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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is baffling. My mom was a control freak when I was growing up...and to this day, she basically thinks alcohol is the devil. She visibly tenses when any of my siblings orders alcohol...and I'm 40!

Nonetheless, she would have been fine with all of this. I actually see the mocktails as exactly the opposite. Instead of glamorizing drinking alcohol, it demonstrates that you can have fun and enjoy drinks without alcohol! Because it's about the fun mix of the juice flavors and the bright colors, nice glasses. Why should only alcohol drinkers get nice glasses...that's so weird! My kids drink milk out of twisty straws and bright colored cups. Yeah, these are all things aimed at kids, but the point is that fun cups and straws are fun! You don't want your kids thinking that the only way they can have fun beverages is by drinking alcohol...what an odd lesson to teach.

[b]Or is this secretly a DCUM anti-juice thing[/b]?[/quote]
I get the vibes that this is a feminist issue for some people (including OP). Y’know, the line of thinking that anything traditionally girly is b a d, that a 13 year old who shows interest in makeup or hair is less worthy than a 13 year old who likes sci fi, or that a woman who cares about her appearance/hair/makeup  is somehow less able to be a powerful badass than a woman who wears Tevas and only wears Chapstick. [/quote]

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