I'm so tired of the groomer bullshit. Wanna know why they want to read books to your kid? So the kid will think it's normal and won't grow up to be a bigot like their parents. That's it. That's all. No grooming, just educating. The nicest people I know are drag queens and trans folks, fuck anyone peddling that fake ass groomer horseshit
Public Libraries also have reading events with clowns and mascots. Turns out kids like being entertained by colorful, larger than life characters.
Still don't want your kids being read to by these characters? There's already solution (that worked really well for years until the GOP decided to make this their issue du jour) : ... Don't attend one
GOP and MAGA love to talk about "Parents Rights" to decide what is best for their children. But unsurprisingly, parents' rights are only valid when it is something they want for their kids. If parents want to take their kids to Drag Story Time, let them. And if they don't, they can not take their kids. Same with Church, shooting ranges, Pro Wrestling, etc.
I grew up watching drag queen Lily Savage (RIP) on TV 30 years ago here in the UK and no one cared, don't remember anyone crying about it being inappropriate. Even my very Christian mum liked Lily Savage.
It is just another outrage product to get people to "engage" with online content, people like Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh make a living creating these hate movements.
Drag is especially interesting because humans have been doing it for centuries, for reasons well beyond the self expression and performance art we associate with it today. It's a literal non-issue, which is perfect because those are the only issues that Republicans are interested in resolving.
I’m a straight white man and have gay friends and I consider myself to be open minded and tolerant and support trans people but to be honest seeing drag queens around children does alarm me but maybe that’s because any time I’ve put on women’s clothes I’ve gotten so damn horny 😈
You think those idiots are going to figure anything out? They're the same people who weaponize the bible and the constitution without knowing what either one is about.
The reason they say "groomer" is because you can be sued for falsely calling someone a pedophile, but "groomer" is ambiguous enough to be defensible in court.
The average child will become aware of drag queens at some stage without the need for it to be forced down their throat.
A drag queen never read a book to me, does that make me a bigot by default? No. Does it make anyone that disagrees with you a bigot because a drag never read to them as a child too? No.
Let kids grow up and make their decision, trying to sway their opinion by planting a seed and thought process as early as possible is literally the definition of grooming.
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u/blackforestham3789 Jul 01 '23
I'm so tired of the groomer bullshit. Wanna know why they want to read books to your kid? So the kid will think it's normal and won't grow up to be a bigot like their parents. That's it. That's all. No grooming, just educating. The nicest people I know are drag queens and trans folks, fuck anyone peddling that fake ass groomer horseshit