March 24, 20232 yr 21 hours ago, lynched1 said: They’re trying to hold off on replacing him for as long as possible to avoid a special election this year, and put it off until 2024.
March 25, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, The_Omega said: Advocating hiding information from parents. Representing groomers everywhere. So what is the argument? Is she false claiming that these kids will be outed before they are ready? Or is everything that involves this community have something to do with pedophiles? There are reasons some kids are afraid to come out to their parents. Take a look in the mirror and you will see one of them.
March 25, 20232 yr As a human being, if an adolescent tells me they think they're gay and worried about how their parents are going to react I'm not gonna feel it's my place to tell the parents what the kid told me. Not sorry in the least. If a kid tells me something that may lead to self harm or to them getting into a dangerous situation then yeah of course I'm not going to just sit on that. But an adolescent who's feeling they may be something that their parents may reject and/or react in a way that may also endanger the kid? The parents have already failed them and I'm not compounding it by violating the kid's trust and cutting off a possible lifeline. Adolescence is a difficult enough time. I don't understand why some parents feel it's necessary to cut off their kid from those that may be able to help and reach them. As a parent I'm not arrogant enough to believe that I have all the answers they may need.
March 25, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: As a human being, if an adolescent tells me they think they're gay and worried about how their parents are going to react I'm not gonna feel it's my place to tell the parents what the kid told me. Not sorry in the least. If a kid tells me something that may lead to self harm or to them getting into a dangerous situation then yeah of course I'm not going to just sit on that. But an adolescent who's feeling they may be something that their parents may reject and/or react in a way that may also endanger the kid? The parents have already failed them and I'm not compounding it by violating the kid's trust and cutting off a possible lifeline. Adolescence is a difficult enough time. I don't understand why some parents feel it's necessary to cut off their kid from those that may be able to help and reach them. As a parent I'm not arrogant enough to believe that I have all the answers they may need. I think the problem is that it isn’t binary. For example, I’m going to bet you want feedback on how your kid is feeling and behaving especially if that child is young, say under 12. I totally agree with your position above but there are limits. I’m not saying I know exactly where those are but some broad brush strokes could certainly help to define acceptable parental behavior. I can get onboard with allowing or even requiring educators to keep discussions about sexual orientation and gender identification private for kids over 12 or something like that and there could be other similar topics I’d agree with. On the other hand, I think a parent should be made aware if a kid is expressing real mental struggles. As I see it, those two positions aren’t mutually exclusive.
March 25, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, DrPhilly said: I think the problem is that it isn’t binary. For example, I’m going to bet you want feedback on how your kid is feeling and behaving especially if that child is young, say under 12. I totally agree with your position above but there are limits. I’m not saying I know exactly where those are but some broad brush strokes could certainly help to define acceptable parental behavior. I can get onboard with allowing or even requiring educators to keep discussions about sexual orientation and gender identification private for kids over 12 or something like that and there could be other similar topics I’d agree with. On the other hand, I think a parent should be made aware if a kid is expressing real mental struggles. As I see it, those two positions aren’t mutually exclusive. I agree with that mostly. The issue is that it's always going to come down to subjective reasoning at the individual level, and not everybody is going to think the same there. There's not an easy way to define a policy around this that balances everything perfectly, and there's always going to be individual actors making "wrong" choices - choices that either break confidence with adolescents or choices that parents will argue is "keeping information from them". The modern media machine is great it picking edge cases out of the mix that are way out of the mainstream, and then we as a collective people are too stupid to realize that reflexively demanding broad policy changes around uncommon outliers is typically worse than status quo.
March 25, 20232 yr 48 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: I agree with that mostly. The issue is that it's always going to come down to subjective reasoning at the individual level, and not everybody is going to think the same there. There's not an easy way to define a policy around this that balances everything perfectly, and there's always going to be individual actors making "wrong" choices - choices that either break confidence with adolescents or choices that parents will argue is "keeping information from them". The modern media machine is great it picking edge cases out of the mix that are way out of the mainstream, and then we as a collective people are too stupid to realize that reflexively demanding broad policy changes around uncommon outliers is typically worse than status quo. Yes I agree. However, there is still an opportunity to put some basic guard rails in play. Also, status quo is undergoing a pretty significant change and while that may be overall positive it doesn't mean that there shouldn't be some basic measures put in place to help align and smooth the process.
March 25, 20232 yr 57 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: The modern media machine is great it picking edge cases out of the mix that are way out of the mainstream, and then we as a collective people are too stupid to realize that reflexively demanding broad policy changes around uncommon outliers is typically worse than status quo. post of the month nominee
March 25, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, lynched1 said: Jared from Subway and Barney had a baby a mexican baby
March 25, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said: As a human being, if an adolescent tells me they think they're gay and worried about how their parents are going to react Why would this come up???
March 25, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: Why would this come up??? You think a scenario where a teen who grew up in a home openly hostile to homosexuality starts to feel an attraction to a same sex classmate seeks out a known LGBTQ ally who happens to be a teacher or school counselor or whatever for support and guidance is so impossible?
March 25, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: You think a scenario where a teen who grew up in a home openly hostile to homosexuality starts to feel an attraction to a same sex classmate seeks out a known LGBTQ ally who happens to be a teacher or school counselor or whatever for support and guidance is so impossible? How is he a known LGBTQ "ally"?? Why are you people obsessed with talking to children about sex?
March 25, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: How is he a known LGBTQ "ally"?? Why are you people obsessed with talking to children about sex? Either catch up with the conversation or go back under your rock?
March 25, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: Either catch up with the conversation or go back under your rock? Oh Im caught up dont you worry
March 26, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Mike31mt said: How is he a known LGBTQ "ally"?? Why are you people obsessed with talking to children about sex? Jesus Christ dude. Go out and touch some grass.
March 26, 20232 yr 30 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Meh, you're guilty. In fact, if you've ever even thought about posting one then you are guilty of "digital thought black face". Perhaps you should consider self banning.
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