Stephen Colbert Has a Message for ‘Weirdo’ Lawmakers ‘So Obsessed With Who’s Using What Bathroom’
Colbert Covers North Carolina’s HB2 and the Christian Right’s Boycott of Target
Stephen Colbert Tuesday night shared a few personal thoughts with his audience about North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law HB2, and the recent boycott of Target by Christian religious extremists over the company’s inclusive restroom policies.
“I don’t care if you’re male or female, what sex or gender identity someone is,” Colbert announced. “I — and I mean this sincerely — do not want to share a bathroom with anyone. For two reasons: number one and number two,” he quipped.
“When I am forced to use a public bathroom — which is infrequently, thank God — I go in there with blinders on. I don’t know who’s next to me. It could be a centaur next to me for all I know. I don’t even like to look at myself in the mirror afterwards. I know what I did. I’m there for a surgical strike — get in, get out, minimal casualties.”Â
He offered a set of guidelines that perhaps others might want to consider following, like no talking in public restrooms and no shaking hands.
And he had a message to “all those lawmakers out there who are so obsessed with who’s using what bathroom and what plumbing they got downtown, newsflash: You’re the weirdos.”
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Hat tip: Vox
Image: Screenshot via The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/Youtube
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