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So Viacom purchasing ad space on a video billboard in Times Square to push the 10 year old drag queen kid named Desmond, fits your version(definition) of conser

So Viacom purchasing ad space on a video billboard in Times Square to push the 10 year old drag queen kid named Desmond, fits your version(definition) of conservative?

l24ztj 8y ago
By conservative he meant NWO.
astrodust 8y ago
"Conservative" here meaning "content permissible within the narrow window of generally accepted social standards" and not "conservative" as in "the most extreme position expressed by religious firebrands". In any case, what's wrong with ten year old drag queens? That sounds no worse than any typical beauty pageant and probably a lot more fun.
- patrickg_zill 8y ago
  “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all. "
- lamarpye 8y ago
  You are right sounds like a good thing to do to a child.
  - astrodust 8y ago
    If the kid wants to do it, why not? Too many girls are forced to into "normal" beauty pageants. Maybe you should focus your aggression that way.
    - l24ztj 8y ago
      What if I loathe both things?
      - astrodust 8y ago
        Lots of street corners in Times Square to stand on and yell things at people.
    - darkpuma 8y ago
      > "If the kid wants to do it, why not?" That's why I let my child eat his own volume in cotton candy.
    - lamarpye 8y ago
      No. There are better targets for my aggression
dang 8y ago
Please don't take HN threads on off-topic flamewar tangents. That's against the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19472718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19472718 and marked it off-topic.

So Viacom purchasing ad space on a video billboard in Times Square to push the 10 year old drag queen kid named Desmond, fits your version(definition) of conservative?

l24ztj 8y ago

By conservative he meant NWO.

astrodust 8y ago

"Conservative" here meaning "content permissible within the narrow window of generally accepted social standards" and not "conservative" as in "the most extreme position expressed by religious firebrands". In any case, what's wrong with ten year old drag queens? That sounds no worse than any typical beauty pageant and probably a lot more fun.

patrickg_zill 8y ago
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all. "
lamarpye 8y ago
You are right sounds like a good thing to do to a child.
- astrodust 8y ago
  If the kid wants to do it, why not? Too many girls are forced to into "normal" beauty pageants. Maybe you should focus your aggression that way.
  - l24ztj 8y ago
    What if I loathe both things?
    - astrodust 8y ago
      Lots of street corners in Times Square to stand on and yell things at people.
  - darkpuma 8y ago
    > "If the kid wants to do it, why not?" That's why I let my child eat his own volume in cotton candy.
  - lamarpye 8y ago
    No. There are better targets for my aggression

dang 8y ago

Please don't take HN threads on off-topic flamewar tangents. That's against the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19472718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19472718 and marked it off-topic.