Given his logical fallacies, answering the letter writer “A few questions for supporters of HB2”, (June 3) is a pleasure.

The argument that anything a “pervert” can do in a woman’s restroom is already illegal ignores the distinction between prophylaxis and damage control. In May, 33-year-old Reese Hartstir entered a Chicago women’s room and choked an 8-year-old girl to unconsciousness. I’m pretty certain choking a child is a crime, but wouldn’t it be nice if somebody intervened before he traumatized a little girl?

The writer says, “You never hear anyone question whether to arrest a bank robber because he was in the bank legally.” So if he approaches the bank with a ski mask, canvas sack and handgun, do you suggest we let him in?

My favorite: “I know half of N.C. men are below average intelligence, but even the dimmest bulb can see there is no reason to enter a restroom on a false pretense.” Ignoring that sexual assault is a “reason” and presuming (however improbably) the writer isn’t impugning the intellect of N.C. males, the statistic he gropes for is the median, not “average.” Self-proclaimed “progressives” so much smarter than we are should learn the difference.

F. Paul Valone, Bryson City

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