What happened to small government?
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026
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Small government = "Don't tax me to do things that benefit society as a whole including minorities."
Free speech = "No one should be allowed to say anything mean to men when I spew hateful speech towards minorities."
2nd amendment = "I should be allowed to shoot minorities without repercussions."
Etc.
It's in their pants.
Oh, no, no. You misunderstand. They want small government as in physical size, not organizational size. The smaller it is, the more places they can fit it in your daily life. /s
Obvious solution: more gender neutral bathrooms.
And if anyone complains, just argue that it’s for the children. Mothers need to be able to take their young boys into a safe bathroom space, after all.
Mens and women’s bathrooms really don’t make sense most of the time.
That is a potential solution for people looking to resolve the situation. They don't want to do that, they just want to effectively ban trans people from public spaces by making both bathroom options wrong/dangerous.
It goes beyond bathrooms. I escaped on an American passport which is close to expiring, and the US government is being a bitch about renewing our passports. They just want us to die, and most people are willing to throw us under the rug
Even more obvious solution: Let people use the bathroom.
One such expansion (Ohio, as of last year IIRC) includes not permitting new gender neutral bathrooms.
That's because the cruelty is the point.
Just don't call it gender neutral, call it "family" or "toilet room" put the sinks on the outside of the room.
even single occupant?
Mens and women’s bathrooms really don’t make sense most of the time.
For them it does, twice. It's part of the group identity and the more sperate the genders, the more gender mixing becomes a problem.
I once owned a retail establishment that was so small it only required one bathroom. And it was my job to keep it clean, and I never had a problem.
In California, I’m pretty certain that all public restrooms that were single use had to be converted to gender neutral.
Of course. More power to "bathroom police" would make world safer and affordable right?
keep fighting my children. this too shall pass.
Waste of time and money.
Being a cunt is expensive