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craigr wrote: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.2535150

A Seattle, Wash. community is in uproar after a man undressed in the women’s locker room at a local pool, seemingly to test a new rule that allows transgender people to use the bathroom of their gender identity, according to King 5 News.

An unidentified man wearing board shorts walked into the women’s bathroom of Evans Pool, in the heart of Seattle, on Monday evening.
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He returned to the restroom for a second time later that evening, when young girls were changing for swim practice.

People who frequent Evans Pool were outraged that the man would take advantage of the new rule, designed to protect the rights of the transgender community.

(emphasis added)

I love watching this stuff. The cognitive dissonance must be causing smoke to come from the left's ears as they try to sort out the victim group pecking order: Women or transgenders? Who do I side with? Can I get some PC guidance here?

It also speaks to the degraded culture of Seattle that nobody took action or even tried to call the police on this pervert. They have been completely brainwashed.

When the moral relativism of the left takes hold it is no longer possible to assert right from wrong. Who are we to judge? If you don't want your six year old daughter in the shower room with a grown man wearing a dress, that makes you the problem. Don't want to be transphobic, right?

moda0306 wrote: Btw, does anyone know how locker/bathroom norms came about anyway?  I have to admit, they seem quite arbitrary. And am I the only one here who would like for men over 50 to have their own separate locker room!?  What is it about you guys and walking around naked for 45 minutes after a workout!!!???

Michellebell wrote: This thread is hilarious! 

I'm trying to think of any life experience I've had that relates to this though and I can't.  I guess that's a good thing.

Greg wrote:

Michellebell wrote: This thread is hilarious! 

I'm trying to think of any life experience I've had that relates to this though and I can't.  I guess that's a good thing.

I tell my wife about these things and she finds it hilarious as well because when she goes in her girl's locker room (which I imagine has pillow fights, smooth funk music playing, and everyone looks like a supermodel), she never sees women walking around naked. Not sure if it is just more practical for guys to walk around naked, and that's what guys are all about, or women worry more about judging if people walked around naked, I dunno.

craigr wrote: It also speaks to the degraded culture of Seattle that nobody took action or even tried to call the police on this pervert. They have been completely brainwashed.

Gabe wrote:

craigr wrote: It also speaks to the degraded culture of Seattle that nobody took action or even tried to call the police on this pervert. They have been completely brainwashed.

I was just visiting a good friend in Portland and couple nights ago we went out to a bar for some local color. A fat, presumably feminist, girl with a degree in sociology from UC Berkeley came over to ruthlessly hit on me. We were drunk and amused so we humored her with conversation for a few minutes before we left.

Totally unbidden, she introduced gender fluidity into the conversation, explaining to me how all restrooms should be co-ed because segregated restrooms were unfair to the many people who were born with a gender identity different from the one they were assigned by society. In retrospect, I should have effected a look of earnest confusion and asked her if gender fluid was something manufactured locally in Portland. I’m dumbfounded, albeit not entirely surprised, that this is a topic she introduced within minutes of initiating the bar courtship ritual.

I’m not sure what the deal is with the Pacific Northwest, but it would seem some gender fluid is leaking into the water supply.

Gabe wrote:

craigr wrote: It also speaks to the degraded culture of Seattle that nobody took action or even tried to call the police on this pervert. They have been completely brainwashed.

I was just visiting a good friend in Portland and couple nights ago we went out to a bar for some local color. A fat, presumably feminist, girl with a degree in sociology from UC Berkeley came over to ruthlessly hit on me. We were drunk and amused so we humored her with conversation for a few minutes before we left.

Totally unbidden, she introduced gender fluidity into the conversation, explaining to me how all restrooms should be co-ed because segregated restrooms were unfair to the many people who were born with a gender identity different from the one they were assigned by society. In retrospect, I should have effected a look of earnest confusion and asked her if gender fluid was something manufactured locally in Portland. I’m dumbfounded, albeit not entirely surprised, that this is a topic she introduced within minutes of initiating the bar courtship ritual.

I’m not sure what the deal is with the Pacific Northwest, but it would seem some gender fluid is leaking into the water supply.

craigr wrote: It also speaks to the degraded culture of Seattle that nobody took action or even tried to call the police on this pervert. They have been completely brainwashed.

Desert wrote:

Michellebell wrote: I've never before heard the phrase "gender fluid" before.  I had to look it up to see if it's a real thing.  So strange!

Same here.  "A gender that changes over time." 

Gender with time dependency.  G(t) = cos(t) 

Ask me my gender, and I'll ask you what time it is.   

It seems like gender fluidity would drive a ridiculous clothing budget, too.

Simonjester wrote:
cis�gen�der
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adjective
adjective: cisgender; adjective: cis-gender; adjective: cisgendered; adjective: cis-gendered

denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity conforms with the gender that corresponds to their biological sex; not trans-gender.

and it is already being used pejoratively

Gabe wrote: Just wait til you hear the term 'heteronormative' used pejoratively.

Libertarian666 wrote:

Gabe wrote:

craigr wrote: It also speaks to the degraded culture of Seattle that nobody took action or even tried to call the police on this pervert. They have been completely brainwashed.

I was just visiting a good friend in Portland and couple nights ago we went out to a bar for some local color. A fat, presumably feminist, girl with a degree in sociology from UC Berkeley came over to ruthlessly hit on me. We were drunk and amused so we humored her with conversation for a few minutes before we left.

Totally unbidden, she introduced gender fluidity into the conversation, explaining to me how all restrooms should be co-ed because segregated restrooms were unfair to the many people who were born with a gender identity different from the one they were assigned by society. In retrospect, I should have effected a look of earnest confusion and asked her if gender fluid was something manufactured locally in Portland. I’m dumbfounded, albeit not entirely surprised, that this is a topic she introduced within minutes of initiating the bar courtship ritual.

I’m not sure what the deal is with the Pacific Northwest, but it would seem some gender fluid is leaking into the water supply.

This may be off topic, but "Gender Fluid" would be a great name for a rock band.

"Undocumented workers who may not be using their own Social Security card to qualify for employment and for tax purposes will also see little, if any, of the Social Security benefits they accrue over the years, Morrissey said."

craigr wrote: Also, you'd be amazed at how well these three words can send Liberals scrambling: I don't care.

In fact, just internalize that attitude towards liberals: "I don't care."

Pointedstick wrote:

craigr wrote: Also, you'd be amazed at how well these three words can send Liberals scrambling: I don't care.

In fact, just internalize that attitude towards liberals: "I don't care."

As a former liberal, I think Craig is right on the money here. It leaves them speechless. The core of liberalism is pretending to care about everything and feigning shock that other people don't share your degree of caring. "I don't care" completely eliminates all their power. They may immediately follow up with an insult. You might be called a jerk, or an asshole, or a monster, or as bad as Rush Limbaugh or Adolph Hitler. Repeat it: "I don't care." Resist the urge to say something like, "Where's all your compassion now?" Just keep on not caring. If you don't care about their cause du jour, they have no power.

sophie wrote: Ironically, the now-liberal policies of free trade and unfettered illegal immigration, and perhaps also the minimum wage laws, are a disaster for "poor people", at least the ones who are trying to earn a living outside of the welfare system.  The logic, though, is impossible to explain since it involves multiple reasoning steps and a departure from the usual media script.

Maybe Craig's method is easier, though it would only feed the fire with some people I know.  Changing the subject works better in those cases.

Pointedstick wrote:

craigr wrote: Also, you'd be amazed at how well these three words can send Liberals scrambling: I don't care.

In fact, just internalize that attitude towards liberals: "I don't care."

As a former liberal, I think Craig is right on the money here. It leaves them speechless. The core of liberalism is pretending to care about everything and feigning shock that other people don't share your degree of caring. "I don't care" completely eliminates all their power. They may immediately follow up with an insult. You might be called a jerk, or an asshole, or a monster, or as bad as Rush Limbaugh or Adolph Hitler. Repeat it: "I don't care." Resist the urge to say something like, "Where's all your compassion now?" Just keep on not caring. If you don't care about their cause du jour, they have no power.

jafs wrote:

Pointedstick wrote: As a former liberal, I think Craig is right on the money here. It leaves them speechless. The core of liberalism is pretending to care about everything and feigning shock that other people don't share your degree of caring. "I don't care" completely eliminates all their power. They may immediately follow up with an insult. You might be called a jerk, or an asshole, or a monster, or as bad as Rush Limbaugh or Adolph Hitler. Repeat it: "I don't care." Resist the urge to say something like, "Where's all your compassion now?" Just keep on not caring. If you don't care about their cause du jour, they have no power.

Why do you say "pretend to care" - the liberals I know actually do care.