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WaPo columnist says "fans of Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' bill have a new favorite word: 'grooming'" ... and I think someone hit a nerve.
Not the Bee ^ | 13 Mar 2022 | Planet Moron

Posted on 03/13/2022 6:00:59 PM PDT by Rummyfan

You can always tell how insular a person has become in their politics when a term that has been used regularly regarding a topic that has been in the news for years strikes them as something "new."

Of course, people who don't share columnist Monica Hesse's Bryn Mawr value system have actually been using the word for some time.

Okay, I shouldn't be so hard on Bryn Mawr. After all, it has a politically diverse student body with only around 42% identifying as "liberal" and the rest identifying as Marxists.

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1 posted on 03/13/2022 6:00:59 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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I can think of a lot of “favorite words” liberals have glommed on to over the years.


2 posted on 03/13/2022 6:03:21 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Rummyfan

Thanks the perverts

Its their own terminology they themselves come up with


3 posted on 03/13/2022 6:12:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Rummyfan

Seems to hit close to home for the libs to say “grooming”.


4 posted on 03/13/2022 6:12:55 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Rummyfan

Hell,I think CNN even has a Chief Grooming Officer….maybe WaPo does too.


5 posted on 03/13/2022 6:16:31 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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To: Rummyfan
it has a politically diverse student body

North east overprivileged. The apples don't fall far from the tree, but they rot pretty quickly.

6 posted on 03/13/2022 6:16:49 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Rummyfan

Monica Hess - MA Johns Hopkins, Non-fiction writing.

7 posted on 03/13/2022 6:19:12 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Rummyfan

“Grooming” has the charming property of being an accurate description of what they are trying to do, so they have to deflect. In general, those who want to tell young children about sex want to have sex with young children.


8 posted on 03/13/2022 6:24:02 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: Darksheare

In a way, I agree with the WaPo writer. I, too, hate using the word “grooming” for stuff like this. Grooming means making yourself look nice, like fixing up your hair in the morning. What the sex predators do is much worse.


9 posted on 03/13/2022 6:35:08 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: AndyJackson

Why do they always look so nutty?

I guess maybe because they are.

That said, the law was excellent. The Dems know it, but for those who don’t, “grooming” refers to prepping kids to think that whatever Wicked Uncle Arthur does to them is okay and they know they shouldn’t tell their parents because they’re special with Wicked Uncle Arthur.

Except this is on a macro level, imposed by the schools, and with the full authority of the government behind Wicked Uncle Arthur.


10 posted on 03/13/2022 6:38:04 PM PDT by livius
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To: Steely Tom

The ones they want to use usually involve falsehoods and the ones they don’t want used frequently involve truths.


11 posted on 03/13/2022 6:39:56 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: AndyJackson

Now THAT is a neck!.


12 posted on 03/13/2022 6:50:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.” ~ Jerry Rice)
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To: Tell It Right

I was just reading how James Watson, who co-discovered the double helix structure of DNA, rarely combed his hair.


13 posted on 03/13/2022 7:00:30 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: Darksheare

When Conservatives say someone is being “groomed” for a position, it means one thing, generally positive.

When Leftists hear someone is being groomed for a position, it isn’t something positive, and the position isn’t a work position.

I am sick of them hijacking language. It is what they do.


14 posted on 03/13/2022 7:57:59 PM PDT by rlmorel (The concept of a "cashless society" is simply a vector for the exercise of tyranny.)
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100X more powerful than GROOMER is PEDO-GROOMER.

You don't have to be a pedophile to be a pedo-groomer. You area just getting innocent children ready to be abused by pedophiles. Wittingly or even unwittingly.

This charge is like holy water on Satan: "Stop pedo-grooming our kids!"

And it works just as effectively on liberal school board members as it does on drag queens who want to do the actual pedo-grooming.

See how it works? Just attach pedo to grooming.


15 posted on 03/13/2022 8:00:37 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.; Tell It Right; livius; AndyJackson

Please see 15.

Grooming is a bit vague, ambiguous and could be ignored or shrugged off. Without a bit more explanation, it carries little sting.

Pedo-grooming is a silver bullet between Dracula’s eyes, and a stake through his black heart.


16 posted on 03/13/2022 8:04:06 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: rlmorel

Hijacked language is Newspeak.


17 posted on 03/13/2022 8:16:39 PM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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To: Rummyfan

Florida does NOT want teachers teaching gay sex to K-3rd grade.

Is that really too restrictive for white liberal ‘elites’ (who send their kids to private schools anyhow) to stand? Gimme a break - I don’t want kindergartners taught about hero sex either...


18 posted on 03/13/2022 8:26:16 PM PDT by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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Florida does NOT want teachers teaching gay sex to K-3rd grade.

Is that really too restrictive for white liberal ‘elites’ (who send their kids to private schools anyhow) to stand? Gimme a break - I don’t want kindergartners taught about heterosex either...


19 posted on 03/13/2022 8:27:09 PM PDT by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Tell It Right

“Groom8ng” is the term approved by officials dealing with child sex offenses.
NAMBLA catch phrase is “sex before 8 or it’s too late”. That’s why the emphasis on conduct before Third grade. It really bugs the perverts that we know what they’re up to. This is a shot across the bow.


20 posted on 03/13/2022 8:32:49 PM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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