• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      You don’t have to drive far outside of Portland to see Trump flags flying on along the highway.

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      It was also a single occupant bathroom with a locking door. No real reason for it to even be gendered.

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      8 months ago

      Portland and the surrounding areas are this weird dichotomy of super left-wing and super right-wing people all in the same place. Hence why you tend to get a lot of Proud Boys vs Antifa demonstrations/standoffs/fights there.

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      I live in Toronto, and when you live in a place that’s accepting of something like transgender people, the bigots feel attacked and become more vocal. The racists in Toronto get pretty vocal and I always wonder what the hell you’re doing in one of the most multi cultural cities in the world if you don’t like others

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    I’m curious what the legality of this really is.

    What rights do businesses have to dictate which restrooms their patrons use?

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      8 months ago

      Probably none. The whole bathroom debate has been legally dubious from the outset.

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        8 months ago

        That’s weird. They can refuse people using their bathrooms if they don’t pay, I figured denying them for other reasons was also on the table.

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            I mean, they shouldn’t even have to check birth certificates.

            What’s stopping a business from saying you can’t use their restrooms just because they feel like it?

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              Might be part of the requirement for running a business is you have to have a restroom available. When’s the last time you were in a restaurant without a bathroom? I’m sure they all don’t just supply one because it’d be weird to not, instead it’s probably part of the license req.

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              8 months ago

              Well potentially nothing? Until someone says “why?” and then it becomes gender discrimination

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              In the general case, nothing. Not too long ago I was in a Ben & Jerry’s that had closed its bathroom down, for example.

              The bartender in question here committed battery; that’s the underlying crime, not denying bathroom access. The hate crime rider on top is, by definition, an enhanced penalty for thinking illegal thoughts while committing some other crime.

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    “I wasn’t trying to misgender her — I had to look up what transgender was in the dictionary,” McIntyre said. “We were just arguing over spilt milk.”

    This bartender is definitely a bigot. Like I’m to believe you don’t know what transgender people are in 2024 and you work at a bar? Yeah right