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Letter: Stop the 'madness' of universal washrooms in Burnaby schools (www.burnabynow.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Spatialfiend to c/vancouver

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Honestly I'm on the fence about this. There are probably some good reasons for this and equally bad reasons, but I don't think the kids really care though.

A previous article was written by somebody in my neighborhood who was against this. Not sure she wants to talk to me anymore because I didn't completely buy in to her side of it.. she is 80 though. I'm not going to sit there and argue with an 80 year old lady in the street.

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[–] mars 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IMHO, another example of entitled selfishness. Just look at the language used: "I am sickened, furious and scared for my children and the students that I keep safe." I guess it's all about "my children" and everyone else can go to hell.

First off, can anyone actually cite some real examples and not "what-if"s or "what-about"s where gender-neutral washrooms have definitively caused harm? Because all I'm hearing here is this person is upset that they as a parent actually have to do their damn job of raising their kids to teach them that there are "others" in society that don't walk and talk and look like them.

Look back on history and you'll note that this kind of rhetoric is a direct echo of so-called "concerned parents" when racial integration was in the public zeitgeist.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Also echoes of gay panic. "What if a gay person is in here?"

It's just the same bigoted FUD it's always been, but this time it's more directed toward trans people.