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http://nypost.com/2016/04/22/the-hypocrisy-of-springsteens-transgender- bathroom-crusade/
Bruce Springsteen is a megatalented rock star of limited intelligence and outsize cultural influence. Now The Boss is throwing a massive hissy fit
in protest of a North Carolina law that instructs individuals as to where
they can and cannot pee and poop.
It’s come to this, tinkle-lovers. A millionaire music legend and self-
styled ‘’humanitarian’’ who can afford to relieve himself in the privacy
of his New Jersey mansion demands potty parity for people who claim they “identify’’ as belonging to a gender at odds with their genitalia.
It’s enough to make me long for the quiet dignity of Caitlyn Jenner.
No, wait! The narcissistic reality-TV babe, born the male athlete Bruce
Jenner, has lately forced me to contemplate her nether regions by wavering publicly over whether she’ll undergo a sex-change operation.
I could have lived a long and happy life without knowing about Cait’s
genital dilemma.
Earlier this month, Springsteen, 66, and his E Street Band canceled a
concert scheduled in North Carolina, voicing the frontman’s displeasure
over the state’s so-called “bathroom law’’ enacted last month, which bars transgender individuals from using public bathrooms and locker rooms whose signs — “Women’’ and “Men’’ — don’t correspond to their private parts.
“Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write — is one of them,’’ Springsteen lectured on his website.
“It is the strongest means I have for raising my voice in opposition to
those who continue to push backwards instead of forwards.”
Welcome back to the revolution, comrade! I haven’t heard Springsteen get
so politically exercised since the presidency of his despised George W.
Bush.
One by one, leftist members of the celebrity-industrial complex followed Springsteen’s lead and vowed to fight for people’s right to urinate (and
the other thing) wherever they wish. Former Beatle Ringo Starr canceled a concert in North Carolina. Leftist filmmaker Michael Moore refuses to show
his latest flick, “Where to Invade Next,’’ in the state, which might be a blessing in disguise to North Carolinians with taste. Filmmaker and actor
Rob Reiner pledged that he wouldn’t make any more movies in North Carolina unless the state’s bathroom law is repealed.
The rock group Pearl Jam canceled a show in the state, as did the band
Boston and the Cirque du Soleil troupe.
Heads of corporations (including PepsiCo and Hewlett-Packard) and
performers (Bryan Adams, for one) piled on in protest.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month joined leaders of other states and cities and banned all “non-essential’’ travel by New York state employees to North Carolina.
Mayor Bill de Blasio did the same with New York City workers, although I haven’t a clue what “essential’’ travel entails.
Holy hypocrisy! Many of these conscientious bathroom objectors see no
problem performing or doing business in places where same-sex marriage
isn’t legal (such as Italy) or where homosexuals and transgender folks are routinely persecuted or killed (about all Middle Eastern countries, except Israel).
Maybe I’m a prude. But if you’re like me, you might be disturbed by the
sight of people with penises doing their business, showering and changing
their clothes inside female-only, multiple-occupancy bathrooms and locker
rooms in government buildings. The thought of allowing anatomical males
inside public school facilities used by young girls is enough to keep you
up at night. (Owners of private property can make their own rules.)
I’m talking mainly about humans bearing junk who say they believe they’re really women trapped inside men’s bodies. But I imagine that the sight of people with lady parts using men’s facilities might be equally disturbing
to bathroom users with the corresponding equipment.
Hey — I’m cool with sex changes. As readers know, I applaud an old friend
who was born a guy, but grew so unhappy with the way God made him, my pal underwent gender reassignment surgery and transitioned into a gal. In
North Carolina, people who’ve had themselves surgically transformed into
the gender they believe they really are may use public facilities matching their altered states.
The question is: How can anyone tell genuine pre-op transgenders apart
from garden-variety pervs? We can’t.
Bruce Springsteen & Co. should garner their resources to fight child abuse
at home, famine in Africa — even the bullying of LGBT types.
Anything more pressing than the loo. It’s about the bathroom, stupid.
Tragedy on both sides
Akai Gurley did not deserve to die. Former rookie New York City cop Peter
Liang does not deserve prison time, either.
Liang, 28, shot the 28-year-old Gurley to death in the stairwell of a
Brooklyn housing project in 2014 — the result of poor training and the officer’s panic. This made Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson
recommend that Liang spend no time behind bars. But before sentencing
Liang on Tuesday to community service and probation, with not a minute of lockup, Judge Danny Chun reduced Liang’s conviction from manslaughter to criminally negligent homicide.
Thompson vowed to appeal that decision.
Why?
Liang should not have been in that stairwell. Gurley should be alive today
to play with his daughter. It was a tragic mistake. I wish Gurley’s family members peace. It may never come.
Sorry, Hill, time to feel the spurn
Some readers assumed I’d lost my marbles when I announced in a column that
I was voting for Hillary Clinton in New York’s primary.
(Yes, I’m a Democrat.)
Hillary’s big win Tuesday over Bernie Sanders, with my help, means that a corrupt dame is set to coast to her party’s nomination over a “democratic socialist’’ who would tax you and me to the hilt to pay for trillions in
new government spending. I can live with Hill.
Donald Trump’s victory in New York’s Republican primary in every county
except the one where he lives (John Kasich took New York County, a k a Manhattan) may lead him to face Hillary in the general election. Trump vs. Clinton? The Donald may just have my vote.
The music dies
All the Ramones. David Bowie. Then Thursday, Prince joined a parade of musicians, dying too soon. The brilliant singer, songwriter and actor left
the world from inside his Minnesota estate at age 57.
The soundtrack of my life is being silenced, one voice at a time.
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Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party has run out of gas.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for ending the disaster of the Obama presidency.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
With a little luck, we'll see compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail too.
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