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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 09:56 AM Aug 2016

Christian activist fears she’ll never be able to use a public restroom again if Target boycott fails

BRAD REED
19 AUG 2016 AT 14:54 ET

Christian activists’ boycott of Target hasn’t exactly been a rousing success so far, as the company this week announced that it’s spending $20 million to expand its available restroom options while at the same time remaining inclusive toward transgender people.

Right Wing Watch notices that Christian activist Sandy Rios is so scared that the boycott of Target will be a flop that she fears she’ll never be able to use a public restroom again.

“If we do not keep the pressure on Target, this will quickly — we know how major corporations are, they are scared to death of anything that isn’t politically correct — this will spread like wildfire, we will not be able to go to the bathroom anywhere,” she told Breitbart’s Alex Marlow. “What’s at stake is all the other companies around this country that will just cave, they just will.”

While this sounds dire, it’s likely that most people will simply get used to having transgender people in their restrooms without getting upset by it. That said, it’s unlikely that Sandy Rios will be taking any family road trips in the near future if she’s seriously too scared to use a public bathroom.

Listen to the full clip below.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/christian-activist-fears-shell-never-be-able-to-use-a-public-restroom-again-if-target-boycott-fails/

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Christian activist fears she’ll never be able to use a public restroom again if Target boycott fails (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
That can be dangerous. She's already full of shit. rug Aug 2016 #1
Chuckle Soxfan58 Aug 2016 #7
AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Odin2005 Aug 2016 #19
Thread win on tbe first post. nt msanthrope Aug 2016 #21
Self cloistered is an option Person 2713 Aug 2016 #2
I haven't had any problem using bathrooms in public myself. dofus Aug 2016 #3
Seriously. Who are these people who watch others in bathrooms jberryhill Aug 2016 #16
Ummm, once a German tourist in a national park caught Hortensis Aug 2016 #24
How do you know she was German? jberryhill Aug 2016 #25
This. Seeing a penis won't destroy your life scscholar Aug 2016 #27
I actually welcome NC's law that you have to use the bathroom mothra1orbit Aug 2016 #4
Ha! Nice one! NT Adrahil Aug 2016 #5
Lol. That's one way of looking at it. Arkansas Granny Aug 2016 #10
Exactly izzybella Aug 2016 #12
Good One!!! eom! karmaqueen Aug 2016 #29
What's her problem, here's her solution!!! Now, she can go anyplace her hateful mind desires!!! RKP5637 Aug 2016 #6
Then stay home haters. we can do it Aug 2016 #8
more room for us Enrique Aug 2016 #9
What is the problem, we have shared a restroom with others for years, this is a hatred of, for and Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #11
so friggin' stupid treestar Aug 2016 #13
Her best friend needs one of George's T-Shirts A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #14
Oooooooh my!!! Initech Aug 2016 #22
Maybe she will stay at home more, instead of creating a public nuisance Jeffersons Ghost Aug 2016 #15
Well I guess she will just have to stay home then. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #17
So Sandy Rios explodes if her fears come true jmowreader Aug 2016 #18
Good! Become a shut in if you are so scared of Trans folks! Odin2005 Aug 2016 #20
So I guess she better go before leaving home then hold it after that Raine Aug 2016 #23
Oh the humanity! liberal N proud Aug 2016 #26
And the Lord said: verily, by their pained expressions, crossed-leg walks and bowel difficulties Squinch Aug 2016 #28
What does she do, leave the stall door open so everyone can see her pee? Buy adult diapers dimwit. appleannie1 Aug 2016 #30
Depends. Warpy Aug 2016 #31
Totally forgot about the boycott. Laffy Kat Aug 2016 #32

dofus

(2,413 posts)
3. I haven't had any problem using bathrooms in public myself.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:01 AM
Aug 2016

I identify with the gender I was born with, as do most people. I haven't a clue how many transgendered people there out there, which no doubt means I meet them more or less every day and haven't a clue.

The very short time I spend in public restrooms I do my own business and leave. I don't pay a lot of attention to others who are there, doing there own business.

Makes me think I might be missing out on something very interesting.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
16. Seriously. Who are these people who watch others in bathrooms
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 01:11 PM
Aug 2016

The creature fromSwamp Thing could be in there for all I'd notice or care.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
24. Ummm, once a German tourist in a national park caught
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 08:22 PM
Aug 2016

my attention when she hoisted a foot onto a sink and proceeded to soap up her not-so-privates. So could depend on what the swamp thing's up to, but basically the same here.


It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America. - Molly Ivins
 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
27. This. Seeing a penis won't destroy your life
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 09:19 PM
Aug 2016

but I guess it might make one of them hyperventilate.

mothra1orbit

(231 posts)
4. I actually welcome NC's law that you have to use the bathroom
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:03 AM
Aug 2016

that corresponds to the sex indicated on your birth certificate.

Women have suffered for decades if not centuries from longer bathroom lines than men have. I now choose the shorter line, no matter which bathroom it leads to, explaining to anyone who looks askance at an old lady in the men's room that I was born a man.

So far, no one's asked to see my penis.

Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
10. Lol. That's one way of looking at it.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:20 AM
Aug 2016

As I near my 70th birthday, I can honestly say that the only bad experiences I've had in public restrooms involved the plumbing and not the other patrons.

This is a subject that has been blown totally out of proportion by the rwnj''s in an attempt to frighten their base into making poor decisions, namely, voting more rwnj's into office.

izzybella

(236 posts)
12. Exactly
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 11:38 AM
Aug 2016

And that male rapist who they are so concerned will dress like a woman to get into the woman's bathroom can walk right in dressed like a man and simply claim he was born a woman. These laws actually make it easier for the "rapist".

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
11. What is the problem, we have shared a restroom with others for years, this is a hatred of, for and
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:36 AM
Aug 2016

by so called "Christians". Terrible abuse of love one another taught by the Jesus I know.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
13. so friggin' stupid
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 11:43 AM
Aug 2016

1. There are not that many transgender people
2. Transgender people look like the gender they transitioned to, so it would be worse for this lady if people went into their sex-at-birth gender restroom
3. Who notices who else is in a public restroom? I have zero curiosity about such people. On New Jersey Turnpike rest stops, for example, the rest rooms are huge and I could have been in one the same time as a transgender person was many time. But why is this lady not concerned about the female cisgender criminals she might have been in the restroom with? They are more dangerous to her.
4. She is not really concerned, it is blown out of proportion to create a concern for the bigoted - they know they could have been in a restroom with a transperson without knowing it.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
18. So Sandy Rios explodes if her fears come true
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 01:53 PM
Aug 2016

This will mean someone who makes $9 an hour will have to deal with the mess, but otherwise is there a downside?

Raine

(30,540 posts)
23. So I guess she better go before leaving home then hold it after that
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 08:12 PM
Aug 2016

if all the types like her stay out of public restrooms it leaves more empty stalls for the rest of us..

liberal N proud

(60,302 posts)
26. Oh the humanity!
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 09:14 PM
Aug 2016


I was looking for a different image and this came up, it is appropriate in this situation

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
28. And the Lord said: verily, by their pained expressions, crossed-leg walks and bowel difficulties
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 09:20 PM
Aug 2016

shall ye know them.

Amen.

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
31. Depends.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:17 PM
Aug 2016

Seriously, lady, you're that prissy about public bathrooms, buy a pack. You'll need them.

Laffy Kat

(16,356 posts)
32. Totally forgot about the boycott.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:51 PM
Aug 2016

I was there today and spent $60. It looked packed to me with back-to-school shoppers. Target is obviously is doing well in my area.

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