December 6, 2024

"More than a dozen transgender activists... were arrested Thursday after storming a women’s restroom inside the US Capitol complex."

"The activists were protesting a new rule unveiled by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) last month requiring individuals to use single-sex facilities that correspond with their biological sex.... Demonstrators staging the sit-in held banners that read 'Flush Bathroom Bigotry' and 'Congress Stop Pissing On Our Rights' as they directed chants at Johnson and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)...."

From "Capitol Police arrest Chelsea Manning, more than a dozen others, after transgender bathroom protest" (NY Post).

So, political protesters go where it's not legal for them to go in the U.S. Capitol?

Protesters trespass on/in a government building — an American tradition.

Sounds like January 6th.

How about a big massive sweeping pardon for everyone, Joe?

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Note to commenters: You are not the first one to think of jokes about Chelsea Manning "leaking" documents and "taking a leak," so please don't imagine you are.

74 comments:

Kate said...

A bunch of men invaded a woman's restroom. Take away the veneer and look at what you did. Do you really want to be the person who aggressively went into a space where women pull down their pants in private? Do you think that will win people to your cause?

Of course, women have been some of the biggest idiots about accepting this, so maybe it will advance their cause. Women (see college athletes) have begun to resist, though.

Mr Wibble said...

Note to commenters: You are not the first one to think of jokes about Chelsea Manning "leaking" documents and "taking a leak," so please don't imagine you are.)


The more cringe and overused the joke, the funnier it is to tell it. Especially when it makes women roll their eyes. Manlaw.

pacwest said...

The hypocrisy, it burns.

Leland said...

Thread winner off the bat.

Mr. T. said...

Transurrectionists.

gilbar said...

activists storming the Capitol..
GOOD (And Proper!) when done by lefties (time and time (and time) again)
BAD! not Just Bad! but THE WORSE THING SINCE THE CIVIL WAR when done by anyone else

Again, this shows that there is (was (and will be) only The Single Standard:
What EVER the left does is GOOD! anything else is BAD!

rehajm said...

so please don't imagine you are

…we won’t so as you don't think your pre-emption will prevent the jokes from trickling in anyways…

Breezy said...

Agreed. Where are the real men to help stop this scourge? If they can rise against a polar bear, why not these bears?

Ann Althouse said...

"trickling in anyways"

Thanks for looking for something at the next level, which shows I did have the effect I wanted — not having to see anyone pose as if they're clever and saw something others did not. Humility.

narciso said...

Bradley manning a freak

Paddy O said...

I hear on the prison dinner menu is a Scottish soup dish consisting of leeks and peppered chicken stock, thickened with rice, or sometimes barley.

RideSpaceMountain said...

"Flush Bathroom Bigotry"

Just some more turds that won't flush. DC has a surplus.

Enigma said...

It's those toxic leeks, not the leaks, that really matter.

tcrosse said...

Typically serve with a British steamed pudding made with suet and dried fruit.

West TX Intermediate Crude said...

If it burns, ask your doctor if Gonovax is right for you!

n.n said...

On January 6, the people assembled were invited, escorted inside the Capitol. J6 was a riot that progressed from officers attacking the people, a Pelosi-rrection, and probable Whitmer-conspiracy.

n.n said...

Transgender spectrum pride parade in women's spaces, in women's faces is a mode of social progress normalized under the principle of political congruence ("=") made law under the Loving apology. That and Democratic legalization of queer sexual orientations including incest, pedophilia, homosexuality, sadomasochism, polygamy, etc #NoJudgment #NoLabels #HateLovesAbortion

Howard said...

Real men pee outside standing up.

Lilly, a dog said...

Stepped through the door
They were standing in line (these ladies took their time)
Smoking funny cigarettes
And taking their time (guess what must be on their minds)
Somebody pass me a mirror (hurry up)
'Cause I ain't got much time (quick, I got to get right back)
'Cause there's a hunk of man I done left behind
That's why
I've got a meeting in the ladies room
I'll be back real soon (I told my man)
I've got a meeting in the ladies room
I'll be back real soon

RCOCEAN II said...

Its amazing how the left has been able to politicize sexual oddballs and make them foot soldiers in the Democrat cause. They abandoned the workers years ago, and moved on the race/sexual minorities. Transgenders are the new "minority" that is demanding civil rights. And of course, the RINOs and all the confomists just tag along and help the Democrats. Imagine my surprise with the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs, announced that "Transgenders are backbone of the US military".

All this seems to have come out of blue, but no doubt some Leftist years ago, was wondering "What do we do after Gay Marriage?" and decided on transgenders.

Ralph L said...

I made my mind up, back in Elsie:
When I go, I'm going like Chelsea.

tommyesq said...

Potato and leek soup, surprisingly made with potato flakes.

Iman said...

Woke up it was a chelsea manning and I just puked on my shoes!

RCOCEAN II said...

The problem with Democrat Hypocrisy, not just over J6 but a lot of things, is the DC Republican reaction. Democrats keep pitching these political softballs for the Republicans to belt out of the park, and the DC Republicans just sit there with the bat on their shoulders taking a strike. Probably because Miss Lindsey, McConnell, and the gang are really liberal democrats posing as Conservatives. Or they've been bought off by the big donors.

Aggie said...

I gotta know: Did they leave the seats down, or up?

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Must be nice to have “protest privileges” instead of being rounded up like terrorists and suffering for actions that are routine and called a Constitutional Right when exercised by pretty much everyone else everywhere else.

Curious George said...

Kate, lots of women resist this. Just like lots of women are against abortion.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Ah the Nudge Retort!

lamech said...

What about ... Chelsea Manning widely known for being convicted for a data DUMP to WikiLeaks of nearly 750,000 classified, or unclassified but sensitive, military and diplomatic documents, now risks conviction for her attempt to take a “dump” in an unauthorized location?

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

More than a dozen transgender activists, including notorious military intelligence leaker Chelsea Manning, were arrested Thursday after storming a women’s restroom inside the US Capitol complex.

Well I hope someone sic'd the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism on 'em!

D.D. Driver said...

I am soooo bored with this. Can we just adopt unisex restrooms and focus on important things like avoiding WWIII? Who has time for this nonsense? I guess women (however defined).

How come the trans men aren't fighting to use the mens' room? 🤷‍♂️ You can't use the handicap stall because some creep is beating off in there but if you hover over the commode covered in feces with toilet paper draped over the side you can maybe get a stream going. Welcome to club, gents!

n.n said...

The quiet quiessence happens with conservative philosophy under the Constitution that does not record statements of Diversity (i.e. class-disordered ideologies) nor homicide for that matter. In fact, there is no black letter law, and SCOTUS ruled against their establishment at the twilight fringe (i.e. emanations from the penumbra). The dissociation of gender from sex is a Democratic conception garnered through ostensibly popular support fueled through redistributive and retributive change schemes to buy the vote.

n.n said...

WWW III was the Obama-era ethnic Springs across three continents, with progress made under Biden to a global scope including CAIR. WWW IV promises to be more disruptive to diverse people in diverse nations and affect their leisure time in social pursuits. Hopefully, Trump, with the cooperation of other leaders, will succed yo mitigate its progress.

B. said...

Why did the government pay for Manning’s cosmetic surgery?

Marc said...

OK, now I'm just happy for the phrase "Don't imagine you are" as a philosphical statement to be drunk with my morning coffee.

n.n said...

Women get pushed to the back of the bus where the crowds are diverse and progressing. Babies are sequestered under the bus in a forward-looking pledge to climate control.

john mosby said...

You can build a very safe unisex bathroom with a wide open (like no door even) area for the sinks, then stalls with floor to ceiling doors, like in nice restaurants and hotels. I have seen this in Europe. In the long run you’d save money, as the South did when they repealed Jim Crow and stopped building two of everything.

Also in Europe: the French pissoirs, outdoor public urinals with very little visual blockage - maybe a knee-to-shoulder partition. Sometimes these are combined with unisex stalls. Create an alternative for Donged-Americans and a lot of the conflict goes away.

Finally, a recurring sitcom/romcom trope (paging rhhardin!) is the opposite-sex friend or love interest following the protagonist into the bathroom for an argument, comforting, or whatever, followed by the discomfited users running out.

How much of our unwillingness to share bathrooms is due to fear of rape (which is certainly justified), and how much is from American ickiness at being near the other sex while doing our business?

JSM

Jupiter said...

Paging Michael Byrd .... Michael Byrd to the women's restroom, please ....

mccullough said...

Manning the barricades

mccullough said...

Except when temperatures are below freezing

rehajm said...

Hehe

Mason G said...

"Or"?

Rocco said...

"Sounds like January 6th."

Is AOC OK?

Rocco said...

"How about a big massive sweeping pardon for everyone, Joe?"

He can include in that pardon an additional $300 million in aid to Syria and sending more troops to Iran.

Or maybe I have those backwards.

Iman said...

Stop teh Projection!

Big Mike said...

One writer suggested introducing trans women who still have a full set of male genitals to their first period via the application of a very sharp KBar knife to their penis and scrotum. The rest of his article featured dark and twisted humor so probably he was joking.

Maybe. I hope.

tcrosse said...

it would be a test of their commitment.

PM said...

I'd be more supportive if, like their interior thinking, they simply pretended to storm the ladies room.

n.n said...

The transgender spectrum is transitioning leaving homosexuals and other Rainbow spectra behind, to adopt a liberal fooling (sic) that will require sone social sacrifices and force catastrophic anthropogenic climate change and collateral damage. However, albinophobia is still politically congruent, and psychotically copecetic. No Loving for you.

effinayright said...

Brilliant, Iman!!!

Joe Bar said...

Thanks, Lily, I hadn't heard that before. Interesting video.

Greg The Class Traitor said...

Note to commenters: You are not the first one to think of jokes about Chelsea Manning "leaking" documents and "taking a leak," so please don't imagine you are.

You are such a party pooper, Althouse
(Did that one work? :-) )

Joe Bar said...

I wish. I was at the gym this morning, and, after working out, there was a young lady maintaining the locker room, so I was unable to take my customary shower. I had to drive home all sweaty, in the freezing cold.

Had it been a Unisex room, I wouldn't have had that problem.

Jupiter said...

You're imagining you're drunk with your morning coffee? I guess it is Friday.

hombre said...

Restroom insurrectionists! Hold 'em without bond!

loudogblog said...

This is twice in two days that our host has advised us not to make any "leak jokes."

Big Mike said...

No, hold them without toilet paper

n.n said...

To be clear, the introduction of males into spaces of the opposite sex, affects all women of the female sex, including transgenders with a sex-correlated feminine gender in all but sexual orientation.

n.n said...

Can a potato be replaced with a potuhto in a leak soup and still feel comfortable?

Former Illinois resident said...

Time for bear-spray. Sold at Home Depot everywhere.

Skeptical Voter said...

I say grab them by the ying yang and pull them out of the women's restroom.

Former Illinois resident said...

For Democrats, only LGBTQ, migrants, and teacher union members have standing. Oh, and for AWFLS, their own children, whether male or female or transgendered, should get highest standing, regardless of gender, race, or religion. The currently angriest AWFL is the one whose kids were denied Early Acceptance admissions spot at their legacy fancy-pants university college.

Duty of Inquiry said...
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Duty of Inquiry said...

And get arrested as sex offenders.

n.n said...

Liberals should have supported civil unions for consenting adults, thereby avoiding entangling rhe female sex and others of nominally feminine gender under Loving with selective exclusion. Then Democrats doubled down and legalized the queerest of queer sexual orientations (e.g. incest, pedophilia, employment with "benefits"). It's no wonder that social extremists demand the performance of reproductive rites to sequester an evolving "burden" in sanctuary states.

JK Brown said...

Ah, but was there "parading".
You can't parade here, this the US Capitol.

Rocco said...

How long do we need to hold em?

n.n said...
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n.n said...

Males mocking women or homosexual males with pussy envy?

Jim at said...

I still can't believe this is the hill the left is willing to die on. It boggles the mind. But die on it, they will.

Bunkypotatohead said...

It's my potty and I'll cry if I want to.

Bunkypotatohead said...

Better to be pissed off than pissed on.

Robin Goodfellow said...

Sounds a little … insurrection-y.

walter said...

Urinals are ableist.