As someone who was almost kidnapped by a woam at the age of 7 I am getting a bit tired if people acting like this sort of shit is only carried out by men.
Her handle is @Starseed999 on TikTok for anyone interested.
Why? All I am seeing is a selfie with some text.
tiktok promotion on lemmy. YAY!
It’s not promotion, it’s providing a source.
Your mother is your source.
Is this the White House speaking?
No, I’m far too polite, I’m just a freelance-yomama.
as much as
She wants an equal amount of fear between those?
Equating the desired fear of the former to the present fear of the gay (in some people). I also infer the desired fear of gay sons should be equal to present fear of the former or, better yet, none.
We’ve got such a long way to go. Just breaking even would be a huge improvement.
Surely you cannot be this stupid.
No. This much stupid requires effort.
So quit it.
How much effort did you put into convincing yourself that I was saying that in earnest?
It’s a start.
Full disclosure: I totally worried about that.
that’s… certainly one way to interpret that saying. it’s more like… “the thing you currently fear? i wish you’d put that energy into what you should actually fear”
I understood the intent. I just thought it was poorly phrased (and that it potentially could have been satirical bait).
I’d be bummed if my son turned out gay because it’s so much extra hassle. Maybe things will turn around by the time he’s an adult.
Because of much of the world turning into a fascist shithole?
If people weren’t such assholes, I’d imagine it’d be less hassle. Leave the toilet seat up.
I’m taking the toilet seat with me.
Extra hassle?
Literally nothing extra has to be done by you, you just go on loving and supporting your kid the (hopefully) same as ever.
I think they meant that the world is harder for gay people, and they don’t wish that for their son.
Obligatory Let’s Generalize About Men because it’s a bop.
Thanks for introducing me to this song lmao, it slaps!
The whole series is great if you’re into musicals about being an insecure middle aged millennial.
Shit, I’m just worrying they’ll be fucking idiots. I’ll be a happy dad if they’re just good dudes, you know?
Can people just stop discussing my non-existent son’s sexuality. Why you all so interested anyways? Just let him (non-existently) develop first. Shheeeet.
Never forget, that when Noah Schnapp was 12, hollywood journalists hounded the young boy to find out if he was gay. Thats who these people really are. All these creepy fucking weirdos who present themselves as representatives of LGBT people. They are nothing more than scum, that would through a 12 year old boy to the wolves, just to virtue signal and gain internet clout.
The culture weirdos really need to leave kids alone. Kids will figure things out for themselves in due time.
The monkey’s paw curls, and people fear their children being gay, because they think gay people are groomers/rapists/pedophiles.
No /s, because this is an actual basis for people hating on trans people, drag queens, and gay people
Thing is, its easy to teach your kid not to do those things, but you cant teach them not to be gay. No reason to be afraid of it, but its definitely understandable that you would have more concerns over things that are beyond your control than things that are.
Its easy to teach them to not rape or abuse but you can’t “teach” them to not be attracted to anyone or thing, unfortunately, including children…
(or feet)
Hmm yeah, i guess fair. You can certainly teach them not to act on those impulses though.
including children…
(or feet)
As if these were equivalent.
Second one was to lighten the mood of my post.
I do not fear my son being gay in the slightest. I only want him to be happy. Also, if he happens to be gay or trans, what with the current climate in society and all the hate coming from the right… it’s when he would need me as a supportive dad the most.
I think people do fear those things…
All I know is that a lot of families will protect their rapist son and kick their gay kid out of the house.
A lot yes. Most? I find hard to believe.
The meme is not really a falsifiable statement and it doesn’t need to be.
Sure it is. Its obvious what its implying even if its left with some plausible deniability.
I hate this weak minded shit where people don’t just say what they mean for fear of criticism, and so they just leave a convenient motte to retreat behind.
Do you expect every meme to be backed up with demographic data? Or are you just prickly that someone suggested that homophobia exists and you need to argue about something?
Motte and Bailey. Lol. Get a grip.
Do you expect every meme to be backed up with demographic data?
If we just go hog wild with “its just a meme” we end up with the far right. Thats a huge part of how they latched onto the social common ground for white men online.
“It’s just a meme!” for generalizing large groups of people is shitty, particularly when it seems many believe the implied demographic level of popularity of said meme.
Your “Lol. Get a grip.” in response to this is anti thought.
I’m absolutely certain more people fear their kids being those things over homosexual.
so this meme is literally asking for more people to be homophobic
garbage meme
I think they may be more horrified finding out their children become those things, but I don’t think they actively fear that possibility in advance. Contrast with the gay scenario where a fair number of parents actively fear that possibility well in advance of any signs that might even be a thing.
Even if it were backwards the post would be asking for people to care less about the first stuff, since you’re saying they don’t care that much about having gay sons. The level of homophobia does not change and the post is wouldn’t be asking for that in any valid interpretation.
Reading comprehension isn’t that hard, dude.
This post is turning into an impromptu reading comprehension test for a lot of people it seems
Oh no, my son’s gay! Why, oh why, couldn’t he have been a child molester instead?
Yeah, this meme is completely idiotic, lol.
There’s SO much of all of those in the Bible I imagine they feel more comfortable writing that off as a “little whoopsie” but GOOD LORD if you’re gay that’s a direct reflection on my failure as a parent, how could I ever show up to the annual pot luck dinner knowing my child made me look bad?
I don’t think I know a single person, male or female, who’d rather their son be a pedophile or a rapist instead of gay…
There are tens of millions of people in the states making excuses for rapists and creeps while demanding the rights be stripped from gay people.
The biggest probably is that they don’t consider half of those things to be real problems and will do as much mental gymnastics as possible to get away from that. A adult fucks a minor but marries them and suddenly it’s “love” and ok by them and they don’t ever need to think any harder about it. They can rage against pedophilia to their hearts content because to them those things are not the same but if a dude dresses better than shit and likes to draw they’ll bust out “GAY” as an insult.
I don’t live in “the states”.
Neither do I, but I do have the barest ability to understand that my personal experience is not everyone’s experience.
You can’t imagine a person who would excuse getting someone so drunk they no longer refuse sex as “boys will be boys” behavior or similar nonsense, but would express actual disapproval of their child entering a same-sex relationship? It doesn’t just mean “convicted of assaulting a young white woman at gunpoint”.
Yes, I can imagine it. I’m talking about reality, not my imagination.
So, congrats on having good taste in friends, I guess? What was your point?
What is your point? I never said anything about friends. I made a simple assertion that, for some reason, seemed to bother you.
If you are limiting your statement to people you personally know, then it’s not responding to the statement in the image, so why would we assume that was your intended interpretation? If you are stating that you can imagine a person like I described exists, but no real person could possibly match that description, you are talking nonsense. If you are merely stating your personal ignorance of other people, then congratulations, weird flex but educate yourself.
Since you don’t know, it would be bothersome to normal people if someone says something about the world (as they interpret that statement, as mentioned) that is untrue, or if they perceive someone to be making efforts to detract from good-faith conversation. Perhaps that alleviates your uncertainty about the reason.
Dude, I’m not biting. I said my piece, interpret it however you want.
So we are pedosmearing children now. Ok. I think I know exactly what to do with this
Lol this fuckin guy thinks he can sneak this dorky word in and make you think that pedophiles aren’t the bad guys.
I wonder why someone would want pedophiles not to be correctly thought of as the bad guys.
What? I don’t see where children are mentioned other than implied as victims of pedophilia. “Sons” does not imply children.
So sons are not children ? They’re children to their parents, no matter how old they are
I interpreted “children” in your comment to mean minors, as the idea of anyone with parents being an inappropriate target for whatever “pedosmearing” would be a very weird interpretation. So which is it?
What a braindead take.
So I take it that you have no answer ? Why do you bother. Name calling is not your best tool. I also take it that you never talk to your parent ?
Fine: Literally everyone is someone’s child, that is how it works and so if someone has grown past a certain point we no longer consider them children. That point is roughly around when we consider them to be mature enough to make their own decisions.
You’re not arguing in good faith or you aren’t smart enough to make the conversation worth it.
Now this is an answer I can work with.
I feared them being an asshole. I dont want to live with an asshole for ~20 years
