7

Senate withdrew the bill....end of story....nt Evasporque Jan 2012 #8

Good! TY for that info. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #35

What about gender at conception? Boojatta Jan 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #10

Thanks for posting this d_r Jan 2012 #12

I can see it now: birth certificate checkpoints outside the loo. n/t BadgerKid Jan 2012 #34

"a male teen dressed as a woman" Boojatta Jan 2012 #11

The problem with the word transgender is that it is an ambiguous, Zorra Jan 2012 #25

The term "transvestite" is very out of date, considered offensive. Zenlitened Jan 2012 #28

It is? izquierdista Jan 2012 #36

It is. Adjust. -nt Zenlitened Jan 2012 #40

I had no intention of offending. Boojatta Jan 2012 #77

No, the issue is that they describe two separate things. LeftyMom Jan 2012 #108

Yes -- it is TheCruces Jan 2012 #118

"Cross-dressing is a form of gender expression and is not necessarily tied to erotic activity." Boojatta Jan 2012 #78

Perhaps there is no single word. Perhaps there's no need for one. Zenlitened Jan 2012 #94

I have learned something new today. Never knew it was a rude term. nt MADem Jan 2012 #81

Did "cross-dresser" become the preferred term to avoid confusion with "transgender"? hedgehog Jan 2012 #85

I have not a hint of a clue. I do know I won't use that other "t" word indiscriminately MADem Jan 2012 #89

May be more accurate to say "crossdresser" is a subset of "transgender." Zenlitened Jan 2012 #96

I think it would raise many more eyebrows catrose Jan 2012 #30

Exactly. Zenlitened Jan 2012 #42

Elected Righties just sit around dreaming up this crap... radhika Jan 2012 #14

+1 harun Jan 2012 #64

So, is Tenn. going to require showing a birth certificate to use a public bathroom now? appleannie1 Jan 2012 #15

Glad to see that christx30 Jan 2012 #17

Small-dicked GOPer afraid someone might see how small he really is ;) n/t markpkessinger Jan 2012 #18

I wonder if a thin, middle-aged woman Ilsa Jan 2012 #19

I'm guessing there was no doubt that the teen was a guy. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #38

Since when? LeftyMom Jan 2012 #109

Excellent post. Zenlitened Jan 2012 #110

Well, I and a lot of other people can spot them. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #111

It's confirmation bias. You can't tell when you're wrong. LeftyMom Jan 2012 #112

Ding. Some of "them" aren't "spotted" at all. Zenlitened Jan 2012 #113

Plus there ARE women who have some of the features you specified. Pab Sungenis Jan 2012 #115

I had an old aunt who looked a lot like George Washington. MADem Jan 2012 #82

Who the heck is going to check if the carpet matches the drapes? aikoaiko Jan 2012 #21

Or if it's not carpet Pab Sungenis Jan 2012 #116

What an asshole. /nt yardwork Jan 2012 #24

What are lawmakers scared of? Fearless Jan 2012 #26

What I find total BS about this law is it doesn't protect anybody. Initech Jan 2012 #31

Agreed! Fearless Jan 2012 #43

Why, fiddly bits, of course! FIDDLY BITS!!! MADem Jan 2012 #90

+1 Fearless Jan 2012 #98

What a hate-filled little cretin usrname Jan 2012 #27

Anybody else read some Larry Craig into this? Or was I the only one? boppers Jan 2012 #29

my colleague was startled by a huge MTF student using the F teachers' bathrm wordpix Jan 2012 #33

More unenforceable laws malthaussen Jan 2012 #41

good news barbtries Jan 2012 #45

Why do we even have gender specific restrooms??? NYC_SKP Jan 2012 #47

Precisely. I only have one bathroom at home. It doesn't have a gender clause... pinto Jan 2012 #50

good point wordpix Jan 2012 #52

To help women feel safer noamnety Jan 2012 #59

Good point. pinto Jan 2012 #63

While I'm sure that's a real concern for some, not sure it's universal (nt). NYC_SKP Jan 2012 #88

True story: friends of mine were in a certain foreign country and hedgehog Jan 2012 #87

Let the trans-gendered individual choose. nt Fire Walk With Me Jan 2012 #48

so now one needs a birth certificate to go the the bathroom. pepperbear Jan 2012 #51

This is another attack against social progress AZ Progressive Jan 2012 #54

Exactly! -nt Zenlitened Jan 2012 #97

Like another poster, I'm a fan of the UNISEX solution. MADem Jan 2012 #55

If this bill passes, which I don't think it will Politicalboi Jan 2012 #57

Are the terms "transgender" sulphurdunn Jan 2012 #60

This guy is actually encouraging HATE CRIMES against transgendered Hugabear Jan 2012 #65

Yep, yep and yep. A fine, upstanding example of... Zenlitened Jan 2012 #72

Will there be genital checkpoints in all public restrooms? n/t bitchkitty Jan 2012 #73

TSA employees can now moonlight. nt Remmah2 Jan 2012 #75

We have several unisex bathrooms on my campus. Remmah2 Jan 2012 #74

I imagine this paranoid, obsessive idiot Sheepshank Jan 2012 #83

That's so stupid. Don't they realize that tgs are usually attracted to people who are their birth craigmatic Jan 2012 #84

Floyd and Watson are in dire need of therapy Skittles Jan 2012 #86

So glad to hear that the gentleman from TN has his priorities Smilo Jan 2012 #91

So glad to hear that the gentleman from TN has his priorities Smilo Jan 2012 #92

where are the Republicans condemning this nanny state invasion on our lives? alp227 Jan 2012 #95

repugs only condemn the nanny state when they're not in charge wordpix Jan 2012 #102

" I’d just try to stomp a mudhole in him and then stomp him dry. " Ash_F Jan 2012 #100

If the transition is complete, what remains to be determined? Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #101

Backlash event going on now.....sending him toilet paper to show opposition. southerncrone Jan 2012 #103

Here's a link to a poll on this......show your love DU. southerncrone Jan 2012 #104

Kick! sarcasmo Jan 2012 #105