bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Dear Bruce,

As a resident of North Carolina since 2003, I read with interest that you decided to cancel your April 10th concert in Greensboro because of HB2, the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act.

In your statement you explained that, in your view, the bill is “an attempt by people who cannot stand the progress our country has made in recognizing the human rights of all of our citizens to overturn that progress.”

You added that it was time for you and your band “to show solidarity for those freedom fighters” (speaking of transgender activists), and you ended your statement with these powerful words: “Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write — is one of them. It is the strongest means I have for raising my voice in opposition to those who continue to push us backwards instead of forwards.”

I also read that your guitarist Steven Van Zandt, has likened HB2 to an “evil virus” that is spreading through the United States in the form of similar legislation.

These are strong words, and they represent strong convictions.

So, let me first commend you and your band members for putting your principles before your livelihood, even to the disappointment of your North Carolina fans.

I have read that you regretted not performing at the 1985 Live Aid concert in Wembley, and perhaps this is your way of saying, “I do care and I’m here to make a difference.”


Whatever your motivation, I admire anyone who puts morality before money.

My question to you and your band is simply this: In boycotting North Carolina and siding against HB2, did you really side with morality? Are you truly standing with “freedom fighters”?

I’m assuming you read HB2 for yourself and you’re not just listening to media reports attacking the bill or, worse still, getting your talking points from biased lobbyist groups like the Human Rights Campaign. (If you’re not really familiar with the bill, then click here and here and here.)

So, please allow me to ask you some questions.

First, how do you know if someone is really “transgender” or not? Is it determined entirely by how they feel about themselves? If so, do you think that it might be hard to make laws based entirely on how people feel? Did you ever stop to consider that?

Second, what’s the difference between someone with “gender dysphoria” (or, as it used to be called, “gender identity disorder”) and someone, say, with schizophrenia or “multiple personality disorder” or some other psychological condition? In other words, if a man is a biological and chromosomal male but believes he is a woman, is he actually a woman, or does he have a psychological disorder?

If he does have a psychological disorder, should we try to treat that disorder or should we celebrate that disorder? And is it right to call biological males who feel they are women and biological women who feel they are men “freedom fighters”? Perhaps that’s not the best use of the term?

If you are deeply offended that I would dare suggest that many transgender individuals are dealing with a psychological disorder, could you kindly point me to the definitive scientific literature that explains that these biological males are actually females and these biological females are actually males?

I’m not saying they don’t deserve compassion.

To the contrary, I’m saying that’s exactly what they deserve: compassion, not celebration.

But perhaps I’m being too abstract here, so let’s get really practical.

Let’s say that a 6’ 4” male who used to play professional football and who has secretly agonized over his gender identity for years finally determines that he must be true to himself and live as a woman.

Do you think it might be traumatic for a little girl using the library bathroom to see this big man walk into her room wearing a dress and a wig? Should we take her feelings into account, or is she not important? What if that was your granddaughter? Would you care if she was traumatized? And when you speak of “the human rights of all of our citizens” does that include little girls like this?

I understand that this gentleman will have difficulties should he decide to dress and live as a woman, but that is still a choice he is making, and it is not fair to impose his struggles on innocent little children, is it?

And what if this same man, whom we’ll assume is not a sexual predator, wants to share the YMCA locker room with your wife and daughter, standing there in his underwear as they come out of the shower stalls wrapped in towels. Is this fair to them?

Let’s take this one step further.

If any man who claims to be a woman can use women’s bathrooms and locker rooms, then how do we keep the sexual predators out? I’ve asked people to watch this short video, giving examples of male heterosexual predators who donned women’s clothing to get into the ladies’ rooms, and I’d encourage you to watch it too.

Without HB2, rapists and voyeurs and pedophiles would have free access to our women and daughters in the safety of their own bathrooms and locker rooms.

Since you don’t like HB2 – indeed, your guitarist called it an “evil virus” – what’s your plan to keep the predators out? How can we tell the difference between a “genuine” transgender person and a sexual predator? Since everyone knows you as “The Boss,” what would you do to keep the ladies and children safe?

And one final question.

When you booked the concert in Greenboro, the laws in North Carolina were just as they are today: In public facilities, people had to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that corresponded to their biological sex.

Why, then, did you agree to come in the first place? Why cancel the concert when things today are just what they were six months ago?

Again, I appreciate your sincerity, but I question your judgment.

In your zeal to do what is right, you have actually done what is wrong.

http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2016/04/11/an-open-letter-to-bruce-springsteen-and-his-band-n2146123/page/full

Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

Springsteen is as liberal as they come.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

To steal money from yourself is pretty stupid, plus your bandmates plus the people that were to be there as support, in other words, no brain.

jelun

Could you ask the author what it is about using a bathroom that is a celebration?

speed 1

I was just at a very nice hotel in Bethesda md where all the bathrooms were uni-sex and only held one person at a time. this would seem to solve the problem. also, many boys are sexualy assaulted by men and some girls are abused by women. the nc law doesn't address this at all.

jelun

Excellent observations.
I am pretty sure that I read about one of the more comprehensive bills, or perhaps one of the more general, actually addresses some aspect of behavior of single people ALL single people doing anything that some brainwashed busybody might want to object to.
The only problem with the unisex single is that it avoids any need for social "evolution".

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

The answer is simple: 1/16 of 1% of "gender disordered " are sexual predators, so laws against them are not about safety at all. The odds of a sexual predator still having access to their prey under these laws is 100%, thus providing a false sense of security to the citizens. The lawmakers writing such laws know that - and lie to the public about why they're writing such laws.

I dare anyone, from NC or anywhere, to actually LOOK at the sexual predators that have been caught, decide what features make them stand out, then go to a mall, grocery store, or anywhere public - and pick out the sexual predators they see that haven't been caught yet.

As an example: Here in my State last year, 15 sexual predators were caught that were
coaches/teachers/preachers - and not one of them was gay or gender confused. In fact, NONE of the sexual deviants caught here were gender confused or homosexual - and neither were any of the suspects of crimes against children that weren't caught.

Obviously, to protect our children and privacy - we need laws aimed at heterosexuals - as THEY are the real threat. :lol:

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

With 5954 sex offenders per million residents, Arkansas is home to the largest concentration of sexual predators and convicts in the United States. Oddly, the Arkansas Crime Information Center only requires an offender's name and address be displayed for public scrutiny. With so many offenders, many children's rights advocates insist the state should be providing more detailed information, including an offender's current place of employment.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/14/prweb3334674.htm

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

And I'm one of those asking for more information, including accusations of abuse. As it is now, unless someone is convicted, the media are the only source of information about someone suspected of sexual/physical abuse. Many times, when someone is tried for crimes against children, we find out that they had been suspected before, but merely fired not investigated.

There are currently 122 registered sexual predators unaccounted for here, that is, the probation/parole officers have lost contact. That is absolutely unacceptable. If it were up to me, all level I sexual offenders would receive mandatory death sentences.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Unless, your willing to risk your child? Well I am not?

jelun

We have those laws. They don't work...it is such a huge industry of human slavery...the coaches, teachers, and preachers are just the tip of the iceberg.
Thanks for bringing us back to the real world, though.

SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now

I would not pee on Springsteen's head if his hair was on fire. He is and I believe always has been a liberal - I have never, and will never buy one of his CDs or attend one of his concerts. To me, he is a no talent bum - "The Boss" LOL!! if you say so. :roll:
As I mentioned in another post, if I catch one of these brain damaged cross-dressers in the rest room, or locker room with my wife, daughter, or granddaughters - I WILL pour a 404 can of whoop ass on him. If I ain't big enough, I will recruit some help. As Dirty Harry said, "go ahead punk, make my day". :twisted:

SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now

Ahhh, help me out here Slick, just wtf is "social evolution" and why should there be any "need" for it?? :shock: :?:

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Wouldn't waste my energy to cross the street on him and I wouldn't waste my energy on any cross dresser, I'd let my shotgun do the talking.

SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now

Ohh yeah...the "universal language". Nothing quite says "you're screwed" like the sound the slide makes on a pump shotgun as that next shell is locked in the chamber.
:wink: :XD: