You are being VERY disingenuous here!
A strip club is a place (nightclub) where performers take their clothing off in a sexually exciting manner. Check the dictionaries.
If it was simply a performer taking off any clothing then many TV shows in the family hour or earlier are strip shows.
No need to be hyperbolic!
I'm pointing out that the argument that you're making here is semantic and ridiculous. It doesn't matter if the place is one that has performers stripping nude every night or a nightclub that occasionally has performers dance around and strip....
Neither is a venue for children.
So you know nothing of Q and the pedophile accusations?
I've read very little about Qanon and most of that related to Epstein. The term groomer doesn't appear to be related to Qanon in any way and related to the controversy around childhood public education.
Your attempt to link the two appears to be little more than a cheap smear tactic. Surely you aren't suggesting that an organization like RAINN which has dedicated itself to preventing child sexual abuse and helping survivors of child sexual abuse gets their info from Qanon? Of course not. Why not address the fact that experts consider exposing children to sexual materials and discussing sexual topics is a common child grooming tactic with negative effects on children?
No. Many on the left do not buy into it. I won't be rude about it though.
The Left is far more diverse than the right.
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "I won't be rude about it"?
At some point you may well be asked (or required) to address someone non-binary by the pronouns they choose. Will you do so and lie to them or tell them what you believe is true?
I'm aware that many on the left are lying about what they believe....I simply don't understand why. If the left is so diverse and accommodating to different beliefs....why would so many people lie?
I know a great deal about grooming as I had involvement with Child Protective Services with my job and have attended many a conference on child abuse and neglect. I have been learning about this for decades.
Their are pundits on the right who are careless in how they talk about the Left and grooming. Take a harder look at the right, and conservatives and child sexual abuse. It is shocking.
If the Right is suggesting that my tax dollars fund the sexualizing and grooming of schoolchildren I certainly haven't heard anything about it.
If you know something that I don't....please share.
If this is just an attempt at whataboutism regarding the church or Boy Scouts Of America or something...I can't imagine why that would justify abuse in your mind.
What I do know comes from actual school curriculums, victims and their parents, whistleblowers in education, leaked conversations between educators, and the activists pushing for this stuff.
The people fighting it are extremely diverse and cover the spectrum of political ideology, sexual orientation, gender identity, educational background, and religious beliefs. The only group I don't see represented at all are pedophiles.
In actual cults, yes, sexualizing children is common and disgusting. But you are playing games with the term above and sexualization. According to you, any performance where a clothing item is removed is a strip performance. Is that also sexualizing a child?
Are you asking me if having child performers stripping for a nightclub is "sexualizing a child"?
Obviously context matters. I wouldn't call a child changing in a gym locker room for a swimming competition "stripping". Again, you seem to want to engage in some sort of semantic argument that I'm not going to waste time with.
How about this - at 1:22:
So was Milton Berle sexualizing kids?
How about this - Jerry Lewis starts off in boxers and a T shirt, then go to 1:40:
It's from the 1950s - was it sexualizing kids?
Be careful throwing the word cult around.
Didn't watch the videos and I doubt they have anything to do with the topic. Unless they are black and white as a cinemagraphic choice....they haven't been relevant to the topic for over 50 years.
Again, I understand that the term cult is not a great choice. I'm willing to concede that point. I don't know what term would be more accurate though and a sufficient replacement.
You seem willing to lie to a non-binary person about your beliefs for the fear of being "rude". At some point though, I would think that the truth would matter more to you than being considered "rude" right? Does that point exist? Can you describe it? Imagine your job had an opportunity for a coworker to lead a project and you got to vote for the coworker who gets this opportunity. The votes are tallied and as the last person to vote....you will ultimately decide which of two coworkers gets this lucrative and resume enhancing opportunity. You have a choice between....
1. The candidate who appears to be far more capable and competent than the other, but unlike you, chooses to say what he believes is true....and doesn't care about the pronouns of non-binary coworkers.
2. A candidate who seems far less capable but like you....uses the pronouns of non-binary coworkers as they wish.
The pronoun issue has nothing to do with the work or the job opportunity....and has only been brought up to you at the last minute. Those who voted for #2 claim it's bigotry, and claim a vote for #1 is supporting a bigot. Those who already voted for #1 claim they didn't know about the pronoun issue...and cannot change their vote anyway.
Who would you choose?
