1. Legislators get a bum rap. They are, on average, far sharper than the median voter. Not even close. Many strike me as conscientious, decent, and principled.
2. The Bathroom Bill is compelling.
a. The current regime has 'worked' over time and across cultures.
b. Forget anatomy, men are different from women in myriad ways. Data on physical and sexual assault reveal huge differences. Men are more violent and far more likely to be predators.
Take a & b to arrive at...
c. Keep men out of women's rest rooms and locker rooms.
2b. The opposition to the bathroom bill surprises me....
a. They are pursuing a 'scorched-earth' strategy. They are asserting a right. Their opponents, engaged in the area of prudential judgment and public safety, are not given the benefit of the doubt. Rather, they are assumed to be bigots.
b. The comparison to the Civil Rights movement is laughable (see Bruce Springsteen and his use of 'Freedom Fighters'). Is 400 years of slavery and then years of Jim Crow remotely comparable to insisting that boys nad girls use separate bath and locker rooms?
3. What is up with the Bible bill? Is there any substantive benefit? Strikes me as profoundly stupid and unnecessarily provocative.
4. Twitter: I'm a newbie. Twitter is amazing. It is fascinating. It is also stupid and superficial. Perfect for our times.
a. On one platform we see a zillion distinct market segments (aka hashtag indicators). Charles Murray's 'Coming Apart' identified two distinct classes. Within those classes of people there are myriad segments. Everyone can live in his / her own bubble. That is a great challenge with respect legislating. We don't talk with one another. We tweet back and forth and hurl insults.
b. Is the addictive nature of social media not a spiritual challenge? I find it so. It is important to have time to think, to contemplate, to work things over in your mind. The plethora of 140 character tweets makes it harder.
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