06-08-2023, 08:27 PM
(06-08-2023, 08:15 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: You're taking something coming from a small percentage of people and applying that to a much broader population. It is no different than the logic from the ACAB folks.
Or that all Trump supporters are racist bigots? But you asked for an example of the ideology, I gave it. If the more mainstream members of the movement completely disavowed this you'd have a much stronger position.
Quote:But you were specifically focusing on his items and talking about them being aimed at children by referencing his other merch that was not in the store. I am genuinely curious what pride merchandise was legitimately marketed towards children in the stores and what the issues were with it. What messaging was so offensive?
No, I wasn't. I said they promoted him. As for merchandise marketed towards children the "tuck friendly" swimwear leaps to mind. Of the myriad clothing items with pride messages on them.
Don't take my word for it, here's the pride merchandise for children search on their website.
https://www.target.com/c/kids/lgbt-pride/-/N-xcoz4Zt4bgn
Quote:Are children in elementary school being taught about anal sex?
You asked about sex education for children, is anal sex not sex?
Quote:Before I get angry about something I like to know if it is actually happening. Sex ed for me started in 4th grade FWIW, but I had already been exposed to pornography for a few years at that point.
You, me and pretty much everyone else from Gen X. Point being that a topic you know about is not the same as a topic endorsed by adults. When I was 17 I came home drunk as hell off Rumplemintz (can't even smell it now decades later). I was vomiting in the bathroom when my dad came in and asked if I was ok. I told him I had food poisoning and he said ok and asked if I needed anything. I said no and he left me to it. At the time I was thinking I had gotten away with a grand deception, but as an adult you know that bathroom reeked of booze and he absolutely knew what was going on. But if he had confronted me about being drunk and been ok with it would that not have encouraged the behavior? Part of growing up is testing boundaries and believing you got over on adults. There's a huge difference between that and adults actually excusing or endorsing that behavior.
