"Is the NC bathroom controversy proof of repubs in power desire to distract us from shit that matters"
Exactly.
And to distract attention from the fact that republicans have no solutions to address important matters.
You do realize the law was passed in response to Charlotte passing a city ordinance allowing it don't you? Do you also realize Charlotte is a democrat stronghold? So who started what?
I pointed this out the OP as well... this is typical of the liberals... they run out there with something totally bonkers and when they see the polls showing them losing badly, they run away claiming it was all the fault of those mean ol' republicans!
We see this all the time with liberal causes, it's how they advance their insanity. The put it out there, it gets rejected... they cower and claim to be victimized... then they come again down the road with the same shit. The next round, they will be armed with heart-string-tugging stories of poor innocent people who have been beaten up or brutalized by the mean old bigots who wanted to stand in the bathroom door. Over time, mush-brains soften their positions and capitulate and they advance their cause.
But for now, they are seeing the writing on the wall... they know it's a losing issue and there is an election coming up... so, what to do? Run away and blame it all on republicans, as usual.