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The Week What conservatives really mean when they say 'groomer'
The Week via Yahoo ^ | April 7, 2022 | W. James Antle III

Posted on 04/10/2022 2:56:43 PM PDT by DoodleBob

Liberals are perplexed by conservatives' increasing use of the word "groomer" to describe opponents of the Florida parental rights law and similar policies elsewhere. They are right that the term is hyperbolic at best and worst conflates a host of complex issues with pedophilia.

But liberals (and conflict-averse conservatives) are wrong to confidently predict it will necessarily be perceived by persuadable people as QAnon craziness. It's not entirely clear that many such people even know what QAnon is. And it is just as risky for liberals to reduce all concerns about child pornography and age-appropriateness of sex education to Pizzagate. The obsessions of the "Very Online" on both sides impoverish virtually any debate.

The conservatives who favor the term see it as no worse than bad-faith accusations of racism, which can be similarly career-ending and life-altering. And social conservatives know many of their opponents genuinely do regard their beliefs about human sexuality — still taught by many of the world's major religions — as bigotry morally indistinguishable from racial hatred. Public schools are supported by parents who hold both viewpoints and are not going to be able to easily accommodate this cultural divide.

Consequently, many conservatives are unsympathetic to complaints about "groomer," which they perceive is clearly touching a nerve. There probably ought to be a better, more nuanced word for people who make arguments about the instruction of children that are at least partly motivated by affirming adult identities, lifestyles, and beliefs. Instead, we have the bigot versus groomer brouhaha.

The smarter play for liberals than allowing themselves to get baited into treating all worries about children and sex as QAnon is to simply wait for the inevitable overreach to occur.

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To: Bratch

Frank Marshall Davis was Obama’s groomer.


21 posted on 04/10/2022 3:35:13 PM PDT by pingman ("I ain't in no ways tarred.." of WINNING!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Before it was “we want to be able to come out of the closet”

But now its “we want to shout it from the rooftops, and jail you for disagreeing, and get you fired from your jobs, and teach it to your kids.”

That was as slippery of a slope as I’ve ever seen.


22 posted on 04/10/2022 3:37:42 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Mr. K

“we want to shout it from the rooftops, and jail you for disagreeing, and get you fired from your jobs, and teach it to your kids.”

AND, “come join us”


23 posted on 04/10/2022 3:38:57 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Liberty is an antecedent of government, not a benefit from government” ~ Clarence Thomas)
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To: KC_Conspirator

Groomers are traitors to the United States of America.


24 posted on 04/10/2022 3:40:12 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Salman
Cut to the chase. They are the child molester party.

Or simply Democrats, the Pedo Party.

25 posted on 04/10/2022 3:46:40 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: DoodleBob
...many conservatives are unsympathetic to complaints about "groomer," which they perceive is clearly touching a nerve.

Oh, has it ever touched a nerve! The term "viral" is overused but it certainly applies here, and the reason is that the term is a perfect single-word summation of the attempt to normalize pedophilia, and, worse, the attempt to hide that normalization under euphemisms and misdirection. They're screaming because it fits.

Note as well the dismay at the failure of the attempt to smear the law in Florida as "Don't say gay." Nobody's buying it but - dare I say it? - celebrity groomers.

26 posted on 04/10/2022 3:49:12 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: DoodleBob
Any MST3K fans out there? Do you remember the Mr. B Natural short and the debate that followed over what sex Mr. B Natural was?

Mr. B Natural debate

Crow: Mr. Servo you have got to be kidding me. Let’s assume for for the moment that Mr. B Natural is a man. My heavens, what a confusing message to send to little kids. Already there’s the painful feeling of isolation, the horrible, scarring acne, and Mr. Servo here would have us place a crossdressing man with a clarinet slap dab in their bedrooms. Why not men in little pink Bo Peep costumes with stinky cigars explaining the facts of life to our unsuspecting daughters. I for one…

Joel: Mr. Servo, your rebuttal.

Servo: Yes, yes, why not Mr. Crow? I don’t think we should stop there. Let’s break down all the barriers. Hairy men in Spartan costumes holding bake sales on shady boulevards. Naked jock strap wrestling…

Joel: Gentlemen, I have commercial sign. I’m sorry.

27 posted on 04/10/2022 3:55:31 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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To: DoodleBob

Because it’s a nicer term than “child anal rapists”.


28 posted on 04/10/2022 3:58:01 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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To: GreenHornet

Twitter is already banning one of those terms.


29 posted on 04/10/2022 4:03:20 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: DoodleBob

Left: Just calm down and let us sexually abuse children.


30 posted on 04/10/2022 4:05:34 PM PDT by unlearner (Si vis pacem, para bellum. Let him who desires peace prepare for war.)
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To: DoodleBob

there is only one reason a homo would be mad about stopping schools from talking to K through 3 kids about sex. That’s because you are a pedophile groomer.

If you were a homo only interested in adults, you wouldn’t care.

They are groomers. And it’s super fun how much it bothers them!


31 posted on 04/10/2022 4:14:09 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: MuttTheHoople
And like Let's Go Brandon, it can be said and worn anywhere.

But everyone "gets it."

Which is why they're frantically trying misdirection, lying, banning, etc.

32 posted on 04/10/2022 4:16:20 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob
There probably ought to be a better, more nuanced word for people who make arguments about the instruction of children that are at least partly motivated by affirming adult identities, lifestyles, and beliefs.

If you're motivated by needing affirmation FROM CHLDREN regarding your sexuality and lifestyle choices, well, "groomer" pretty much nails it. I'd also settle for "human trafficker" TBH.

33 posted on 04/10/2022 4:27:26 PM PDT by Hat-Trick (Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
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To: DoodleBob

Getting mad because you can’t talk to 5 year olds about taking it right up the ass or chopping your pecker or breasts off. Now who would -ever- call such a person a “groomer”. /s

And it’s very helpful for the pedos to let us know what things REALLY upset them. LOL


34 posted on 04/10/2022 4:28:00 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DesertRhino
This isn't a purely gay thing.

There are PLENTY of groomers who go after the opposite sex. The data back this up. And remember this guy?

The trap of making this a "gay thing" is that straight child rapists slip through the cracks. The teachers who groom students of the opposite sex to become sex toys are sort of counting on that slip up.

Groomer works because it's accurate, to-the-point, and puts these pools of liquefied human feces into the spotlight.

35 posted on 04/10/2022 4:29:37 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob

It’s 99% a homo thing. It wasn’t an issue until they horned in on the scene.


36 posted on 04/10/2022 4:33:14 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DoodleBob
Why, the Left always conflates everything.
Nuanced debates are completely lost on them, you either agree or you're Hitler.
Why must we be nice?

37 posted on 04/10/2022 4:38:41 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: DesertRhino

You’re saying parents were cool with Mrs Brown grooming little Johnny, but they went ballistic over same-sex grooming?


38 posted on 04/10/2022 5:00:15 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob

It is in fact “gtooming.” It is the making of children into sexual objects in order to promote paedophilia which is the eventual preference of people for whom there is no God outside of their own egos. When paedophilia is normalized then that is no longer a ecognized perversity and the thrill dissipates and the next step will be pushed onto society and that will be snuff sex and/or bestiality. It will happen. Both are already a growing undercurrent of the porn industry and the demand will be to legalize another “lifestyle choice.”


39 posted on 04/10/2022 5:55:42 PM PDT by arthurus (covfee=[-)
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To: Mr. K

Those of us who said it was really “we want to shout it from the rooftops, and jail you for disagreeing, and get you fired from your jobs, and teach it to your kids” were shouted down.

We were right.

It doesn’t seem to matter.


40 posted on 04/10/2022 5:58:57 PM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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