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Christian nationalist North Carolina Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, currently the leading candidate for the GOP nomination for governor, launched an attack on transgender women years after the Tar Heel State's last GOP governor cost the state millions – and possibly billions – of dollars, and cost him his political career over the very same issue.

“We're going to defend women in this state,” vowed Robinson, according to WUNC, at a campaign stop earlier this month. “That means if you're a man on Friday night, and all the sudden on Saturday, you feel like a woman, and you want to go in the women's bathroom in the mall, you will be arrested — or whatever we got to do to you.”

"In campaign speeches in recent weeks," WUNC added, "Robinson suggested that people who previously identified as male should be 'arrested' if they go in a women’s bathroom. Instead, he suggests they should 'find a corner outside somewhere' to relieve themselves."

In a different campaign speech Robinson said, “if you are confused, find a corner outside somewhere to go. We're not tearing society down because of this.”

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[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 64 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You... you can't go to a corner and relieve yourself.

Thats a misdemeanor you will likely be arrested and jailed for.

This moron has just told people to do something that is illegal, in addition to being dehumanizing on its face.

How is people pissing and shitting outside /not/ tearing down society, isnt this exactly the kind of thing that is bemoaned as a sign of society collapsing when talking about the homeless or drug addicts?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that's the point. It's a double win for them, dehumanize you and get you in trouble for doing the only thing you're "allowed" to do by their standards.

Republicans make me sick to my stomach.

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I personally know many people who think and say and agree with things along Mr. Just Poop Outside's kind of rhetoric.

They are most often not actually aware of the obvious contradictions and logical contradictions of their rhetoric.

Then, when you point it out, they get angry and violent.

The more clever and more demonic ones will be aware of what youre saying and usually lie about it in public but admit to it privately.

But the vast majority of them are too stupid to realize the contradiction in the moment.

Which makes sense, because conservatives brains are statistically more susceptible to fear and rage and othering groups they dont identify with.

Yes, the more evil ones are consciously aware that their rhetoric just is rhetoric fueled by hatred.

But the vast majority actually are the dumb sheep that they call everyone else, easily herded into worldviews by obvious lies and emotional reasoning overtaking their logical faculties.