House Bill 752 criminalizes trans bathroom use in all private businesses with severe penalties. While passing it, Republicans argued trans people won't be harmed because they don't exist.
Some do, probably, yes. Some actually believe in this chain of “logic”. Those people really do believe that trans people are a threat to the safety of others. Odds are good those people have never talked to, or possibly even met, a trans person.
If they’re a myth, why make a law against a supposed myth? Oh, it’s a talking point of you wanting to make them a myth. Republicans are a myth.
I appreciate the sarcasm, but their actual “thought process” (yes, that belongs in quotes) goes something like this:
Well, that’s the explanation they give publicly. In reality, they just want to hurt and oppress people.
Some do, probably, yes. Some actually believe in this chain of “logic”. Those people really do believe that trans people are a threat to the safety of others. Odds are good those people have never talked to, or possibly even met, a trans person.