birdog1960

yes, because most rapists aren't toothless, deliverance types, untouchable testosterone laden jocks or famous political family's med school heroes but rather transexual men wearing lingerie. they're the ones that strike fear into every human without a y chromosome.

yes, because those publicly birth gender heterosexuals that are insecure in their gender feel threatened by the 1 in 7000-40000 that are publicly uncertain of their birth gender assignment or certain that it's incorrect. there's really no other material threat to society. how many transgender guys do you think are peeing in the ladies at bills games? have you ever heard a complaint?

yeah. I don't see a proble,m with them funding their own hs football and doing away with cheerleading. some nc voters might however.

it's a fight the nc repugs should have avoided. they are the ones trying to win a symbolic victory over an opponent that can hold their allowance. we'll see how strong their convictions are.

not so. there were 6 studies cited. one used gender dysphoria as an inclusion criteria for transgenderism. the other studies varied. they were all pretty large ratios. it's not even a meta analysis spo it's not great science but it looks like the prevalence is not all that high even with the definition being "gender dysphoria".

give em access to the faculty bathroom. problem solved.

just how prevalent are transgender students? 1/500. 1/1000? honestly don't know but there would seem to be a reasonable threshold in order to justify the cost of that. wouldn't surprise me if some home schoolers tried to cash in however and get a bathroom remodel out of it. edit: hmmm, prevalence is still an open question but looks like it's in the 1/15000-20,000 range for both sexes combined. https://tgmentalhealth.com/2010/03/31/the-prevalence-of-transgenderism/ sending them, if agreeable, to the same school, and having a separate transgender locker room with toilets in these schools would seem the better solution. bottom line however is that this is seldom going to be a practical proble. how many students does the avg hs have? given these numbers there's prob 1 student for every 5 school or more.

yup. all those damn Yankees supporting all those independent minded, statist southerners. just what you'd expect. if this works out maybe we can tackle states refusal to expand Medicaid next.

because strip tease is a bit too obvious and not as socially acceptable - shake those pom poms girls! why do mothers think this is a good thing to encourage?

oh yeah, and cheerleading. they shouldn't be involved in cheerleading. actually, I don't know why anyone is involved in cheerleading.

yes. hs football. they shouldn't be involved in hs football. on the other hand, they should be prosecuting anti trust laws against the nfl.

nope. if it's that minor of an issue (and it is) then the state should blink, not the feds. it's the golden rule the bigger question is why should the federal gov be paying for hs football. the same people complaining about this are likely the one comlaining about funding for npr, pbs and the arts. but hs football is ok. in fact, to question funding it is utterly ridiculous, right?.

nope. there's a simple solution: nc can pay for it all through state tax dollars. independence means paying your own way. did your daddy ever tell you "while your under my roof..." from a cursory review of fed taxes, it appears nc gets about $3k per capita more in fed assist than it pays in taxes (likely a significant amount of the subsidy coming from :"damn yaNKEES"). I suspect if you remove that 3K per person those sports and pleasantries don't get paid for.

sure. feds get out of my business. oh wait.... kinda like the seniors who berate government healthcare while spending much more than they ever put in through medicare.

as I've said it's a proxy battle in the culture war. but when you are outgunned, it's unwise to fire the first shot.

see, there's this problem with subtlety rearing its ugly head again. might it be that some people believe that you should use yyour bathroom of birth but simultaneously believe that there needn't be a law about it?

seems the bumpkins are the minority in your state. from the pbs article I linked: ROBEN FARZAD: North Carolinians have mixed views on HB2; 38 percent support it in general, but more than half believe people should use the bathroom of their birth. I can't imagine it takes much to boggle your mind. anything the least bit nebulous or gray is likely to do that. thinking in black and white is your forte'

i'm not equating it to anything. it's a stupid law with no or minimal practical effect. it's a culture battle in a culture war being fought by the far right in a state chosen by their elites (read the Koch's). the education issue is part of the same proxy war. too bad that in the short term regular folks that work in places like furniture factories will pay a price for this war.

yes. and nc is the proxy battleground. it's a shame that most nc residents don't realize that they've become, by way of yttheir pols, a cultural vietnam.

this law doesn't practically address any of these concerns. it's largely unenforceable. how would law enforcement enact it? post sentries at all public restrooms and locker rooms? ridiculous...molestation and sexual harassment is already illegal. many of the scenarios put forth as practical concerns are covered by existing laws. that's the most wasteful aspect of this. all this burnt goodwill and business dollars to make a symbolic, discriminatory and mean spirited point. don't they have anything better to do? you know like create jobs and opportunities, build infrastructure, feed the hungry, educate the uneducated, care for the sick...

vendors? paypal can administer and run their company from anywhere (except nc).. there's no vacuum. there's a global market and global facility and incentive opportunities. same for the pharma company that pulled out. same with lionsgate movie making locations or the choice of venue for the nba all star game. and more will likely follow. it's tougher to recruit top talent especially in highly technical and advanced degree requiring fields to jobs in a state perceived as backwards. employers in these fields are cognizant of this. the only vacuum in this story is the huge potential pile of money being sucked up away from nc. now we can add furniture dollars to the hoover bag. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/how-north-carolinas-bathroom-law-sparked-a-business-backlash/.

so you mean that where there's a demand for jobs, companies will follow and fill the void? i can cite almost endless examples where that hasn't happened. care to try again?

this law is unique to nc. is the federal gov't suing any other state over a similar law? why the nc pols felt it justified is irrelevant. the bill is what it is and that undesirable and distasteful to many. ruth bader ginsgerg's general opinion on privacy in the distant past doesn't specifically relate to this bill. your implication that "some situations" include the situations presented in the bill is unsupported by her statement. perhaps we will se =e how she comes down if this goes in front of the supremes. i'd bet on her judging to strike down the bill. in any event, she's one justice. she is not the sole arbiter of any legal question.

and you base this on what exactly?