What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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Something to understand what nurses think about re the Current News and their opinions!

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

48 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:

I'm not seeing how preaching on the sideline is a bad thing.  As long as they are not making threats of violence and committing acts of violence then what's the problem.  Certainly not as bad as the BLM follower that assassinated 5 Dallas police officers at a BLM rally in 2016.

Maybe you missed the part about me saying they should be allowed, which means I have no problem with it.  But nice deflection to BLM.

I'll let the law decide what these 31 masked young white men associated with a hate group were up to. They are free on bail and surely have good lawyers.  Since they weren't actually doing anything it would be a misdemeanor if the charge to incite a riot sticks but it probably won't. 

[MaybeeRN]

8 minutes ago, Tweety said:

Maybe you missed the part about me saying they should be allowed, which means I have no problem with it.  But nice deflection to BLM.

I'll let the law decide what these 31 masked young white men associated with a hate group were up to.

I wonder how many of the 31 are undercover FBI agents instigating another hoax crime?

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

5 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:

I wonder how many of the 31 are undercover FBI agents instigating another hoax crime?

Of course, because the FBI can't be trusted because Trump told us so.  And they probably don't have anything better to do than stage a counter protest to entrap some white supremacists.  Makes sense.

But really, I'm sure they were just innocently going to stand on the sidelines and preach the word of the lord and help those poor mislead homosexuals that decided to make the choice to be sinners and groom society to their evil ways.

All this is easier to swallow than to think there would be people that are motivated by hatred and homophobia and want to cause some mayhem at a Pride event.  

[subee, MSN, CRNA]

2 hours ago, MaybeeRN said:

I'm not seeing how preaching on the sideline is a bad thing.  As long as they are not making threats of violence and committing acts of violence then what's the problem.  Certainly not as bad as the BLM follower that assassinated 5 Dallas police officers at a BLM rally in 2016.

What does one LONE nut who murdered 5 police officers have anything to do with a Pride parade?  

[Justlookingfornow]

1 hour ago, Tweety said:

Apparently the arresting officers are receiving death threats.  

Pride has long had to endure counter-protesters and should be allowed.  Here a few so-called "Christians" from down from another state to attend our Pride and preach on the sidelines.   

Drag queens are another target.  With some buzz going around that parents who take kids to drag events should be criminalized (the same that talk about parental rights, I might add), I fear it's only a matter of time for violence occurs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/13/proud-boy-drag-queen/

 

I know you are LQBTQ, I have allot of respect for you and this is why I ask you directly. 

I think drag queens are fabulous. I love their over the top attitudes and most ifvthem are damp right beautiful. Their costumes are amazing and I have been akin to watching their performances. 

What I will say is that they are hypersexualized. With their costumes and performances. Where as I think that for adult entertainment it makes for a fun engagement.  And here it is.. I do notv think they are for children anymore than I think adult entertainers are for children. I would never imagine taking my children to a stripper bar, even if they do not remove all their clothing and personality feel that putting money in their g strings is degrading. Having children do this with drag queen or otherwise is inappropriate.  I may not say anything but I woukd question what these parents are thinking. 

While on the topic, a few years ago I was down town in my city with my children and it was the pride parade. I had never see one before and was excited to see what it was about. 

Unfortunately I had to cut it short because there were some participants of the parade that were were wearing bonddage,  g-strings, barely covering their genitalia,  another was handcuffed to a pole with a ball gag getting whipped by another in bonddage with their breast out. 

There were several hypetsexualized floats of this type. 

I had to take my children home and had a lot of questions to answer. Allot in which I did not know the answers too. I ask this with the most respect but why does it seems that these types of public hypersexualization are so common? 

What u will say also is, although I was not happy that I unknowingly exposed my children,  I woukd never condone any violence or harm to anyone. 

I guess my point is, most would not be "okay with", for lack of a better word hypersexualuzed dress/behaviors in front of children in any other context so why is this acceptable? I also made mention of my experience to a few other parents in which I was immediately admonished as "not supporting gay rights, homophobe and transphobe" which I did not think was fair. 

And, why is this type of activity so prominent and does it not do a disservice to others in the LGBTQ community? 

I am not asking you because you are the LGBTQ spokes person and please feel free to not reply if you do not wish to. 

[MaybeeRN]

2 minutes ago, subee said:

What does one LONE nut who murdered 5 police officers have anything to do with a Pride parade?  

always a lone nut when it comes to a Democrat but everyone is lumped in with the bad when it's a Republican.  The point is the violent extremists and pot stirrers are almost always on the left.  the alphabet crowd use to say "stay out of our bedroom" now they can't wait to groom little kids on what's happening in their bedroom.

[toomuchbaloney]

4 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:

always a lone nut when it comes to a Democrat but everyone is lumped in with the bad when it's a Republican.  The point is the violent extremists and pot stirrers are almost always on the left.  the alphabet crowd use to say "stay out of our bedroom" now they can't wait to groom little kids on what's happening in their bedroom.

What a bunch of ridiculous words all strung together that seem to be attached to some fantastical thinking.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/politics/domestic-terrorism.html

https://www.propublica.org/article/global-right-wing-extremism-networks-are-growing-the-u-s-is-just-now-catching-up

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Why are there so many hypersexualized programs on network and cable TV? I am offended by the so-called reality shows that have people in suggestive clothing and having multiple sexual partners as some sort of contest. Yuck. My spouse was watching a talent program and a "woman acrobat" was twirling around in what was essential a g-string.

And there used to be a show or shows about dressing up little girls that seemed to be to be sexualizing their appearance. Where was all the Christian outrage then? 

[MaybeeRN]

2 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

What a bunch of ridiculous words all strung together that seem to be attached to some fantastical thinking.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/politics/domestic-terrorism.html

https://www.propublica.org/article/global-right-wing-extremism-networks-are-growing-the-u-s-is-just-now-catching-up

Yawn.  More left wing biased news sources.  Newspapers of no record.

1 minute ago, nursej22 said:

Why are there so many hypersexualized programs on network and cable TV? I am offended by the so-called reality shows that have people in suggestive clothing and having multiple sexual partners as some sort of contest. Yuck. My spouse was watching a talent program and a "woman acrobat" was twirling around in what was essential a g-string.

And there used to be a show or shows about dressing up little girls that seemed to be to be sexualizing their appearance. Where was all the Christian outrage then? 

Maybe the Christians weren't watching that typical left wing gutter trash that permeates on TVs these days.   

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

53 minutes ago, Justlookingfornow said:

I know you are LQBTQ, I have allot of respect for you and this is why I ask you directly. 

I think drag queens are fabulous. I love their over the top attitudes and most ifvthem are damp right beautiful. Their costumes are amazing and I have been akin to watching their performances. 

What I will say is that they are hypersexualized. With their costumes and performances. Where as I think that for adult entertainment it makes for a fun engagement.  And here it is.. I do notv think they are for children anymore than I think adult entertainers are for children. I would never imagine taking my children to a stripper bar, even if they do not remove all their clothing and personality feel that putting money in their g strings is degrading. Having children do this with drag queen or otherwise is inappropriate.  I may not say anything but I woukd question what these parents are thinking. 

While on the topic, a few years ago I was down town in my city with my children and it was the pride parade. I had never see one before and was excited to see what it was about. 

Unfortunately I had to cut it short because there were some participants of the parade that were were wearing bonddage,  g-strings, barely covering their genitalia,  another was handcuffed to a pole with a ball gag getting whipped by another in bonddage with their breast out. 

There were several hypetsexualized floats of this type. 

I had to take my children home and had a lot of questions to answer. Allot in which I did not know the answers too. I ask this with the most respect but why does it seems that these types of public hypersexualization are so common? 

What u will say also is, although I was not happy that I unknowingly exposed my children,  I woukd never condone any violence or harm to anyone. 

I guess my point is, most would not be "okay with", for lack of a better word hypersexualuzed dress/behaviors in front of children in any other context so why is this acceptable? I also made mention of my experience to a few other parents in which I was immediately admonished as "not supporting gay rights, homophobe and transphobe" which I did not think was fair. 

And, why is this type of activity so prominent and does it not do a disservice to others in the LGBTQ community? 

I am not asking you because you are the LGBTQ spokes person and please feel free to not reply if you do not wish to. 

I can understand you having the choice of what to expose your children to, and now you know not to take them to Pride.   It would not be homophobic of you to make that choice.

What I wouldn't approve of criminalizing a parent that is okay with it.

Many people also don't appreciate the attention and negative image the go-go boys and S&M crowd portrays.  I just think they feel so good about their freedom they just want to celebrate.

I don't think drag queens are necessarily hyper sexualized but they are extreme in their presentation.  This is part of their persona, they don't necessarily want to portray normal women but an exaggeration of feminine with a touch of comedy.  I wouldn't bring my children to a drag bar because that is a bit adult, and their humor is adult humor, but I think things like drag story hour and drag bingo or other charity events is totally fine and shouldn't be criminal.

Finally, you ask why is this so prominent and it isn't.  The overwhelming majority of gay people at the parades and in real life are relatively "normal" in appearance and behavior.

Key West has Fantasy Fest, New Orleans has Mardi Gras (where women and men expose themselves to get beads), Rio has Carnivale all of which are well known for females in scantily clad outfits.  How about "girls gone wild" on Spring breaks?  I wouldn't think about asking you why this behavior is so prominent in heterosexuals.

I don't know if you remember me talking about a picture of a man with his children standing behind scantily clad outfits. I guess I could be accused of deflection, but heterosexuals need to clean up their side of the street before criminalizing other parents or accuse them of grooming.

 

 

 

 

[toomuchbaloney]

19 hours ago, MaybeeRN said:

Yawn.  More left wing biased news sources.  Newspapers of no record.

Maybe the Christians weren't watching that typical left wing gutter trash that permeates on TVs these days.   

What newspapers do you read and how do you measure/quantify bias in a publication? Do you then balance that bias against the accuracy of the publication's published content? 

[toomuchbaloney]

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