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So long as we know who is supporting terrorists. And, let's be honest, this is a TEXTBOOK definition of terrorism; violence directed at a specific group to cause terror in that group.
There is a fundamental disconnect in how they are using the word groomer. And I know this from my experience working with many kids who are groomed.
Groomers don't just talk to people to "convince" them of something. They don't tell stories about their life; they don't create a nurturing space for people to figure themselves out. That is NOT what Groomers do. Groomers do NOT seperate their targets from people who dislike them. And if kids think they even MIGHT be gay or trans and their parents vocally hate those groups there is no need to manipulate that.
Groomers manipulate targets' relationships and ISOLATE them. Groomers make their hits feel UTTERLY dependent on them as individuals. They provide them with gifts to create a "favour credit". Groomers do NOT have their targets best interests or feelings in mind. They are ONLY self serving. They are narcissists.
When gay and trans people talk with kids, the reason why it looks like grooming is because:
1) Parents THINK that LGBTQ folks are driving a wedge between them and their questioning/gay/trans children when they are not. Parents are doing that. Parents think that they are showing love and protecting their kids but if a child is questioning where they are at, they are NOT protecting at all. They think "I love my child and they love me so I know everything about them" when that is not the case. MAny/most gay kids are terrified of telling their parents and frankly, it seems ludicrous to think you know everything your kid (let's say teenager) thinks at the BEST of times. They also fall under the misapprehension that saying "being gay is a sin" will encourage their children to stop being gay. Because fundamentally they believe being gay is a choice and not something inherent in who they are. If they understood that their child could JUST be gay and it's who they are, perhaps they'd approach it differently and would realize that you can't accuse someone of grooming a child into being gay.
2) They think gay trans folk have this desire to turn EVERYONE gay when that is simply not the case. They simply want kids who are gay to feel comfortable enough to say so and for them NOT to get the snot beat out of them in the washroom.
What I DON'T see gay people doing en masse (ie....as some kind of personality quirk of being gay) is manipulating those kids; of trying to control kids; of buying them jewelry to turn them gay. I DON'T see gay people driving a wedge between children and LOVING parents (and by loving, I mean children that are accepted for who they are, and cared for).
Now I'm NOT saying it doesn't happen. Of COURSE there are terrible gay people who manipulate children into being sexual victims. But it's ABSURD to think this is an exclusively homosexual modus operandi. The problem is identifying ALL gay people this way, or suggesting even MOST gay people are this way. As I said, there is FAR more evidence that the church has a problem with sexual impropriety than gay people.