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It's an effective cover because it is, in effect, hiding in a crowd of clueless people.
You know, its funny. A long while ago, I was with my dog in a hotel (that was dog friendly) and she was 25 lbs, curly-haired, always smiling, loved everybody. I come out of my room and there's a woman standing in the hall with her back turned. She spins around, sees the dog, completely panicks, and runs shrieking in the other direction. I try to apologize, my dog gets excited and runs to the edge of her lease trying to chase her, and I never see her again.
Ask around, and apparently there are parts of the world where dogs aren't common pets but sort of a chronic, sometimes dangerous pest. And it isn't unusual for people in these countries to have a phobia of dogs. Even sweet little goofy ones.
It's irrational, it's frustrating, and it really hurts how people with friendly pets can get around. It's not a problem of "facts", just feelings. And for people who grow up in a household where a thing is demonized, getting them out of that mindset can often take more time and effort than it took to get them there.
Well fuck that guy. But, again, anti-tax hysterics are just baked into the pie in the US, too.
That's a libertarian line that falls apart under the slightest pressure. Somehow, everything a trans person does magically ends up costing the government money. It's the same game played with abortion. Or with race and gender, for that matter. "Other"ing inevitably means segregation, with the intention of making life so miserable for the Other'd individual that they either conform or flee.
I still would not recommend calling him a pedophile over it. Where does that get you?