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Remember being 15 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And what it taught me is that in the eyes of society at large I wasn't a real person until I was 21. It also taught me that society may PUNISH adults who try to treat people under 21 as though they're real human beings. You see, that's (not really) "GROOMING".

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Grooming has a pretty widely understood meaning. If you believe you've been incorrectly accused of that please take a moment to reflect on why that might be.

Edit: it's been pointed out to me the "groomer" has be co-opted (cynically I'd say deliberately)

[-] Skydancer@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Grooming has a pretty widely understood meaning. If you believe you've been incorrectly accused of that please take a moment to reflect on why that might be.

You're being a bit overdramatic with that red flag.

It might be because they suggested that kids ought to be allowed to walk down the street without a chaperone.

Or because they were caught having a perfectly normal conversation with a minor they don't know. Not about anything remotely sexual, just talking to them at all.

It might also be because they're gay. Or trans. Or a drag queen. Or tried to keep books on any of those groups from being banned from the library. Or admitted in the classroom that any of them even exist.

Grooming used to have a widely agreed upon meaning. These days (in the US at least) it's more often used as a political term to demean and other whoever the right wing doesn't like.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

It might also be because they're gay. Or trans. Or a drag queen.

Ah fuck, you're right, I didn't consider that.

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