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That is really bizarre to me. I've heard the Warsaw Ghetto referenced so much that it's actually the first place my mind goes when I hear the word "ghetto," not black urban US ghettos or even the Elvis Presley song which references them.
Which is exactly the point I’ve been making Mike. People of color still face far more discrimination on a day in day out basis then white people. Yes white men are facing some them selves now but no one is going to be freaking out the violins in sympathy. And the notion that white conservatives have it harder or face more is an absolute asinine premise.
Oh i know. Its a fact that a white guy walking through a predominately black neighborhood is a risk. But thats equal to a black guy walking through a white neighborhood. In fact, that's probably worse cause not only does the black guy have to worry about the people, he legitimately has to worry about the cops too
Yep and the fact that black people are living in a predominantly white society here increases their odds of said encounters dramatic more the a white person.
Lebron James now lives in Beverly Hills.
Youre ####### joking right? Look how shes dressed? The perents that took their kid to this should be questioned..harshly
Can’t speak for Toby but I have no reason not to be proud.
He's not Lebron, but Ed Oliver had a run-in with police in the Buffalo era not too long after he joined the Bills. Nobody ever said this explicitly, but it sure looked like he was racially profiled. Traffic stop for no clear-cut reason, putting the guy through DUI protocols with no particular evidence of impairment, etc. The guy ended up being completely vindicated.
The person in that photo should not be allowed within 500 feet of a school, so I don't think I have a problem with DeSantis here.
Parental responsibility? At a private establishment? Have you heard Ariana Grande's lyrics, or seen how she and the kids dress at her concerts? Let's outlaw her concerts, or the punish parents who let their kids attend such such awful events.
Yes. Do parents have any responsibility at a private establishment? Or should the government decide how parents should raise their kids? Have you seen video of an Ariana Grande concert, 2-live crew concert, or a fire and brimstone church service? Who decides how we raise our kids? What law was broken?
Shouldn't it be something sort of like strip clubs where the government says no children and the establishment enforces or faces fines, loss of license, etc? You keep saying parents and private establishment but those aren't get-out-of-jail free cards in other arenas.
I am mostly with you, but I have equal parts "WTF are you doing??!!" to the establishment and the parents. At least DQ story hour at the library can be viewed as performers reading books. I am not sure what's going on here.
I don’t mean to be a prude, but the issue for me isn’t the drag show part, but the public nudity part with children present and participating in the show. There’s a drag show here in town that I’ve been to a couple times that underage kids can attend as far as I know, but the performers are actually clothed.
How anyone could watch that video and defend what they just saw is ####ed up. But at least you got Squis on your side so that's something.
Same. I was referring to the video. SO I meant no children where there is nudity like there is in a strip club.
I didn't see any nudity. Near nudity. And in the past month I've seen people with even less body coverage in Miami Beach on the beach itself, at a fashion show out in the open, and at a swim fashion show where many models had nothing but paint. At Wet Dreams, there are genitalia-shaped desserts, which anyone can see who walks by, including kids. And just north of Miami Beach is a well known nudist beach, Haulover. They have signs advising of nudity.
Do you think Pete and Chastain are grooming their twins? When they show affection?
I'm just saying that toddlers don't belong at a strip club. If parents don't get that, we should help them get that. That doesn't mean throwing people in jail, but it does mean attaching some much-needed social stigma to this type of thing, and it also probably means some legal consequences for the establishment that is grooming kids.
Do you think -- even for a split second -- that Pete and his husband are dressing up in drag and putting on sexually-oriented shows for their children? Do you have any sense of how homophobic that suggestion is? My guess is that most married gay couples find this just as problematic as I do.
To be clear, it's the same for me. I am a permissive parent. I let a lot of stuff slide. For me, this is way over the line and it's not even close, and it has nothing to do with anything LGBT related. I don't want toddlers in strip clubs. That shouldn't be controversial.
How about speaking with the parents to see what they think? I don't agree with parents introducing kids to guns at an early age because it greatly increases the odds of a successful suicide. Let those parents raise their kids how they see fit. The same for the parents of the kid in the video who will not even remember this event by next year.
Ugh.
I’m so confused. Do Pete and his husband have something to do with this story from Florida?
I usually don't need to ask. I generally think of myself as a rational person who is capable of putting myself in other people's shoes, like IK said above- as a pretty permissive parent.
On twitter, many are saying the reason for DeSantis' opposition is based on homophobia. This thread just showed there may be a connection. I'm no expert, but i think most drag queens are homosexual.
I just about spit my drink out here clicking on that link. 
