"Real talk. Republican parents aren't afraid LGBTQ teachers are 'grooming' their kids.
"They're afraid LGBTQ teachers are out there being totally normal, productive, loving people, no different, better, or worse than anyone else, because it destroys the lies they tell about them.
"They're afraid their kids will get to know Mr. Fletcher and his husband, or Ms. Michelle who used to be Mr. Michael, and see they're just ordinary people doing ordinary things. Because when they go home, or to church and hear all the bullshit their adults spew, they'll know."
-- Patrick S. Tomlinson (stealthygeek), 2022-04-09
"If kids know that safe, loving relationships are equal and affirming of all, the Repugs will have a harder time indoctrinating kids (especially girls) that they have to submit to men's authority at every turn. This is, of course, the main danger of acknowledging differences." -- Name cannot be blank (lastchanceroman), 2022-04-09
"They're not saying 'grooming' because they think that's what's going on. They're saying grooming to try to incite stochastic violence against people with whose views they disagree. They want those people dead. No different than the Taliban." -- Substandard Deviation (SubSDeviation), 2022-04-09