06-28-2023, 05:58 PM
(06-28-2023, 05:18 PM)samhain Wrote: Eh,I think it's all just a re-packaging of the lost art of homophobia that fueled the religious right for decades.
Yeah, it's not. I have gay friends and family who are concerned about the current trend in this direction. I live in as liberal an area of the country as it gets and I consistently hear concerns about how things are going too far. I get that it's comfortable to dismiss this as far right religious homophobia, but that's just not accurate.
Quote:If people cared about other adults teaching their kids about adult behavior, no kid would have internet access. These kids know things at 10 that I didn't know until I was 13. It's not great, but it's also not because of drag queens.
This is not a very compelling argument. There's a huge difference in what children see without permission versus what is taught to them by adults. Kids are supposed to get away with what they can get away with. If you disagree ask yourself this, is there a difference between a child who looks at porn on the internet without permission versus one that is allowed to do so by their parents?
Quote:The only large scale example of kids being groomed and abused by adults I can verifiably recall in my lifetime is, yep you guessed it, the Catholic Church. Still waiting for the right to enact laws banning Sunday school, Confirmation, First Communion, and the tradition of altar boys.
Well, and sorry to Bel, this just isn't true. The Boy Scouts could be described as such as well (and the vast, vast majority of people who participate in scouting would not fall into that category). Note that I am not a fan of the Catholic Church at all, and they deserve way more shit then they've gotten for their role in this abuse. But this is just a lazy "whatabout them" position. When you have to fall back on deflecting to others it only makes your position look weak.
