Originally a comment by Sonderval on Too small to measure.
I think this topic is so popular with politicians because it is like a towel in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have “lost.”
Support for “trans rights” is like a towel: If you … Read the rest