I didn't misread it, I just think it's entirely irrelevant to compare clothing choices to death by drowning.

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Maybe you should take a writing class and learn about analogies.

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Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

It's a ridiculous analogy! On one hand we're talking about someone wearing a dress and you make an analogy about walking on water and drowning. It makes no sense.

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Maybe you should take a writing class and learn about analogies.

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Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush

Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

No, I think YOU should. Because you didn't make an analogy that is actually meaningful to the situation.

A better analogy would be:

Kid wants to get in the water and asks the dad for some help learning how to swim because he's kind of afraid. Dad says okay and gives him all the help he needs and wants.

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Off hand, I'd say because people who area applauding the mess this kid's father is willing to make of his son's life life will be long gone when he's a social outcast who is shunned, ridiculed and derided by almost all fully functional people.


As I've said before, I have an aversion to moral stands in which people other then their proponents bear all of the negative consequences.

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All kids get teased yes, but not all kids are being set up for a lifetime of emotional abuse like this kid is.

I said nude not the color of his pants,as being in his underware or nude might lead to unwanted hair or bodily fluids/excrement from getting into your hamburger. That's why it's considered a health code violation to cook for the public dressed like that.

Sounds like he's an attention whore getting his limelight at the expense of his kid. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD. So basically you have no problem with this kids mental wellbeing getting trashed as long as your idea of logic and reason are met. Nice.

What a whole bunch of nonsense...

First, we don't know WHY the child wants to wear clothing society has deemed to be "feminine". It is jumping to conclusions to assert it is the "fault" of the father that the child has a desire to wear "feminine" clothing. There are many male children who try on their mother's/grandmother's/sister's clothing. This desire is not indicative of sexuality or anything of the sort. For many it's nothing more than dress-up.

Second, the assertion that the father is encouraging the behavior is specious at best. Permissive and encouraging are not the same thing. The father allowed the child to select his clothing. The child was taunted. As a result of the taunting, the father made the decision to support his child. That's quite different than handing the child the dress, telling him to put it on, and then sending him out into the world.

Third, there is a great deal of arm-chair parenting going on in this thread. While many want to use words like "pervert" "sick", and "deviant", they only reaffirm the point the father is trying to make to his child. It is important to be yourself. There are people who won't like that. And the father is teaching his child that he is behind him. Sadly, many parents never communicate this message to their children.

The world isn't nice or fair. Children are teased for any number of reasons. Wearing glasses, being too thin, being too fat, being too short, being too tall, being too dark, being too pale, having braces, being too smart, being too dumb, having tattered clothing, having only one parent, having two parents of the same sex, living with grandparents, etc. There is nothing about this particular trait that is any more harmful than being teased for any of the others.

In the end, at least this kid knows his father has his back. If that's perverted, then by all means, more powers to the perverts!

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No sweetie. I fully support a kid's wellbeing getting strengthened by parents who support who they are instead of parents making them feel inferior and like an outcast.

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Do they go Dutch?

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