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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Trans non-binary elementary teacher says 3 year olds are old enough to learn about gender identity, sexual orientation, and pronouns. These are the people teaching your kids. https://t.co/fylE9jCQrF
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OK, “conditioning” instead of “grooming” ... Happy now? Of course, it is a distinction without a difference. Whatever else should one call sexualizing 5-year-olds? And when teen pregnancy spikes, when lewinskies in middle school is the norm, will they ask, “how did this happen?”
Overreach is a descriptor of leftists, not people on the right. It is second nature for lefties to overreach, overstate, or overplay. Good luck waiting for the right to behave like the lunatic left!
They can call me a bigot all they want. They are a bunch of damn pedophile groomers and are PO’d they’re finally getting called out on it.
Whenever you hear someone using the words "complex" or "nuanced" in reference to this sick perversion then you know you're looking at a neck angling for a millstone.
Consider another reason to groom kids thus:
Homosexuals and pedophiles have long said ‘It’s natural for kids to do/grow up like this.
But it’s not. It is a taught thing. “As the twig is bent, so grows the tree” is applicable to many traits, and experiencing something at a young age can have a tremendous influence on what you like or expect in your life.
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