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old as dirt

(1,972 posts) Mon Jan 2, 2023, 04:37 PM Jan 2023

Is it time to stop validating the violence-provoking "grooming" rhetoric? [View all]

OK, so this is a new term for me, but it seems to harken back to the "recruiting" rhetoric that folks my age tend to associate with the likes of Anita Bryant.

And now I'm seeing it here associated with broad brush attacks on my wife's religion, out of ignorance, which I find personally threatening.

Let's not encourage violence with such rhetoric.

So I ask.

Is it time to stop validating the violence-provoking "grooming" rhetoric?

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Is it time to stop validating the violence-provoking "grooming" rhetoric? [View all] old as dirt Jan 2023 OP

I Think You're Overreacting (nt) ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #1

They said the same thing about the I-Word. old as dirt Jan 2023 #5

I Don't Concur There's A Comparison ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #8

Yes, it was. old as dirt Jan 2023 #9

It's not clear to me what you're asking. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #2

That we lead by example, and... old as dirt Jan 2023 #6

Anita Bryant was one thing Skittles Jan 2023 #11

Your lack of respect... old as dirt Jan 2023 #12

Should we respect all cultures? Eko Jan 2023 #14

apparently so Skittles Jan 2023 #16

Thanks. Eko Jan 2023 #19

If religion is a culture Eko Jan 2023 #18

Post removed Post removed Jan 2023 #22

I am NOT a boy Skittles Jan 2023 #23

How would you like to be addressed? old as dirt Jan 2023 #24

do you respect the Taliban? Skittles Jan 2023 #21

THANK YOU Skittles Jan 2023 #10

The idiotic governor of Florida is responsible for all of this crap plus his dumb woke! And, he RKP5637 Jan 2023 #3

I don't know how many times I have to say this but I will keep repeating it: Initech Jan 2023 #4

Absolutely correct. Just in Florida he had something like 47 billionaires supporting his RKP5637 Jan 2023 #7

Grooming is grooming and I'll call it out when I see it Iggo Jan 2023 #13

Good gravy, are the thought police coming for the word grooming now? BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #15

I must really be missing something. I'm no big fan of any organized religion so Maru Kitteh Jan 2023 #17

CORRECT Skittles Jan 2023 #20