I didn’t bother mentioning this yesterday,  because, quite frankly there’s only so much of this issue I really care about. This is what he said Thursday, on MSNBC
“North Carolina did something that was very strong, and they are paying a big price and there’s a lot of problems,” responded Trump.
“North Carolina, what they are going through with all of the business that’s leaving and the strife– and that’a on both sides. Leave it the way it is. There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate, there has been so little trouble,” he said.
On to Friday
(CBS News) Â Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is tweaking his stance on North Carolina’s transgender bathroom law less than a day after he voiced his opposition to the legislation and suggested the state should just “leave it the way it is.”
“I love North Carolina, and they have a law, and it’s a law that, you know, unfortunately is causing them some problems,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview Thursday night. “And I fully understand that they want to go through, but they are losing business, and they are having people come out against.”
“I think that local communities and states should make the decision,” he went on to say. “And I feel very strongly about that. The federal government should not be involved.”
“In other words, let the state decide,” Hannity responded. “Kind of like your positions on education, give it back to the states.”
“Yeah, let them decide,” Trump said. “Absolutely.”
Ace Of Spades Thursday
Prediction: within 24 hours he announces a major reversal on this plank and begins using the most extreme language possible to put him in sync with what he imagines conservative opinion to be.
Close. He’s certainly modified his position.
Let me address something, per an email I received asking why I care about this issue. Quite frankly, if it wasn’t happening in North Carolina, I wouldn’t. Maybe a post or two, but, really, how many other Bathroom Wars posts have I dropped since I started this blog in 2004? A handful? There aren’t even that many on LGBT, or whatever acronym they’re using today.
Usually, my only interest has to do with using force of government, along with tactics like strongarming people, shaming, insults, browbeating, denigrating opponents, etc. Rarely do these folks, along with the wider Progressive community, attempt rational discourse to bring people to their side. They prefer vinegar over honey, if you get my meaning. I’ve said numerous times that my brand of Conservatism, known as Classical Liberalism, gives me a belief that if it isn’t negatively affecting me, and annoying me or bugging me doesn’t count, why would I care? Most LGBT stuff doesn’t harm me. Live and let live.
But, this is happening in NC. I do not think Government should force the private sector to comply with mandates that force them to let the gender confused use the bathroom of their gender choice. Let the business choose. Better yet, provide a reasonable, adult argument and convince people, bring them to your side.
