Potty Politics …

Who should be allowed to use which public restroom? 

Was this such a big problem that North Carolina had to pass a law to clarify this?

Welcome to more legislative stupidity. It’s an election year, after all, and we have to expect looney-tune legislation designed to further splinter the electorate.

So some bozos in North Carolina passed a law that you’re only allowed to use the public restroom that corresponds to your gender at birth.

Their point was … I give up.  I honestly don’t know. More interesting: who is going to check?  Is there going to be an official genitals inspector at the door of every restroom? Will you need to bring your birth certificate every time you need to go?  

Think TSA. If you thought the lines at the women’s restrooms at airports and sporting events were long already, get prepared for an even longer wait. And what about the urinals in men’s restrooms – the real reason the lines in men’s rooms move faster – how’s that going to work?  

I’ve seen women in men’s restrooms, mainly because they can’t wait in their line any longer. I’ve never seen men offended; they seem to understand. I’m not sure how women feel about men in their restrooms – which probably happens with far less frequency – but I suspect most of them wouldn’t care that much either as long as the men used a stall and put the seat down afterward.

This seems to be much ado about nothing. However, by passing an inane law to prohibit something that didn’t seem to be a problem – for God knows what reason – the nitwits in North Carolina invented a crisis that didn’t previously exist.

It also gave the Democrats and the Left ammunition to paint all Republicans in general and Southerners in particular as redneck cracker bastards who hate gays.

Thanks a bunch, North Carolina.    

Of course, this same idiotic law brought out the threat of boycotts by such intellectuals as Bruce Springsteen, the members of Pearl Jam, and Ringo Starr. Companies have threatened to move operations elsewhere, as have sponsors of major sporting events. 

How did this all start?  Well the city of Charlotte passed an ordinance that all public restrooms should be gender neutral. That’s it. The North Carolina legislature was so horrified by this prospect that it passed this piece of legislative insanity to protect its citizens.

And that’s how the fun began. Bible thumpers on one side predicted teenage girls would be forced to shower with adult men as the logical outcome. The Left predictably screamed discrimination against the LGBT community, especially the transgendered, fortunately for Democrats just in time for the next election.

How gender-neutral restrooms leapfrogged to this escapes me. But, as I said, this is an election year and that’s prime time for nutso behavior. 

I for one don’t mind gender-neutral bathrooms one bit. 

I only ask that women – or men who self-identify as women – put the seat up when they’re done as a courtesy to any men who still self-identify as men who may follow. 

Fair’s fair.