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I'm tired of conservatives being labeled as bigots because they oppose laws allowing transgender individuals to share bathrooms. Don't the liberals have enough ammunition in the bigot holster already?
This bathroom issue is simple for me. If my daughter goes into a public rest room and I see a man go in after her, I'm going in, too.
Here's the comparison I've drawn in my mind:
You're in a forest and you see a small cave. You go in the cave and there happens to be a bear cub in there. The mother bear doesn't care if you were in there to explore or to sleep or to seek protection from the elements. The mother bear doesn't care what honest and reasonable excuse you had for going in that cave, and she doesn't care that you had no intent on harming her cub.
Heck, you actually love bear cubs and think they are cute and adorable, and you'd never harm one. The mother bear doesn't give a rip. That mother bear is going in that cave after you, and you can't get angry at that mother bear for acting like ... well ... a mother bear. That mother bear has no political affiliation. She's just a mother bear.
Roger A. Kraft
Midvale