Most school shootings are inexplicable to anyone but the killer or killers. This one may not be: https://twitter.com/xxclusionary/status/1640598560876920832
As soon as a friend sent me the link, before I even clicked on it, I just knew what it was going to be. Churches and church-affiliated schools covering up systematic sexual abuse of children is very nearly as common as the abuse itself.
Expect an intensification of the "groomer" rhetoric in the coming weeks. They still think they can cover themselves that way.
#church #school #shooting #schoolshooting #sexualabuse #molestation #grooming #conservative
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@medigoth While not an exact comparison, this is very questionable.. A **public** school teacher is about two times more likely to commit sexual abuse than a catholic preist.
@freemo How about youth pastors, teachers at church schools, et al.?
I agree that the Catholic church has been scapegoated (probably shades of ancient anti-Catholic prejudices in general). They've covered up plenty of abuse, but they're certainly not the only offenders, and probably not the worst ones. My point is that these days, religious conservatives in the US label things like teaching LGBTQ kids to be comfortable in their own bodies as "grooming" ... while having an *extremely* well-documented history of covering up the real thing.
> How about youth pastors, teachers at church schools, et al.?
If you have specific data for them im all ears.
> My point is that these days, religious conservatives in the US label things like teaching LGBTQ kids to be comfortable in their own bodies as “grooming”
Yes that is a serious issue, mostly from the right, and leads to all sorts of problems. No arguments there.
You've generally got two things going on:
1. Progressive activists exposing young children to sexual content such as child pornography and erotic entertainment performances, to the point of convincing some children to participate in striptease and erotic dance performances themselves, and in some cases coercing them into undergoing life-altering medicate procedures
2. Christians and Conservatives--not as a whole, be to some extent at an institutional level, especially within the church--being protected from the consequences of molesting and assaulting women and children
Both are issues, but in order to perpetuate polarization within our culture, you're only allowed to believe that one of these things are bad.
#1 is coming from where exactly? I am not aware of children being exposed to child porn as a recent trend... id be curious where this is coming from
#2 makes sense of course
