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Article by Advocate about another aging rock star, in this case Alice Cooper, being an intolerable bigot who lost touch with a world that is progressing beyond his limited imagination

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[-] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 108 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad, and I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that,” he replied. “I find it wrong when you’ve got a six-year-old kid who has no idea. He just wants to play, and you’re confusing him telling him, ‘Yeah, you’re a boy, but you could be a girl if you want to be.’”

“Well, I can see somebody really taking advantage of this, though,” he said. “A guy can walk into a woman’s bathroom at any time and just say, ‘I just feel like I’m a woman today’ and have the time of his life in there, and he’s not in the least bit… He’s just taking advantage of that situation. Well, that’s going to happen. Somebody’s going to get raped, and the guy’s going to say, ‘Well, I felt like a girl that day, and then I felt like a guy.’ Where do you draw this line?”

So basically just regurgitating the same tired, talking points and offering zero thoughts of his own.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago

What's confusing is that these people always seem to think that if a man enters a woman's bathroom that some perverted shit is gonna happen. Wouldn't that same logic extend to lesbians? Bisexuals would need their own bathrooms. Seems like the problem is rapists, not people trying to pee.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

There was a gay bathroom panic in the 90s

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Which was partially the result of demonizing the result of sodomy laws and society villianizing gay people which resulted in a culture of hooking up in public bathrooms where there was some kind of privacy. That was used along with the myth that gay men are also pedos to create the gay bathroom panic.

[-] h3bertk0rnfeld@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Which was then used as the reason to drastically reduce the number of public Dept of transportation restrooms.

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[-] Aux@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Calling yourself a trans is a tried and true legal defence against being prosecuted for rape.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago
[-] HatterTheSad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I wanted to let you know that your username got me good. I read the first comment and was like that has to be a troll, read your name instead of his and was like, yeah that's a troll. Then right when I about closed the comment I saw what I saw "No, it's not". And to my surprise, Satan's maggoty cum fart is the voice of reason haha.

[-] myslsl@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Are you fucking stupid? In what world is that a defense for rape?

Pretty sure they’re being sarcastic

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[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

You really, really missed adding the /s to that one, friend.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 28 points 1 year ago

These points are so incredibly dumb.

time of his life in there

What? How? What do you think goes on in the women's restrooms?

Somebody's going to get raped

Rapists, well known for how well they abide by laws and social norms, are gonna magically be stopped by a sign that has a little symbol of a woman...

[-] cedarmesa@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

Time of his life in there?? 🤣🤣 Dude needs to check out a woman's bathroom just once. Wtf is he imagining?

[-] the_best_nerd@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Don't you know? There's an exclusive pizza party in the women's bathroom on every Friday and Wednesday.

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[-] pizza-bagel@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Where do you draw this line?

The line is arbitrary and society isn't going to collapse if we get rid of it. I bet he knows 0 non binary people and it doesn't affect him in any way.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Woaw that had no substance whatsoever.

[-] Tigbitties@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Wow. What a dumb shit.

[-] Nutterthebutter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

So if this is all what he said he's not against trans people. He's voicing his concerns towards what's going on. The headline is misleading and comments here are now outraged by taking what he says out of context as well.

[-] simplify@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

It's transphobic.

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But nobody is pretending to be a trans to get into a woman's bathroom. Also, rape is already illegal. Meaning he's getting worked up over imaginary ideas of what a repressed minority MIGHT do but haven't that is already illegal. And even if they DID, in no way shape or form is rape in a public restroom legally defensible because the attacker feels like they should've had the same private parts as the victim. It's all just stupid.

*Several edits and wording adjustments.

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Well he has been a Republican for decades

[-] lasagna@programming.dev 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah yes the glory of being one of the most targeted minorities.

A good half of the world either kill or jail trans people.

[-] Spacebar@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Old man yells "kids these days!"

The sad part is he could influence someone.

[-] jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender

Can I have a 24 pack?

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 year ago

Well that's disappointing :(

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

This isn't surprising if you've been keeping track of his opinions at all over the past few decades. He's been a far right wing religious hack for years. Him openly stating he's a bigot shouldn't really be a shock to anyone.

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Being a rockstar seems to be a fad as well.

[-] Spacebar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The last time he had a somewhat hit record was in 1991 at 53 years old. He's 75 now.

I'd say Alice Cooper is less than a fad at this point.

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I believe you mean 43 not 53. The 90s are further back in time :(

[-] Tigbitties@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

He's not really that great a songwriter or a singer. There was hundreds of musicians that were far more talented than him during his time. Dude wore makeup and sang spooky music with a little anti establishment thrown in. He was a great showman but over all didn't contribute much other than fashion and a little rebellion. His shock rock show is kinda dated and a little cringy.

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[-] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Fuck Alice Cooper. Fucking piece of shit.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

A lot of people think he's fantastic just because he's nice to fans, but he's not such a nice person if you're LGBTQIA, atheist, or otherwise fall outside of his narrow opinions about what's acceptable

It's kinda like people think my community is "friendly," but not so much if you're black, gay, trans, undocumented, or anything else that falls outside the norm

[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

it seems like every week there's another article about an older celebrity that "doesn't get it" about the modern age...

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

That - unfortunately - is my impression too. Currently we see the "great reshuffling" as celebs dare to openly admit to their bigotry.

[-] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago

Man named "Alice" who wears makeup (classic smokey eye) is transphobic, who would have thought?

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