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TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:19 AM Apr 2016

From Harry Belafonte's Autobiography "My Song," Regarding Segregated Bathrooms.

"Toward the end of our tour, our bus stopped at a Greyhound station outside of Richard, Virginia, and I went off groggily to relieve myself not noticing the White Only sign on the bathroom. As I unzipped my fly in front of a urinal, I heard a low, hate-filled voice behind me. ‘You let go one drop, you’re a dead n----r.’ I turned to see a state trooper, standing there with his hand on his holstered gun.”

It occurred to me that the same thing could soon happen to Laverne Cox in a few States. It was never about 'bathroom rights,' either then or now. It's always been about certain people wanting to put people they dislike in their place.

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From Harry Belafonte's Autobiography "My Song," Regarding Segregated Bathrooms. (Original Post) TrollBuster9090 Apr 2016 OP

I'm far below Harry Belafonte in every metric, but I did say something similar. merrily Apr 2016 #1

ReTHUGs are obsessed with sex malaise Apr 2016 #2

Agree. merrily Apr 2016 #3

ReTHUGs have been caught prowling for sex malaise Apr 2016 #4

Still, having sex and going potty are different, except for people with a certain type fetish. merrily Apr 2016 #6

Agreed malaise Apr 2016 #7

Excellent observation TrollBuster! Nitram Apr 2016 #5

merrily

(45,251 posts)

1. I'm far below Harry Belafonte in every metric, but I did say something similar.

Reply to TrollBuster9090 (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:25 AM

Apr 2016

America now has a right to know the traumas inflicted on Republicans during potty training that cause them to obsess over rest rooms in public places.

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P.S. None of this nonsense keeps male or female sex offenders out of rest rooms, or, for that matter, cameras. So, let's be honest: Potty issues are about baseless discrimination, not safety or privacy.

http://jackpineradicals.org/showthread.php?9698-Stalling-around-and-Republican-rest-room-issues&p=57876#post57876

malaise

(269,045 posts)

2. ReTHUGs are obsessed with sex

Reply to merrily (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:38 AM

Apr 2016

They are seriously insecure men.

merrily

(45,251 posts)

3. Agree.

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:41 AM

Apr 2016

Sex and potty are not the same, though. I've been in a lot of public restrooms over my life. To my knowledge, I've never been in a restroom with anyone having sex in the restroom at the same time as I visited.

malaise

(269,045 posts)

4. ReTHUGs have been caught prowling for sex

Reply to merrily (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:44 AM

Apr 2016

in bathrooms. True they are also racist bigots and they hate anyone who does not conform to their uninformed ideas about everything.

They are afraid of their shadows.