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Eric Trump on Charlie Kirk’s Legacy and the Radical Left – “This Could Have Been the Greatest Mistake These People Have Ever Made” (VIDEO)

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They just do it in a way that seems more normal and acceptable to you, such that you don't really notice it.
I was having a conversation about this self identification as normal with an old friend at a reunion weekend we had in Leeds over the weekend. He was sadly incapable of recognising anything that was not his way as normal.

He grew up, lives and works in a tiny little middle class (UK version not American) village and didn’t seem to be able to adjust to night time streets of a small UK city.

His tiny little village to him is normal and the big city is not. I hope I was able to reach him.
 
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One big difference is that normal people (those who accept the sex they are born as) don't claim it as "who they are", and base their arguments and politics around it.
They used to say that about black people, too. Can you guess the connection?

When transsexuals engage in mass shootings and assassinations, it is based on "who they are" as transsexuals, or the partner of such people and therefore part of that group.
When white supremacists engage in mass shootings, it is based on "who they are" as white supremacists or the partner of such people. Only white supremacists do it a lot more often. Just saying.

All while claiming they just want to be left alone in the privacy of their own bedroom.
I'd be fine with that too. And I'd be fine with white supremacists being what they are, so long as they don't bother anyone else. So we seem to be on the same page in that respect. Those who do attack others should be punished just like any other criminal. Those who don't should just be left alone.

Yeah, it's annoying to see those guys riding round with confederate or Nazi flags, and so on. But they have the right.
 
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Drag queen shows for children are seen by the radical left as exposing children to the real world, whereas many people see that as sexually grooming the kids.
Well, let's see. How many drag queens have been arrested for molesting kids? How many otherwise straight people?

Science and case management experience has shown us that most child molesters are heterosexual. Abuse is about power and control and is not anchored by sexual orientation. Dr. Gene Abel, a researcher in the field of sexual violence for over twenty-five years, wrote an article for the average parent in Redbook magazine to take the knowledge he gained in doing over 100 scientific articles to provide specific warning signs for parents and caregivers. In this article, he explicitly states that most cases of boys being molested are attributed to heterosexuals.
Sexuality of Offenders

And yes, I know drag queens are not actually homosexuals.


For the far right, I get it the real fear. These guys are reading books to innocent kids. And those far right guys know what happens to kids if they grow up with a habit of reading books. Their recruiting pool is people who don't read. That's the "grooming" they fear.
 
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Now that I think about it, it is indeed weird. Very odd, indeed.
 
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Post #107
You just cut and pasted a bunch of opinions. You might as well just be honest and say “what I reckon is…….”. And pass that off as evidence.

Smh
 
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Would you like to read what Tyler Robinson's mother said about him?
She took down the facebook stuff about his love of guns and other things. So we're getting a revised version now. I'm thinking the stuff she was posting before he shot Kirk is more persuasive.
 
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You just cut and pasted a bunch of opinions. You might as well just be honest and say “what I reckon is…….”. And pass that off as evidence.

Smh
Those are not opinions but valid criticisms.

Smh
 
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She took down the facebook stuff about his love of guns and other things. So we're getting a revised version now. I'm thinking the stuff she was posting before he shot Kirk is more persuasive.
Are you calling her a liar?
 
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She took down the facebook stuff about his love of guns and other things. So we're getting a revised version now. I'm thinking the stuff she was posting before he shot Kirk is more persuasive.
wat?

What 22yo lets their mother have their account logins?
 
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Drag queen shows for children are seen by the radical left as exposing children to the real world, whereas many people see that as sexually grooming the kids.
I took my kid to drag bingo because I wanted to expose him to fun, so joke’s on all y’all.
 
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Are you saying she didn't remove those things?

Ahh.....rhetorical games.


The funnest.
I don’t care about irrelevant Facebook posts she made. I care about her sworn testimony to investigators. Are you calling her a liar about what she told investigators?
 
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I don’t care about irrelevant Facebook posts she made. I care about her sworn testimony to investigators. Are you calling her a liar about what she told investigators?
How can she be called a liar? There would be no basis for it. People would need to know if her FB posts are congruent with her testimony.

But what CAN be stated, are facts.
 
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I don’t care about irrelevant Facebook posts she made. I care about her sworn testimony to investigators. Are you calling her a liar about what she told investigators?
Fundamentally, the only statements of fact that she made (at least as reported by Fox in the article you linked) are that he started caring more about gay and trans rights, that he expressed a strong dislike of Kirk, and that he fought with his father over political disagreements. Her claim that this made him "left-leaning" is her opinion.
 
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I took my kid to drag bingo because I wanted to expose him to fun, so joke’s on all y’all.

Idaho Trantifa drag queen teacher resigns after praising killing of Charlie Kirk

 
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Drag queen shows for children are seen by the radical left as exposing children to the real world, whereas many people see that as sexually grooming the kids.
As someone who worked with "groomers", it's not grooming kids.

I've only seen one drag event at our library...it's not really my thing though I don't care about others doing it (in the same way I don't LARP or go to Ren faires)

What depravity did I see?
A man dressed garishly as a woman, reading a book about colours to some children.

I have always been very VERY curious. What are the PRECISE behaviours that are considered "grooming" in this context?

a) Just talking about it at all?
b) Normalizing it?
c) Encouraging it?
d) Are they raping or abusing kids at these events?
e) Are parents endangering their kids by going to these events? BEcause unfortunately, statistically libraries are way way way way way safer than churches.
So be careful...
 
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