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Far from the first time, even the Simpson's "Won't someone think of the children??" bit is 20 years old by now.
by Arrath 3y ago
Far from the first time, even the Simpson's "Won't someone think of the children??" bit is 20 years old by now.
- JohnFen 3y agoYeah, this sort of thing is as old as politics itself. It's still worth pointing out the BS whenever it pops up, though.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoOnly the subject changes. Heavy metal, Dungeons and Dragons, violent video games, gay marriage, the trans panic. These things all inevitably become normalized in society because there's never a majority that remains convinced for long that "the children" are actually in any danger. And then a decade later we look back and laugh. But the people behind these movements will happily keep taking Ls until the end of time because the people who want to stay scared of this stuff are the product.
- fixedpointmath 3y agoOne of the items in your list is not like the others, as it involves the bodily mutilation of children and the chemical interruption of their development. I doubt we'll be looking back and laughing. More likely we'll be horrified that these pharmaceutical and surgical interventions inflicted upon children undergoing an identity crisis were promoted and celebrated for so long.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoIf your instinct is to come into this of all threads with the attitude of, "but my special interest really is about protecting THE CHILDREN, look how many scary words I can use to frame it!" then you've missed the point of it.
- fixedpointmath 3y agoNot really, my point is that sometimes it really is about protecting children.
- Arrath 3y agoHiding behind a throwaway account, no less