So the story is that someone who identifies as a woman, a young college student who actually kind of does look the part, decided that because Florida has a state law that in punishable by law regarding gender and bathrooms, that "she" was going to go down to Florida and intentionally use the women's restroom in a government building.
Florida doesn't really F**k around all that much when it comes to laws so of course, this person was arrested.
The thing is, I think that this is exactly what this person wanted to have happen so that they could score some internet followers on whatever they are trying to promote which isn't really the ideal that the are claiming to stand for, they want attention and sadly, our society gives attention to people that try to get it this way, and others will almost certainly follow suit.
I intentionally wrote over the self-promoting stuff... I'm not going to help these agitators who make other people's lives more difficult intentionally
This may surprise you, but even as a conservative, I honestly don't have a problem with people wanting to cross dress or do whatever it is with their pronouns and what not. I do draw the line at making problems for other people though and I am not talking about other people's feelings. While I am certain that there are plenty of people that believe they were born in the wrong body and will respectfully use the other bathroom, there are also a ton of people that will abuse this and well, make problems for other people. I don't have any kids, but I do know some fathers that would probably end up going to jail for assault if they saw a guy in a dress walk into a bathroom that their daughter was in.
Anyway, I don't want to get into that because it gets people far too worked up. The thing is, I don't want transgenders to be outlawed or anything like they claim is happening, I just want sensibility, is that honestly too much to ask?
Well this person has already, unfortunately, made the news in a lot of places for being the first person arrested in Florida for using the "wrong" bathroom even though she claims that she was only washing her hands.
I think that people were aware that "she" was there to stir up trouble because apparently a security guard asked her when entering the government building "why are you here?" or something along those lines and apparently "she" responded by saying "I'm here to break the law."
Now if you walk into a government building and say that, regardless of why you are there, isn't that kind of asking for it?
The thing is, I don't really believe that this person is really all that interested in fighting for the cause that they claim to, I think they wanted to get into the news so that they could promote themselves and their social-media channels, whatever they might be, and use it to get more attention and perhaps some of that Dylan Mulvaney money.
I am sure that conservative activists are guilty of this as well, but it does seem to me that more often than not, it is liberals that are doing this kind of stuff where they intentionally annoy people or intentionally break laws, so that they can get something for themselves.
On the day she said she would use the toilet, Rheintgen was allegedly met by two officers outside the bathroom who tried to work with her but she entered the bathroom regardless and was arrested.
She let them know well before her arrival that she was coming there specifically to do what she did. Then later, as you would expect, her social media blew up and she has this to say
“I actually didn’t think as many people would see the article as actually did.”
Maybe it is just because I am older, but I really cannot understand how people will do almost anything to get into the spotlight, even if it is for not so great reasons. I guess that is the society that we live in now. Unfortunately I think it is going to get a lot worse before it get better.