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Why Is There a War on Cheerleaders?
Townhall.com ^ | January 29, 2019 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 01/29/2019 5:12:06 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: the OlLine Rebel

>>No, it’s not a good point.

Apples and oranges, again.<<

I think you need to learn some forensics. Scantily clad is scantily clad. Whether on the beach, on the field, on a magazine cover or in a concert.

Frankly, the sexual moves in a Beyonce concert are a LOT more sexual (basically simulating sex) than cheerleaders.

Not apples and oranges at all. Your assertion is not a contention. You say scantily clad women are acting like sluts. Your words.

I say men like to see them. Evolution may say that men’s atavistic response is from a desire to reproduce but Real Men know that and can control themselves.

I have to assume you are not one of those men and thus need to have the temptation removed.

Again: the gear and activities have not changed for 40 years. That is a fact.


181 posted on 01/29/2019 12:32:44 PM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Oh yeah, I’m sure their mamas and papas will give them the alternative of lap-dancing instead of cheerleading.

We're talking about NFL cheerleaders here, grown women. They can choose to do what they like and don't need a permission slip signed by their moms. Well, they can unless lefty SJWs suddenly deem that job undesirable, then they have to find a different dream.

Lefties still seem to think stripping and porn are okay so those are approved career paths still, though my sense is that the NFL cheerleaders are beautiful and outgoing but not trampy so they probably don't want those jobs. So if's off to McDonalds to flip birgers I guess. At least they won't be "demeaned" anymore by dancing on a football field.

182 posted on 01/29/2019 12:45:04 PM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: freedumb2003; the OlLine Rebel
I disagree with the poster, the OlLine Rebel, and have already recommended he/she begin with the burkas he wants cheerleaders to wear. How I got looped into another discussion I have NO idea.

Because you disagree with the poster, the OlLine Rebel, who was upholding morality, as real men are to men do, vs licentiousness.Thus in responding to him i also pinged you to "Actually Kaslin argues as if something is wrong with you, like liberals do," but as i mistook kaslin for the author, so in correcting that I also pinged you. That's how you got looped.

Meanwhile the burka argument is a false, eitheer/or dichotomy, as explained .

183 posted on 01/29/2019 1:06:42 PM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: freedumb2003

It’s an absurd strawman argument.

Western civ was NEVER as restrictive as Moslem terrorists. But just because they like to be modest does not make ANYONE ELSE who wants modesty a Moslem terrorist. It’s been common in every real civilization.

I am against TASTELESS TRASH that trivializes women and turns them into objects of lust. I wear bikinis, etc. I will NOT wear a thong type showing all the booty - NEVER would, even at my most gorgeous self. That is disgusting overt sexuality. So yeah, I’m not big on the “swimsuit” (Playboy) issue. If it shouldn’t be seen by kids, it shouldn’t be in public, period.


184 posted on 01/29/2019 1:16:55 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: daniel1212

BTW, I’m a woman.

So yeah, one might say I’m a bit prejudiced. But then, we often assume men will be biased.

Not you. Good for you.


185 posted on 01/29/2019 1:17:50 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

It’s more respectable than trying to titillate men.

Which generally libs are all about. They are obsessed with sex and drugs. Anything that leads to ruin.


186 posted on 01/29/2019 1:19:10 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: daniel1212; the OlLine Rebel

No — it is a question of degree and NOT a false dichotomy.

Maybe not burkas per se but coverings as dictated by someone.

Burkas are his argument, merely taken the the only logical extreme.


187 posted on 01/29/2019 2:06:47 PM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: freedumb2003

“as dictated by someone.”

Who said there would be laws?

That is the false premise of liberals - like WE always make laws. THEY do that.

This is nothing to do about laws. It’s about societal norms and common decency. There used to be lots of that. Expectations. So what if our opinion is it is immoral and lewd? We have every right to express that, and try to change how things are done. But it has nothing to do with forcing anything by government.

That is the same kind of false premise liberals use - as if conservatives, e.g., are always making laws about morality. Rarely, do we. We make lots of statements and noise, but not laws.


188 posted on 01/29/2019 2:42:41 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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189 posted on 01/29/2019 5:27:23 PM PST by foreverfree
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To: mewzilla

Oh Please.


190 posted on 01/29/2019 5:42:30 PM PST by Twink
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To: TermLimits4All

Never believed Cheerleading was a sport. Now I do. Competetive Cheerleading is intense.

High school and college sport cheerleading is athletic.

The attire is fine, imo. None of my kids were cheerleaders, they played sports, but cheerleading is a sport now.


191 posted on 01/29/2019 5:45:40 PM PST by Twink
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To: the OlLine Rebel

We women snarl and cringe?

Not all of us.

Nothing wrong with cheerleaders and especially now with how athletically competitively they are.


192 posted on 01/29/2019 5:48:10 PM PST by Twink
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To: the OlLine Rebel

OMG I hope this is a facetious post.

If not, no words.


193 posted on 01/29/2019 5:50:31 PM PST by Twink
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To: the OlLine Rebel

So “hookers” are ok in high school?

WTFever.


194 posted on 01/29/2019 5:52:02 PM PST by Twink
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To: daniel1212

HA!

I bet I’m more Conservative than you.

And being a Conservative and/or Christian doesn’t give one carte blanche to cram their myopic sense of morality down other people’s throats because by doing so they’re no better than the taliban or the liberals for that matter.

Abortions of convenience (other than medical, rape or incest) should be illegal, the board of directors of planned parenthood and the politicians who support them should be brought up on charges of genocide.

Children should be able to pray in school as they so choose. The Pledge of Allegiance should once again be recited along with having a moment of silence.

Government should be out of everyone’s homes and businesses. Some politician or government bureaucrat should never have any right to tell a parent how to raise their kid or tell a business owner who they have to hire (affirmative action), or provide service for (baking a cake).

Do away with “hate crimes” laws since these are rarely if ever equally applied.

Do away with anti-discrimination laws for the above stated reason.

Do away with affirmative action laws. Everyone should be hired for a job or selected to attend a school based on their character, education, or other skills instead of race or gender.

Eliminate motor-voter laws in federal elections, and enforce 100% ID check in such elections.

As far as the federal government, 85% of it can be reduced in scope/reach or eliminated outright.

End baseline budgeting, and roll the budget back 30 years.

End all government employee unions. Fire and/or prosecute those employees who steal from the taxpayers.

Military veterans with an honorable discharge regardless of time in service should be issued a rifle and magazines for said rifle upon discharge.

Secure the border, and end all immigration for 25 years. No H1 or other visas for employment purposes allowed either. Anyone and everyone here in this country illegally will be given 30 days to pack up everything lock, stock, and barrel and return to their home countries and never return. If they do try to return, they are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and must repay 100% of all social services they previously used.

Repeal the XVII Amendment, and replace it with one that returns the selection of Senators to the individual state’s legislatures. Also imposes term limits on the house and senate, ban family members from running for the same seat once a term has expired. And a lifetime ban for outgoing congressmen/senators and their families from lobbying. They will also be prevented from seeking another seat in another chamber (house to senate or senate to house), district or state.

There should also be tort reform.

That’s just for starters.


195 posted on 01/29/2019 5:53:02 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: Lurker

Excellent post!


196 posted on 01/29/2019 5:53:58 PM PST by Twink
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To: Vermont Lt

You don’t get to decide.


197 posted on 01/29/2019 5:55:39 PM PST by Twink
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To: central_va

Yeah I know.

A comedy genius such as Mel Brooks would be thrown in prison for doing a movie such as Blazing Saddles these days.


198 posted on 01/29/2019 5:57:09 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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