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Lonestarblue

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4. I have always thought these pageants to be totally sick.

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 09:39 AM

Mar 2023

What kind of sick parents thinks it’s great to dress a toddler like a sex queen to parade around in front of judges for a prize for looking pretty and sexy. What a message to be sending girls that their value lies in being pretty and sexy. UGH!!! I look at these pageants as a form of child abuse, but I know people who claim to be good Christians who have subjected their daughters to this abuse.

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BAN Child Pageants NOT Drag Shows...... [View all] ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2023 OP

I, like most people (I hope! ) am not turned on by... TreasonousBastard Mar 2023 #1

Nothing like robbing a little girl of childhood ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2023 #2

I think it would be Dorian Gray Mar 2023 #27

I agree that little girls would prefer to be little girls, and... TreasonousBastard Mar 2023 #29

Yeah Dorian Gray Mar 2023 #30

GROOMING. The original. Samrob Mar 2023 #3

Indeed Redleg Mar 2023 #28

I have always thought these pageants to be totally sick. Lonestarblue Mar 2023 #4

Sickness that runs to...how dare anyone think MY child is objectified, YOU perverts...will be the Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #7

Vomit vercetti2021 Mar 2023 #5

I couldn't agree more. piddyprints Mar 2023 #6

This Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #8

Those things are just pedo shows for the perv families in the audience. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #9

Agreed. Which prompted my story "Lil' Miss Ultrasound" RobertDevereaux Mar 2023 #10

Is this it? progressoid Mar 2023 #51

Yes indeed. It's one of the stories in that collection. RobertDevereaux Mar 2023 #52

Other countries do ban them. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #11

JonBenet Ramsey, anyone? niyad Mar 2023 #12

Exactly this! I can't agree more with you FlyingPiggy Mar 2023 #13

I absolutely despise these childhood pageants nightwing1240 Mar 2023 #14

How about if we don't ban either? By the standards of a free nation Hortensis Mar 2023 #15

Your answer is probably the best, but in the case of these pageants... Silent3 Mar 2023 #24

:) Agree. But they've already been studied and we already know Hortensis Mar 2023 #35

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ +1 Lucinda Mar 2023 #33

Do you think it's possible those children are being harmed? Martin Eden Mar 2023 #47

If they are, isn't an assessment for social services to make? meadowlander Mar 2023 #48

I would agree there is a definite need for professional assessment Martin Eden Mar 2023 #49

Ugh, those photos look really wrong IronLionZion Mar 2023 #16

Agreed. This is truly perverse. Handler Mar 2023 #17

I agree 100%. Those pageants are sick. The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #18

and adult socalled beauty contests. AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 #19

K&R !!! TeamProg Mar 2023 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author TeamProg Mar 2023 #21

Probably a LOT of these shows in Florida TeamProg Mar 2023 #22

I could get behind that....nt Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #23

Those pictures Traildogbob Mar 2023 #25

I Googled Child Pageants and many popped up. This one as well. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2023 #32

Agree 100 percent. Traildogbob Mar 2023 #34

We once had a CPA and his office was filled with trophies and pictures like the ones in the op. spanone Mar 2023 #26

Last thought--this crap appeals to SOMEONE who buys... TreasonousBastard Mar 2023 #31

Wikipedia says: Ilsa Mar 2023 #36

Twenty billion dollars! leftstreet Mar 2023 #38

Why don't we just quit banning things. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2023 #37

omfg uponit7771 Mar 2023 #39

Ahhhh.... NowISeetheLight Mar 2023 #40

Yes, and I'd also rather ban the right wing echo chamber. Initech Mar 2023 #41

Free speech. Elessar Zappa Mar 2023 #42

True. Initech Mar 2023 #43

Oh, I agree. Elessar Zappa Mar 2023 #45

These pageants are big with hardcore and fundie Christians. Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #44

This is horrifying. Parents put their kids in these. AllyCat Mar 2023 #46

yeah and they will be preggers at 13 years of age Trueblue1968 Mar 2023 #50