!["Plett Put Me Here" - The Canadian Senate has passed an amendment to a transgender rights bill that would ban trans ppl from using the bathrooms that correspond w/ their gender. Lawmakers in the US are considering similar legislation. Trans people in Canada & the US are sharing photos of themselves in public bathrooms they would be legally obligated to use [Click on this image to find a short video & analysis of the gender politics of restrooms and the role media plays in enforcing transphobia]:](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/5e/1d/a1/5e1da14779b0311e2ed31f42c93fa724.jpg)
PLETT refers to Canadian legislation that restricts transgendered people to the bathroom corresponding to their birth gender.
Krauthammer: There’s No ‘Epidemic of Transgenders Being Evil in Bathrooms’
by Josh Feldman | April 21st, 2016
On Fox News tonight, Charles Krauthammer dismissed the giant conservative freakout about transgenders using bathrooms of the gender they identify as.
Or, as Ted Cruz and others have put it, grown men leering at young girls in bathrooms.
Laura Ingraham said this should be a state issue and “not exactly Rosa Parks on the bus here.” She warned that allowing transgenders into the bathrooms they feel comfortable in would lead to people exploiting the system to do harm.
Ingraham blamed the media for making this an issue, but Krauthammer pointed out this only became an issue in the first place because Republicans in North Carolina and other states decided this was a problem.
And in his opinion, it’s really not:
“This is a solution in search of an issue. I mean, do we really have an epidemic of transgenders being evil in bathrooms across the country? I haven’t heard of a single case.”
“It is not a major national problem,” he concluded, “and it should have been left that way.”
Alan: Republican are "obsessed with" -- and "fearful of" -- vanishingly remote threats.
Myopia, disproportionate amplification of perceived threats (a.k.a. "self-terrorization") and vapid contextualization combine to make molehills into mountains and mountains into molehills.
In the absence of properly-calibrated perspective, Republicans "always" miss the mark: their apprehensions either overblown or underinflated.
Myopia, disproportionate amplification of perceived threats (a.k.a. "self-terrorization") and vapid contextualization combine to make molehills into mountains and mountains into molehills.
Best Pax Posts: Self-Terrorization Is The National Pastime
There is "always" a scientific crackpot or faith-based "seer" (providing "the new, definitive" interpretation of The Book of Revelation) to insure that the GOP never lacks replacements for Trump, Carson and Cruz.
"Are Republicans Insane?" Best Pax Posts
"Are Republicans Insane?" Best Pax Posts
Republicans (and other "conservatives") continually dredge exceptions-to-the-rule, which, if not fearfully forfended, will wreak imminent havoc.
Revealingly, havoc never manifests.
To the contrary, conservative efforts to prevent havoc is how conservatives create havoc.
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's Comment
During The 1968 Democratic National Convention Riots
Witness Smirk and Snarl's Whimsy War on Iraq.
"Bush's Toxic Legacy In Iraq"
"Israeli War Historian, Martin van Creveld's Startling Commentary On The Iraq War"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/israeli-war-historian-martin-van.html
Excerpt: "For misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 B.C sent his legions into Germany and lost them, Bush deserves to be impeached and, once he has been removed from office, put on trial along with the rest of the president’s men. If convicted, they’ll have plenty of time to mull over their sins." War historian Martin van Creveld is the only non-U.S. author whose writings are obligatory reading by America's Officer Corps."
George Will: "The 2003 Invasion Of Iraq Was The Worst Foreign Policy Decision In U.S. History"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/george-will-2003-invasion-of-iraq-worst.html
Recall the apocalyptic predictions surrounding the torrent of Central American children who poured across the Texas border two years ago. Does anyone currently care? Do you even remember?
Think back to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how that conflict -- as represented by fear-ridden American "conservatives" -- was touted as a trigger for World War III. And now?
Similarly, it was just a year and a half ago that a few Ebola infections here in "The Homeland" led conservative Americans to predict eschatological scenarios.
Remember When Ebola Was The Harbinger Of Apocalypse?
The Guinean Epicenter Is Now Ebola-Free
"Bush's Toxic Legacy In Iraq"
"Israeli War Historian, Martin van Creveld's Startling Commentary On The Iraq War"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/israeli-war-historian-martin-van.html
Excerpt: "For misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 B.C sent his legions into Germany and lost them, Bush deserves to be impeached and, once he has been removed from office, put on trial along with the rest of the president’s men. If convicted, they’ll have plenty of time to mull over their sins." War historian Martin van Creveld is the only non-U.S. author whose writings are obligatory reading by America's Officer Corps."
George Will: "The 2003 Invasion Of Iraq Was The Worst Foreign Policy Decision In U.S. History"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/george-will-2003-invasion-of-iraq-worst.html
Recall the apocalyptic predictions surrounding the torrent of Central American children who poured across the Texas border two years ago. Does anyone currently care? Do you even remember?
Think back to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how that conflict -- as represented by fear-ridden American "conservatives" -- was touted as a trigger for World War III. And now?
Similarly, it was just a year and a half ago that a few Ebola infections here in "The Homeland" led conservative Americans to predict eschatological scenarios.
Remember When Ebola Was The Harbinger Of Apocalypse?
The Guinean Epicenter Is Now Ebola-Free
Ebola Represents A Trivial Threat To Americans' Health
Ebola Represents A Trivial Threat To Americans' Health
"Shark Attacks Rise Worldwide: Risk Assessment and Aquinas' Criteria For Sin"
"Faulty Risk Assessment And The Epidemic Spread Of Self-Terrorization
For Republicans, it is one goddamn thing after another.
"Do Republicans Do Anything But Piss, Moan, Whine, Bitch?
And the three-cornered "umbrella" overarching this fearmongering is 1.) hysteria, 2.) irrationality and 3.) the absence of intellectual rigor.
"The Danger Of Science Denial"
TED Talk by Michael Specter
For Republicans, it is one goddamn thing after another.
And the three-cornered "umbrella" overarching this fearmongering is 1.) hysteria, 2.) irrationality and 3.) the absence of intellectual rigor.
"Do Republicans Do Anything But Piss, Moan, Whine, Bitch?
"The Danger Of Science Denial"
TED Talk by Michael Specter
"The Death Of Epistemolgy"
Similarly, conservatives enlist vanishingly rare "climate scientists" to argue against anthropogenic global warming and -- based on modern "conservatism's" penchant for shoddy science and science denial -- these dunderheads lather themselves to represent "exceptions-to-rules" as "New Rules."
It is as if Christians who believe Saint Joseph of Cupertino could fly have a right to argue that The Law of Gravity does not exist.
St. Joseph of Cupertino
The day is coming -- by century's end -- when the following before-and-after photos of major world cities will more nearly approximate truth than fiction.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/global-icons-at-risk-from-sea-level-rise-pictures-19633
Until "The Flood," Americans will remain the "exceptional" people they are, using their precious consciences as "godly" vehicles for hatred and oppression.
Similarly, conservatives enlist vanishingly rare "climate scientists" to argue against anthropogenic global warming and -- based on modern "conservatism's" penchant for shoddy science and science denial -- these dunderheads lather themselves to represent "exceptions-to-rules" as "New Rules."
It is as if Christians who believe Saint Joseph of Cupertino could fly have a right to argue that The Law of Gravity does not exist.
St. Joseph of Cupertino
The day is coming -- by century's end -- when the following before-and-after photos of major world cities will more nearly approximate truth than fiction.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/global-icons-at-risk-from-sea-level-rise-pictures-19633
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/global-icons-at-risk-from-sea-level-rise-pictures-19633
Until "The Flood," Americans will remain the "exceptional" people they are, using their precious consciences as "godly" vehicles for hatred and oppression.
"Maudlin and hysterical..."
"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"
"Bad Religion: A Compendium"
It Is Important To Know These Things So Religion Doesn't Do You More Harm Than Good
What Too Many Christians Get Wrong
Gospel Of Mark: Why Doesn't Kim Davis Deny Marriage Licenses To The Previously Divorced?
Quaker Official Refuses To Issue Gun License
"Indiana: A Great Place To Be A Bigot"
Excellent Video Spoof
Sri Lankan model Chamila (AKA Chami) Asanka is an up-and-comer in the world fashion industry. She was also a 2011 contestant in the Miss International Queen pageant.
Kevin Balot
Philippine Transgender Women
Video Collage
Quaker Official Refuses To Issue Gun License
"Indiana: A Great Place To Be A Bigot"
Excellent Video Spoof
Sri Lankan model Chamila (AKA Chami) Asanka is an up-and-comer in the world fashion industry. She was also a 2011 contestant in the Miss International Queen pageant.
Philippine Transgender Women
Video Collage
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