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

[old as dirt]

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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[ProfessorGAC]

1. I Think You're Overreacting (nt)

[old as dirt]

5. They said the same thing about the I-Word.

Drop the I-Word. Don't Feed the Hate Machine

Sep 27, 2010

Calling people "illegals" feeds a hate machine, by exploiting racial fears and economic anxiety. The I-word, along with other words tainted by hate, provides an easy scapegoat for complex issues and OKs violence against those labeled with it. Don't feed the hate machine. Drop the I-word.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. I Don't Concur There's A Comparison

Besides, the "I" word wasn't something used as a pejorative here at DU.
So you're comparing apples to airplanes.

[old as dirt]

9. Yes, it was.

Besides, the "I" word wasn't something used as a pejorative here at DU.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. It's not clear to me what you're asking.

[old as dirt]

6. That we lead by example, and...

...recognize that we live in a multicultural world, respect other cultures, and treat each other with respect.

[Skittles]

11. Anita Bryant was one thing

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but being told, for example, I have to respect religion.....um, no..... I call it as I see it and I think religion causes far more harm than good

I *TOLERATE* religion as long as they keep it to themselves but when they start using that nonsense to shape our laws, FUCK THAT

[old as dirt]

12. Your lack of respect...

...for other cultures is noted.

Cosmovisión

[Eko]

14. Should we respect all cultures?

[Skittles]

16. apparently so

[Eko]

19. Thanks.

[Eko]

18. If religion is a culture

then christian nationalism is a culture and we should respect it? Q is a culture, MAGA is a culture,, I could keep going. I don't have to respect something just because someone calls it a culture. That smacks too much of this.



And I don't play that game.

[Skittles]

23. I am NOT a boy

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and you cannot make people respect that which they find silly at best, and harmful at worst. You may as well advise us to respect the beliefs of MAGAts - that's their culture, isn't it? I see you haven't told us if you respect the Taliban....imagine that.

DONE here; over and OUT.

[old as dirt]

24. How would you like to be addressed?

Oh, never mind.

If you can't respect other cultures, then there is no point in conversing with you at all.

Putting you on ignore is the better option.

[Skittles]

21. do you respect the Taliban?

just curious

[Skittles]

10. THANK YOU

[RKP5637]

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

wants to be the next US president. It would be Trump on steroids. The guy is a monster.

[Initech]

4. I don't know how many times I have to say this but I will keep repeating it:

It's not Ron DeSantis! He was just installed by Fox News to do their every evil bidding. Ron DeSantis isn't the problem. He's just a symptom. Fox News is the real problem. Current conservative buzzwords like "woke" and "groomers" and "critical race theory" weren't a thing until Fox News decided they were. Ron DeSantis is just an ass kissing yes man. Fox News is the real problem facing our society. They're clearly pulling Ron's strings. Same with Abbott in Texas, he was installed by Fox as well.

[RKP5637]

7. Absolutely correct. Just in Florida he had something like 47 billionaires supporting his

governorship election. Then Fox and the media. He loves his woke, groomers, critical race theory, trans, picking on teachers and on and on ... and then Fox broadcasts it over and over. And others like OAN pick it up, etc. etc. I wish Americans would learn a bit of critical thinking and trying to understand just WTF is going on in the US. DeSantis takes his orders well from Fox and the like and the billionaire class, etc.

[Iggo]

13. Grooming is grooming and I'll call it out when I see it

Not stopping.

No apology.

[BannonsLiver]

15. Good gravy, are the thought police coming for the word grooming now?

What is the context?

[Maru Kitteh]

17. I must really be missing something. I'm no big fan of any organized religion so

that might have something to do with it. I frequently skip reading topics that center around religious things.

But aside from that . . . . are you concerned someone on DU is inciting violence? Can't say I've seen anything like that at all. Not even close.

[Skittles]

20. CORRECT

I'm not getting it either....there's a huge difference between finding what others believe silly and inciting VIOLENCE against them because of their beliefs..........