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To have allowed my dc watch the Olympic opening ceremony?

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Creepingivy · 27/07/2024 03:10

I was shocked at the library scene leading to a threesome.

The mocking of Christians in the last supper scene.

The feminization of males & the sheer number of transvestites on parade. And a child thrown in the midst of them.

This is a sporting event, why the need to have it so highly sexulaised? My dc were thankfully howling with laughter at parts "the smurf man" singing (complete with his painted bulge) had us all in stitches.

I feel there was a social conditioning agenda to the opening ceremony & it was completely inappropriate given that it is for family viewing. Sexulaised behaviour should not be displayed to children.

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HolyGround13 · 28/07/2024 23:46

I referred to intersex people, which is when babies are born with both male and female chromosomes or reproductive systems or genitals. A doctor has to decide if they are more make of female. That has nothing to do with trans people, which is why I brought it up specifically as an example of why cisgender can be a useful term.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/07/2024 23:46

"Men", who are regular men and men who identify as women, commit most violent crime, especially sexual crime. Women, including "trans men" do not. That's why your category error isn't helpful.

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Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 23:45

There are two sexes male & female. Always has & always will be.
I think this Olympic ceremony has really opened the discussion up & shocked the world into how harmful the "no debate" movement was in the past.

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/07/2024 23:44

People with disorders of sex development exist, of both sexes, yes.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/07/2024 23:43

Many, not any.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/07/2024 23:42

It's not helpful. "Cisgender" only makes sense when you believe a woman can be a man (or a man a woman). It's not a belief I share, or any other people.

HolyGround13 · 28/07/2024 23:41

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/07/2024 23:37

And a prime example of why men, cisgender men,

Men. "Cisgender" isn't a meaningful category, because "trans men" are women.

I disagree about it not being meaningful. Having wording for what people were born as, or identified as at birth is helpful. Saying things like “men” “women” and “biological women” is actually more confusing because intersex people exist. Using cisgender isn’t just to help in situations where someone is trans

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/07/2024 23:37

And a prime example of why men, cisgender men,

Men. "Cisgender" isn't a meaningful category, because "trans men" are women.

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Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 23:37

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-13677879/An-Olympic-balls-Eagle-eyed-viewers-spot-performers-TESTICLE-hanging-opening-ceremony-Paris-2024-dancer-suffers-x-rated-wardrobe-malfunction.html?ito=social-facebook_Australia&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ERzpxztpgtQYvaK2cvZFbrGXUUnHcfhkD65E-qvpGLxNfTcx-Gt-2gSA_aem_8Gvw-yQtunJ8LCurT4_bIg

There happened to be a child right next to this man in tights & knickers at the time of his wardrobe malfunction. That child should not have been in the midst of transvestites in such a bizarre environment. I hope safeguarding are investigating. Why was the child needed in the scene? Who seemed it appropriate? The environment was no place for a child especially when placed beside the barechested man with a face full of make up in tights & knickers. Lo & behold he has a "malfunction". Not a good look right beside a child. Own goal for the woke agenda. This has all backfired so spectacularly 😁

Viewers spot performer's TESTICLE hanging out during opening ceremony

On Friday night, the competing nations sailed down the city's River Seine in a radical departure from previous Games ceremonies to mark the opening of the tournament.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-13677879/An-Olympic-balls-Eagle-eyed-viewers-spot-performers-TESTICLE-hanging-opening-ceremony-Paris-2024-dancer-suffers-x-rated-wardrobe-malfunction.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ERzpxztpgtQYvaK2cvZFbrGXUUnHcfhkD65E-qvpGLxNfTcx-Gt-2gSA_aem_8Gvw-yQtunJ8LCurT4_bIg&ito=social-facebook_Australia

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HolyGround13 · 28/07/2024 23:28

Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 23:19

I am perfectly entitled to my opinion. I am also delighted about what a diplomatic disaster this has turned into for the French.
Also as a Christian I will not be accepting their apology. They deserve every single bit of backlash they are receiving.
On the plus side now the whole world has seen first hand the woke agenda that certain sectors are trying to normalise. The push back will be immense.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-organisers-apologise-to-christians-for-last-supper-parody

Are you capable of expressing anything more nuanced in terms of opinion? And maybe addressing the thing about the actual child rapist?

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Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 23:19

I am perfectly entitled to my opinion. I am also delighted about what a diplomatic disaster this has turned into for the French.
Also as a Christian I will not be accepting their apology. They deserve every single bit of backlash they are receiving.
On the plus side now the whole world has seen first hand the woke agenda that certain sectors are trying to normalise. The push back will be immense.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-organisers-apologise-to-christians-for-last-supper-parody

Paris Olympics organisers apologise to Christians for Last Supper parody

Apology follows anger among Catholics and other groups at opening ceremony segment that resembled biblical scene

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-organisers-apologise-to-christians-for-last-supper-parody

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HolyGround13 · 28/07/2024 23:16

Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 22:58

Have a zoom in!! Why are there men pretending to be women?
Why is there a child in the middle or them? This will never be my normal!
I'm so happy at the backlash this farce recieved, funding pulled, the Olympic committee has issued an apology & the whole thing was removed from the official youtube channel.
They deserved to have the heaven piss rain down on their parade literally. One doesn't mock the lord & get away with it, he works in mysterious ways.
This has backfired spectacularly 🤣🤣🤣

Are they “pretending to be women”? No, they’re performing drag, which has various roots and origins as theatre all over the world. Some people have said “dressed resembling a girl” started in the theatre when women weren’t allowed on stage, and men played female parts as well.

I’m not sure why the child was onstage, she seemed to be a talented dancer, and I didn’t see any inappropriate moves. Perhaps they were nodding to drag story time. If you are worried about the welfare of children, why are you not in uproar about the Dutch volleyball player who is competing who is a convicted child rapist?

Why all this outrage aimed at drag queens when there is a literal child rapist being allowed to compete? And a prime example of why men, cisgender men, are still the biggest threat to children in terms of sexual abuse.

AGoingConcern · 28/07/2024 23:10

Clothes and makeup don’t make people women - no one is pretending to be a woman just because they wear drag for a dance show.

How small and twisted you’ve tried to make God if you believe humans joyfully wearing clothes while celebrating breaking social barriers mocks Him. This scene was a tiny fraction of a very long opening ceremonies and yet you’re obsessing over it two days later. This is a you-problem.

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Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 22:58

Have a zoom in!! Why are there men pretending to be women?
Why is there a child in the middle or them? This will never be my normal!
I'm so happy at the backlash this farce recieved, funding pulled, the Olympic committee has issued an apology & the whole thing was removed from the official youtube channel.
They deserved to have the heaven piss rain down on their parade literally. One doesn't mock the lord & get away with it, he works in mysterious ways.
This has backfired spectacularly 🤣🤣🤣

To have allowed my dc watch the Olympic opening ceremony?
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HolyGround13 · 28/07/2024 22:49

Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 22:22

I'm in "boyfriend" jeans & a hoodie at the moment but I am 100% female & feminine@!!
Can you point me to where all the female transvestites moonlighting as men were front & centre at the Olympics or was the roles only advertised for males to dress up as women.. Trying to mock & antagonise females?

What @AGoingConcern was trying to point out (if I’m not mistaken) is that when the drag artists wore “female” clothes (in quotes because of course there is really no such thing as male or female clothing, as both are just cultural norms that shift all the time), that was unacceptable to you, as it seemed to be mocking women, and yet women wear “male” clothing, as you yourself are, that is fine?

Why the difference? Why are men in drag deemed to be mocking women? Are women’s clothes inherently shameful? Why are we defining ourselves based around clothing choices? If you’re cool with dictating what men can wear, what are and aren’t women allowed to wear?

AGoingConcern · 28/07/2024 22:33

Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 22:22

I'm in "boyfriend" jeans & a hoodie at the moment but I am 100% female & feminine@!!
Can you point me to where all the female transvestites moonlighting as men were front & centre at the Olympics or was the roles only advertised for males to dress up as women.. Trying to mock & antagonise females?

No one is moonlighting as anything and there were people in all sorts of attire. Plenty of us have no interest in further dividing every facet of life into exclusionary gender roles because we know this has and always will be used to restrict women in the end.

If you’re not willing to fight with us to dismantle sex-based barriers in the world then at least give your head a wobble and stop desperately searching for things to be offended by.

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Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 22:22

I'm in "boyfriend" jeans & a hoodie at the moment but I am 100% female & feminine@!!
Can you point me to where all the female transvestites moonlighting as men were front & centre at the Olympics or was the roles only advertised for males to dress up as women.. Trying to mock & antagonise females?

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AGoingConcern · 28/07/2024 22:06

Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 21:21

Where were all the women dressed up moonlighting as men?!
Why was it only male transvestites?
I didn't see one female attempting to be male in the opening ceremony only males making a mockery of females!

I’m currently wearing cargo pants, a t-shirt & no makeup jewelry or nail polish and just finished mowing the lawn. Am I mocking men? Am I corrupting the youth on the street by parading around in “man-face”?

Or is it possible that trying to police what people wear and do based on their genitals and chromosomes is just another facet of sex-based discrimination?

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Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 21:21

Where were all the women dressed up moonlighting as men?!
Why was it only male transvestites?
I didn't see one female attempting to be male in the opening ceremony only males making a mockery of females!

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Happyhoppy15 · 28/07/2024 20:56

HolyGround13 · 28/07/2024 20:28

So much handwringing about drag queens, when there is a convicted child rapist on the Netherlands volleyball team.

Exactly, now that is something to be concerned about! Not people having totally harmless fun!

Happyhoppy15 · 28/07/2024 20:56

Creepingivy · 28/07/2024 18:22

The majority of parents don't want to raise their kids in environments which are sexulaised, the twerking Olympic transvestites are not the type of diversity I personally want to exposed to.

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did I touch a nerve? Im surprised you ever let your kids go outside!
just wondering where you get your facts from that majority of parents are unhappy with the olympics opening session or think like you because I would def say you are the minority!

3CustardCreams · 28/07/2024 20:35

It was so weird. But not in a good way.

Kriscross · 28/07/2024 20:31

AuxArmesCitoyens · 27/07/2024 19:32

Well, Heaven forbid the French try to showcase the best of their astonishing cultural contributions to humanity if some people haven't heard of François Truffaut, one of the most revered film directors of the past century. In fact let's just hand the whole thing over to the USA and set it in Disneyland. Everyone's heard of the Mouse.

His last film was in the 80's and that was rubbish. Only 1 film of his was notable. That's why most haven't heard of him 🙄

HolyGround13 · 28/07/2024 20:28

So much handwringing about drag queens, when there is a convicted child rapist on the Netherlands volleyball team.

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