The Missoula Ordinance, Potty Mouthism and the Waking World
03Apr10
Mercedes

http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/the-missoula-ordinance-potty-mouthism-and-the-waking-world/#more-576

Society grows, adjusts, and absorbs each new experience into its vernacular, although it has to be occasionally reinforced if it's to be kept from being forgotten....  And by accepting the repeated expression of individuality of others, society grows less threatened by any one individual.

This is part of what has been happening with transgender and transsexual communities, and we see it in sharp focus in the "bathroom predator" meme that has been taking place in recent months.  Panic about the possibility of transsexual women using the same public washroom as someone's wife, daughter, girlfriend, etc. has been used to oppose legislation that would protect transsexual and transgender people — and gay, lesbian and bisexual folks — frequently in recent years, even if the legislation in question said nothing at all about restrooms.  Panic sometimes used successfully.