Article by Advocate about another aging rock star, in this case Alice Cooper, being an intolerable bigot who lost touch with a world that is progressing beyond his limited imagination
Ah yes the glory of being one of the most targeted minorities.
A good half of the world either kill or jail trans people.
“I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad, and I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that,” he replied. “I find it wrong when you’ve got a six-year-old kid who has no idea. He just wants to play, and you’re confusing him telling him, ‘Yeah, you’re a boy, but you could be a girl if you want to be.’”
“Well, I can see somebody really taking advantage of this, though,” he said. “A guy can walk into a woman’s bathroom at any time and just say, ‘I just feel like I’m a woman today’ and have the time of his life in there, and he’s not in the least bit… He’s just taking advantage of that situation. Well, that’s going to happen. Somebody’s going to get raped, and the guy’s going to say, ‘Well, I felt like a girl that day, and then I felt like a guy.’ Where do you draw this line?”
So basically just regurgitating the same tired, talking points and offering zero thoughts of his own.
Time of his life in there?? 🤣🤣 Dude needs to check out a woman’s bathroom just once. Wtf is he imagining?
Don’t you know? There’s an exclusive pizza party in the women’s bathroom on every Friday and Wednesday.
And everyone probably has their boobs out!
Where do you draw this line?
The line is arbitrary and society isn’t going to collapse if we get rid of it. I bet he knows 0 non binary people and it doesn’t affect him in any way.
These points are so incredibly dumb.
time of his life in there
What? How? What do you think goes on in the women’s restrooms?
Somebody’s going to get raped
Rapists, well known for how well they abide by laws and social norms, are gonna magically be stopped by a sign that has a little symbol of a woman…
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Wow. What a dumb shit.
Woaw that had no substance whatsoever.
I am so confused by the narrative that the risk here is that men might use it as some secret weapon to enter women’s restrooms and inevitably rape people.
It just falls apart at every single line of reasoning. It’s not like there’s a force field keeping men from entering women’s rest rooms at the moment. It’s not like rapes aren’t happening because men keep separated from women’s restrooms. It’s not like women are at a huge risk of being raped if they use a gender mixed restroom. It’s not like you take your pants off in front of people (unless you really want to); there are stalls. It just makes no sense whatsoever.
That said, for a man of the ripe old age of 75, he is recognizing that some people are transgender and seems to think they have the same rights as the rest of us; he’s just puzzled by the sudden increase in the number of trans people, which leads him into some far from ideal talking points. I wouldn’t judge him too hard though. It’s hard to wrap your head around changes in society at that age, and for the standards of a 75 years old white man this is still leaning towards tolerance in my interpretation.
Nah, he doesn’t get a pass. My dad is older than he is, and he’s not a transphobe. It’s not like being trans is so confusing. It can literally be understood within seconds.
I don’t see why you want to go out of your way to give Alice Cooper a pass, either. He’s known for being a conservative Christian, and it’s very likely that being a bigot fits right into his overall system of beliefs vs. just having one bad take. He’s not a good person. He’s a polite person to his fans by all accounts, but he’s not a good person overall.
I think there’s enough enemies of reason out there already that we don’t need to interpret people in bad faith in order to find things to be outraged about. There’s plenty of things to be outraged about even when interpreting people in good faith, and that way we don’t risk wasting our time on misunderstandings and made up conflict lines.
Maybe I’m too naïve.
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I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender
Can I have a 24 pack?
Well that’s disappointing :(
This isn’t surprising if you’ve been keeping track of his opinions at all over the past few decades. He’s been a far right wing religious hack for years. Him openly stating he’s a bigot shouldn’t really be a shock to anyone.
Being a rockstar seems to be a fad as well.
The last time he had a somewhat hit record was in 1991 at 53 years old. He’s 75 now.
I’d say Alice Cooper is less than a fad at this point.
I believe you mean 43 not 53. The 90s are further back in time :(
