https://twitter.com/abrowngaywrites/status/1444162491131392010?t=d_l-1i5ck1wG0fIsb0tk-Q&s=19

  • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    lmao, random chud with an inkjet printer, I'm sure you had access to statistics about crimes committed in Target bathrooms.

    • VernetheJules [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Maybe they found real numbers but I wouldn't be surprised if a rise is because a policy like this garnered attention, which put Karens on edge, which made them report anyone they suspected of being trans in the bathrooms

      • Comrade_Bones [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I had a look at the study and it was just a bunch of loser scientists literally googling articles with 'Target' and 'sexual' and finding out that there were 3 articles about peeping toms in 2016 and 6 in 2017 after the policy change, accounting for the 190% increase.

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Why? We don't need to lie, we're right. They need to lie because they're factually (among other ways) wrong and now I'm noticing your account name and wondering if I'm playing into a bit.

        • OfficialBenGarrison [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I'm half serious, half just doing a bit.

          The serious part: I do think the left (although I reluctantly support this) might benefit from being sensationalist.

          The bit part: We don't need to lie, I agree. We just need to sugar coat the truth in a way so normies might accept it. The reason the right is so successful is that people would rather be kissed with a lie than slapped with the truth. Why not kiss people with the truth?

          EDIT: I just deleted my old comment since it's kinda dumb when I actually put thought into it.

          • carbohydra [des/pair]
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            3 years ago

            Fuck it, I'm going full Enlightenment idealist: Our goals are fundamentally different. We want to actually create a better world, and that has to be based on TRUTH and TRUST. Fascists have to lie, because their actual program is miserable for everyone except a select few. We have to tell the truth because otherwise why not join the Democrats, tell flattering lies, and win? If you start disingenuously manipulating people, a leftist movement is impossible. By the people, for the people.
            :liberty-weeping:

          • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            Definitely agree, it's largely about the framing when you're trying to convince people of something.

  • ToastGhost [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    inb4 these incidents are just chuds freaking out someone with short hair is in the girls room

    • crime [she/her, any]
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      3 years ago

      Butch woman here, can confirm. I've defskies had more karens pointedly ask me if "I belong here" in the women's restroom in the last couple years than ive ever had dudes trying to shoo me out of the men's room which I used to occasionally use when the women's room line was too long.

      Whole thing is fucked up, I'm at least glad that if they're gonna be transphobic garbage at someone they do it to me, that way I can shut em down and make em feel like shit for asking so they don't feel the need to ask people who'd actually be hurt by it

  • richietozier4 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Did you know that since peepee in 2016, there has been a 190% increase in poopoo?

    • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The gig companies like instacart made their drivers pass out Prop 22 stickers last year. Reactionaries don't stop hustling, we can't either.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      "Target prices are increasing due to the propensity of profit to decline. Here is a bit.ly url to a 10,000 word webcomic about Marxism."

  • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I guarantee you the TERFs behind this committed half the peeping tom incidents to jack up that statistic.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      3 years ago

      they straight up committed half because they thought the other person might be trans.

      • ultraviolet [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        I can't have those transes in the bathrooms making me uncomfortable which is why I must inspect your genitals.

  • Morosaurus [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Lol when I worked at Target up at the service desk some chud yelled at me about the "transes" cause some lady brought her older toddler son to the womans bathroom with her