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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:29 PM Original message |
Little girl beauty pageants...All in good fun or creepy as hell? |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Creepy as hell. |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. What?? Skimpy-ass bikinis for two-year-olds? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Perverted, sick, disgusting, and warped - not that I'm opinionated or anything. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Creepy, and this reality show about it makes it even worse. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. I say the pageants should be illegal, the kids put in foster care, and the parent(s) sterilized. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. No kidding, this is all about the parents, not the kids... |
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oedura (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. No doubt... |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. exploitation, wrong, creepy |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Creepy and perverted |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Creepy. Hands down, creepy. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Their very existance shows very little confidence in what we, as adult women, |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. At best, they give girls an inflated sense of their own value based on "sparkle"... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Both. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I can't tell if these girls are genuinely having fun or not |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Yep. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm thinking the RW blog posts would probably be "WOO HOO - check out the one in red!" |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Creepy, crappy, Cripes! |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Welcome to DU! |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Thank you! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. Really, really wrong. nt |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. icky and their parents are even worse. Stop trying to live through your kids. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Creepy and disgusting |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not just creepy as hell. Perverted and evil. Child-ruining. Horrid. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Creepy as hell. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Creepy and weird |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
58. "a hair style that would not have been out of place in a Texas megachurch" |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. The higher the hair, the closer to God. |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. The fake teeth are the finishing creepy touch. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. Creepy and Pathetic |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. creepy, creepy, sick shit n/t |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. Creepy as hell. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That kid's talent skit rocked |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It did indeed, but to me, did not completely purge the surrounding creep. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't find it abhorrent in general but it goes too far |
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oedura (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. They're grotesque. (nt) |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
55. Grotesque! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. Creepy as hell, no question. (nt) |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. Creepy bordering on cruelty. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. both. i think they are intended in good spirit but are still creepy |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. I think a little girl wanting to participate in maybe one is ok. When |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. CREEPY |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. You should see the movie "Little Miss Sunshine" if you havent already. |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That movie is hilarious ! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Oh same here. |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. and then you realized |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. That movie was sooooooo fucking genius. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
76. I love that movie! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. absolutely sick in every way |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. Creepy as hell. Seeing what some of those mothers are willing to do |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. Sick |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. Caaaaa-reepy as hell |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. creepy |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. For many of these kiddie pageant, the beat goes on |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. 2 nights ago there was a show on tlc on child beauty pagents, "little miss perfect" I think it was |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. Creepy as all hell on a cracker. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'll take creepy as hell for $1,000 Alec! |
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seaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. Disturbing |
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Tommy_J (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
52. Another vote for creepy |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. Absolutely creepy as hell! |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
54. When TM was a baby, I got phone calls to do that. |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
56. I don't what's worse... |
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lady raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. It's the parents. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
57. It's like advertising to pedophiles...nt |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. I think learning a skill like dancing or gymnastics is much better. It empahsizes |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. Creepy as hell doesn't even begin to describe them. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
61. Read Harlan Ellison's essay "Our Little Miss" sometime. It was written in 1974. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
62. Both I think- If they weren't fun (in a twisted sort of way) |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
63. Creepy as hell, for sure. |
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lady raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. Me too. Add sick and perverse |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
68. Creepy |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Doesn't everything eventually become that? |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. A lot of things, yes. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
69. Prostitots n/t |
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Riden (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Definitely Prostitots |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
74. Not only creepy and inappropriate, but bad for the kids |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
75. Creepy as hell. |
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