Hersheypark says transgender people free to use restrooms that correspond to gender identity

LostKause:

The seven or eight trans women in pro sports have become the new "satanic panic" of our time.

So, men and women do have physiological differences that could lead to unfair advantages in sports. I won't argue with that. However, why is this the business of the government? Could someone let me know? Sure does seem like wasteful use of government resources to be stressing over sports teams. If the sports folks are so concerned about gender, then let the sports folks handle gender. Let the overarching leagues or whatever (I'm in no way a sports person) make rules and regulations that affect the different teams.

Gunkey Monkey:
We have to remember that many factions of settlers who came to this country were deeply conservative/religious and that still appears in our societal attitudes today.

Ah yes, religion, controlling and oppressing people for thousands of years. What is it about religion that is so sticky? They do a really good job at exploiting people's fear of the unknown. But there must be more than just that.

Gunkey Monkey:

settlers who came to this country were deeply conservative/religious and that still appears in our societal attitudes today

TheMillenniumRider:
Ah yes, religion, controlling and oppressing people for thousands of years. They do a really good job at exploiting people's fear of the unknown. But there must be more than just that.

They've had the ultimate influencer since day 1:

I believe he uses @jeeziecreezie69 online. Wait till you read the tweets about the Selfie on the Mount!

(You're welcome christians, I just saved your religion)

Save Christianity? I thought Pope Bob was going to do that.

White Jesus is so handsome. And I didn’t know he had ink. Is that his mom?

I think it is absolutely the purview of government to protect the rights of the people. "You can't fire someone based on race" seems like exactly the kind of thing the government should be doing. Unfortunately, it seems like we have done mental gymnastics so the rights being protected are "You can't hold me accountable for my hypocrisy and bigotry."

RCMAC:

White Jesus is so handsome.

Why is Jesus always white? His region of birth dictates that he must have been brown.

Ask Rufus, I hear Jesus owe him a few bucks.

I prefer

Jeff:

I don't understand people who care about where others pee, so long as it's in a place connected to sewage.

Whatever, mister "I don't pee on trees."

I just miss reading posts from rollergator and slithernoggin.

Hey Vater, how many people have been molested in bathrooms by men pretending to be trans in the US since this originally came up?

How many conservatives and conservative faith leaders have been caught molesting children?

I really don't have any interest in discussing this anymore. I'm sure to you it sounds like a copout, but I really don't care. My last response (relevant to the topic) was 9 years ago. My opinions on the subject are likely unpopular on this site, and they really don't matter anyway.

😂🤣

Did you really drop in today to start something? Is that really necessary?

Yes. Because I abhor people that promote fascist ideologies.

Sorry, their preferred term is conservative.

Tekwardo:

Yes. Because ...

You know, maybe think about other people on this site who would want it to be a safe space where they can engage in their hobby, and don't particularly want to see a tiresome "debate" about their lives being played out again and again.

Nah. I don’t support fascism and think that anyone that mingles with fascists are just as bad.

This is what I can contribute to the bathroom debate. America has ****ty bathrooms. They should all be rooms with actual doors, it really doesn’t matter who uses what because in a proper setup you aren’t able to hold hand with your neighbor and look through the gaps to see a straining face as a log plops into the water. If bathrooms were set up like a proper country then we wouldn’t even be having this dumb debate.

Everyone in charge in this country has you all so well redirected into arguing about pointless crap that you can’t focus on them taking advantage of you at every opportunity and giving everyone ****tier living conditions and lives because of it.

While I agree that bathrooms in this country are terrible (esp after going to Japan), the people that have a problem with trans people in bathrooms have other ideological differences that make them bad people that would just complain about something else.

It’s not about the bathroom and who uses it. It’s about controlling people that you think are less than or people you’ve ‘othered’.

Just like other fascists. It the same play book. They’ve just been allowed to get louder in the last few years. They shouldn't be comfortable here. Or anywhere.