Recent comments in /f/nottheonion

DiggyMcGriz t1_j7it6jb wrote

It's not illegal in the "our detectives are working around the clock to follow the paper trail to find out who is in possession of ninja stars" sense.

It's more like "this is one of those crimes the police can use to arrest you when they want to arrest you for SOMETHING but can't quite make what they want to arrest you for stick." Or if they are charging you with something else and want to tack on a few more bonus charges.

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Here_Forthe_Comment t1_j7is59l wrote

No, not really. There is no proof or evidence that men are now identifying as trans women to hurt women. That's not a thing. There is no right wing news outlet who wouldn't love to get ahold of some statistic of that sort. There's even an increase of gender neutral bathrooms but no increase in that kind of crime. People are just living their lives.

There is an increase in hate crimes towards trans women though, so that's a valid concern. Maybe we should protect them instead of saying, "but what about these people" that have no cause for concern.

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