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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a dance kid and this seems like the natural progression of dance moms. Little kids in scantily clothed wardrobes is nothing new and of course it would eventually go online. Let me ask the moms who are “paralyzed sick” over it: do you buy your underage daughter two-piece swimsuits? Let her wear crop tops and booty shorts? Do you let her shimmy during dance practice because “it’s just a normal dance move”? If you do please shut your mouth, you’re doing the same thing. [b]The women in this article were just thinking ahead enough to monetize the pedophiles[/b] fawning over their daughters. [/quote]

Not a dance mom, have no idea what "shimmy" is, but thinking ahead and monetizing pedophiles' interests is much worse than having your DD wear a two-piece swimsuit (what?). There is nothing natural or inevitable about making those additional steps; it's like saying pinching someone is the same as murdering him, just a few steps ahead.[/quote]

I was a dance kid too and don’t mind two-piece swimsuits, but the PP is primarily right. It’s not “pinching someone vs. murdering him”, it’s “severely beating someone up vs. murdering him.” The outraged “cool moms” are just a step behind.[/quote]

Nonsense

It's about access. All these "outraged moms" as you say, may allow all the things the PP is viewing as the lowest rung on a sliding scale towards the Instamoms, but they aren't comparable.

And the fact that you make that comparison tells me you have no idea how the internet and pedophile rings operate.

The article is right. These moms are in over their heads and they have no idea.
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