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[–]MarkTwainiac 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Tellingly, the writeup of the poll results doesn't say or show how the question was asked. Nor does it break down the respondents by such important factors as age.

As the responses on this thread and sub to the dictatorial ideas and proposals you've made show, most people are not illiberal authoritarians - so if you ask the average person in a casual, cursory way "do you think trans people should be allowed to use toilets they feel most comfortable in like everyone else?" most people will say of course. Coz most of us are NOT keen to deny other people their rights and freedoms - that's your bag. But when asked, "do you think 13 year-old-girls and grown women should be forced to share public toilets with adult males?" most people will say no.

Since opinion polls can easily be rigged to yield the desired results, I'm surprised only 4 out of 10 female respondents assented to the idea of males in the female loos - and females in the male ones. That means 60% are against. In a national election, winning 60% of the vote would be an unprecedented landslide.

https://youtu.be/G0ZZJXw4MTA

Also, when coming up with public policy is about safeguarding and risk mitigation, the opinion and advice of seasoned experts holds the most weight, not what uninformed people on the street say.

As I said before, the policies you advocate for don't appear well thought-out or to be based on much knowledge of the issues at hand or the history of what led to the current practices and provisions in the first place.