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vanlassie

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31. You are kidding. You need to refresh your memory.

Reply to sarah FAILIN (Reply #20)

Sun May 28, 2017, 04:39 PM

May 2017

Adults pick unruly children up by scooping them any way they can. Often it's one hand between the legs and the other around the chest. Anyone who thinks "genitals" are in any way part if that equation is just overly "concerned."

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United sorry for falsely accusing gay father of fondling his child [View all] n2doc May 2017 OP

despicable! fugging bigots imagine and notice what they want to see luvMIdog May 2017 #1

Post removed Post removed May 2017 #2

Yeah, it was pretty "off" - he had his hand on his son's lap on an airplane Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #4

"Pretty off"? cwydro May 2017 #6

As a lesbian mom, and child sexual abuse survivor, Ms. Toad May 2017 #8

Political correctness? off? hrmjustin May 2017 #12

Oh, dear. MineralMan May 2017 #13

This culture of fear is what is destroying this country. athena May 2017 #16

How did they know he was gay? I saw nothing in the link? Were they given a heads up? angstlessk May 2017 #3

I wondered the same nini May 2017 #5

As a lesbian parent, who occasionally traveled with our child without my partner, Ms. Toad May 2017 #9

The whole article leave a bit to be desired the way it was written. nini May 2017 #15

O/T gvstn May 2017 #24

When I comfort my children, I don't do it like that. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #7

No one has appointed you as the definition of proper behavior. athena May 2017 #10

+1000 nt NutmegYankee May 2017 #11

Well I hope you feel better after all that. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #19

If you read the article, he had his hand on his child's lap. athena May 2017 #22

This is what the article says... near the genitals sarah FAILIN May 2017 #25

There is no suggestion that anyone touched anyone's genital area. athena May 2017 #33

I think your source may not be a reputable one sarah FAILIN May 2017 #34

Different parents; different styles. MineralMan May 2017 #14

"near the genitals" is what was said sarah FAILIN May 2017 #17

That's what the worried passenger reported. MineralMan May 2017 #18

Flight attendant said.. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #20

People whe see a parent's hand on a child's lap as sexual give me the creeps. Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #23

This is what the article says... near the genitals sarah FAILIN May 2017 #26

Now we've moved to *touching* genitals? Cal Carpenter May 2017 #28

Not my imagination. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #29

Like I said... Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #30

You are kidding. You need to refresh your memory. vanlassie May 2017 #31

Not in my home sarah FAILIN May 2017 #32

Good fathers are supposed to smack their sons and tell them to quit acting like girls. hunter May 2017 #21

Like drumpf, the airlines.have gone completely insane. democratisphere May 2017 #27