Exactly. This is utterly predictable. We have to stop setting ourselves up for the sucker punch.
Rhetoric tends to evolve over the course of controversies like this, so I reserve the right to revise the conversational loop as we go along. But at this point, I find "do you really think teenage girls should be forced to shower with the boys" to be a winner. The other side simply doesn't respond. They want to talk about bathroom stalls. They don't want to talk about 16 year old girls being forced to shower with mentally ill boys. And they don't want to talk about boys on the girls' athletic teams.
Rhetoric will only lead to acceptance. The parents need to band together, figure out a plan, and pull their children from the public schools.
Actions speak louder than words. Yes, I understand the tax issue and have a similar solution that would be effective if chosen to do en mass.
:-)