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Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says Equality and Human Rights Commission
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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So? They need to be oppressed. I think we should start talking a hell of a lot more about overtly stripping the rights from religious freaks and TERFs. Oppression is a tool of politics, and we've been unilaterally disarming ourselves for far too long.
We're currently in a one-sided war. The bigots can tirelessly work to strip the rights of everyone else, and they can sit comfortably knowing that no one will ever come after their rights and their liberties. After all, good liberals like yourself don't want to get their hands dirty, and they hem and haw and, cluck and peck at the ground, saying "wait, wait, we can't stoop to their level. They go low, we go high!" Then they maintain the moral high ground while the lives of vulnerable minorities are destroyed one piece at a time.
Fuck that. Here's an idea. Let's declare conservative churches as inappropriate for children. Kids shouldn't be exposed to the filth that's in the Bible after all. There's murder, bestiality, genocide, incest, and any number of disgusting things in that book. Maybe by law you should have to be 18 to read it. No more baptism for anyone under the age of 18. Hell, let's not even allow kids in churches until age 16.
Or here's an idea. Let's declare denying your kid gender-affirming care to be legally child abuse. Frankly, this isn't even a stretch. I want to see liberals pushing to take queer children out of the homes of religious bigots. There should be a form where kids can go online, out themselves as a queer kid living in a bigoted home, and have child protective services immediately come and find them a supportive place to live. Bigots don't deserve to be parents.
Or how about we pass a law that says trans people can sue cis people who make them uncomfortable in bathrooms. Do you harass a trans person or confront them about being in the "right" bathroom? That trans person should be able to sue you for an absurd some plus attorneys fees for a violation of their rights.
We need to start stripping absolutely every right we can from these animals. This is the only way we will ever see the right stop trying to take away everyone else's rights. Rights are meant to be a peace treaty - you let me live my life and I'll let you live yours. The problem is right now, conservatives are fucking over everyone else's lives, but no one is fucking with conservatives. I want them to feel the fear of their victims. Only then is there any hope of actually declaring a cease fire and ending this game of attacking rights of all sorts.
Is dehumanization a tool of oppression? You're fucking right it is. And we have some people that are in dire need of oppression. Conservative Christians love to masturbate about being "oppressed." It's about damn time they learned what real oppression felt like.