That's how we "feel" safe

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[–]aaarrgh 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, this is how things are now.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Did that happen?

[–]jet199[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I mean it did so I guess it's not really a joke.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

To whom? Where When? How?

[–]Rob3122 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10086761/Father-daughter-raped-girls-bathroom-slams-Merrick-Garland.html

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Thanks for this. I had no idea. Now when I search for - Scott Smith garland fbi - I see only numerous right wing news sources focusing on him as a victim of the Attorney General, a school board, transgender people, rapists &c. It seems the FBI were called because he threatened parents and the board, not because he said: "what are you doing about it?" He obviously has very good reasons to be upset. But he also did something that warranted a visit by the FBI. All of this will pass like other moments in the news cycle. Right-wing news will continue to post transgender hatred. I hope the Scott Smith sees that justice is served, however. He's right that the school board fucked up, which is an abuse of his daughter and others. Seems he could win a lawsuit over this. But he'll have to stop threatening people.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The right has turned it into an anti-trans rights thing though.

The girl was the victim of relationship violence, not an instance of transexual rape.

The rapist had been in a sexual relationship with the victim, and they'd had two consensual sexual encounters in the school bathroom. The girl chose to meet him in the bathroom, but intended to talk. The boy expected sex, didn't take no for an answer and sexually assaulted her.

The rapist was wearing a skirt, but that didn't authorize him to use the girl's bathroom. The bathroom policies that the victim's father was protesting didn't take effect for more than two months after the assault.

My sympathies are with the girl, and I'm in no way condoning rape. But it was nothing to do with transgenders being able to access the girl's bathroom.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-virginia-loudoun-county-bathroom-assault-transgender_n_61784469e4b093143210f8d6

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/opinion/loudoun-county-trans.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/in-case-at-center-of-political-firestorm-judge-finds-teen-committed-sexual-assault-in-virginia-school-bathroom/2021/10/25/42c037da-35cc-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html

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Agreed.

[–]jet199[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Reporting on very real crimes by trans people is not hated.

You don't get to shut this stuff down and silence victims because it hurts your religious feelings any more than the Catholics did with priest abuse.

No matter how many nice words you throw at it that won't change.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Reporting on very real crimes by trans people is not hated.

Yes - report crimes

You don't get to shut this stuff down and silence victims because it hurts your religious feelings any more than the Catholics did with priest abuse.

That's not happening.

No matter how many nice words you throw at it that won't change.

No one threw nice words

Scott Smith deserves justice. He does not have to threaten people in the process (though many of us would of course want to threaten people in that circumstance, there are of course laws against it. Right-wing news media are leaving out this important detail. We live in a "civil" society, and there are ways to help Smith and others in this case, without him breaking the law).