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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

I wonder if this was an 80s thing because I remember seeing a similar event when I was a child. This was in Dupont but I don’t remember if it was a pride event or watt. It must’ve been because why else would I have seen that? It certainly made an impression because it’s stuck with me all of these years.

I saw these things at the Pride parade in the late 90s/early 2000s. I support the Price parade, but because of what I’ve seen in the past, my perception is that this is not a family event. Perhaps the parade has changed.

The first one I ever saw was in summer 2001 when I was 15. The guys were almost naked (thongs) and simulating sex; I was laughing hysterically. Not something I'd show a younger kid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

I wonder if this was an 80s thing because I remember seeing a similar event when I was a child. This was in Dupont but I don’t remember if it was a pride event or watt. It must’ve been because why else would I have seen that? It certainly made an impression because it’s stuck with me all of these years.

I saw these things at the Pride parade in the late 90s/early 2000s. I support the Price parade, but because of what I’ve seen in the past, my perception is that this is not a family event. Perhaps the parade has changed.

Same, I don’t think it’s a “family” thing unless you have HS+ age kids. Which is fine! Not everything has to be for kids. I have 2 kids and not everything and every place is appropriate for them.

+2

I was a cocktail waitress in Dupont in the mid-00s and the pride events were definitely NOT child friendly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

School shootings have taken my kid’s innocence. Active shooter drills are a reality.
Men on leashes laughing and smiling on a float is nothing.

You are filth

Why?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

School shootings have taken my kid’s innocence. Active shooter drills are a reality.
Men on leashes laughing and smiling on a float is nothing.

You are filth

Very true

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

I wonder if this was an 80s thing because I remember seeing a similar event when I was a child. This was in Dupont but I don’t remember if it was a pride event or watt. It must’ve been because why else would I have seen that? It certainly made an impression because it’s stuck with me all of these years.

I saw these things at the Pride parade in the late 90s/early 2000s. I support the Price parade, but because of what I’ve seen in the past, my perception is that this is not a family event. Perhaps the parade has changed.

Same, I don’t think it’s a “family” thing unless you have HS+ age kids. Which is fine! Not everything has to be for kids. I have 2 kids and not everything and every place is appropriate for them.

Pride isn’t a single thing. It’s a month long celebration with lots of events to choose from. Some are definitely not kid appropriate, some are things where kids would be fine but aren’t the target, and some are designed for families or children.

You don’t have to go to any of them, or course but lumping them altogether as not for kids is like judging people for not skipping the pumpkin patch because you heard there was a lot of drinking at some Ghoul Night Pub Crawl and concluded Halloween isn’t for kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

School shootings have taken my kid’s innocence. Active shooter drills are a reality.
Men on leashes laughing and smiling on a float is nothing.

So you take your kids to witness school shootings too? Where’s the equivalency here? Someone call CPS.

Umm no. But she knows what an active shooter is, practices hiding in her classroom, talked about their escape route from her 3rd floor classroom etc…. They shouldn’t be dealing with this but they are.

Anonymous wrote:Why would I bother with this? Seriously??

We socialize with friends of all types. In our home, we model tolerance.

No need for us to schlep everyone to some raunchy parade to celebrate something everyone should already accept.

First reasonable answer

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

I wonder if this was an 80s thing because I remember seeing a similar event when I was a child. This was in Dupont but I don’t remember if it was a pride event or watt. It must’ve been because why else would I have seen that? It certainly made an impression because it’s stuck with me all of these years.

I saw these things at the Pride parade in the late 90s/early 2000s. I support the Price parade, but because of what I’ve seen in the past, my perception is that this is not a family event. Perhaps the parade has changed.

Same, I don’t think it’s a “family” thing unless you have HS+ age kids. Which is fine! Not everything has to be for kids. I have 2 kids and not everything and every place is appropriate for them.

Why would I bother with this? Seriously??

We socialize with friends of all types. In our home, we model tolerance.

No need for us to schlep everyone to some raunchy parade to celebrate something everyone should already accept.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

School shootings have taken my kid’s innocence. Active shooter drills are a reality.
Men on leashes laughing and smiling on a float is nothing.

So you take your kids to witness school shootings too? Where’s the equivalency here? Someone call CPS.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

I wonder if this was an 80s thing because I remember seeing a similar event when I was a child. This was in Dupont but I don’t remember if it was a pride event or watt. It must’ve been because why else would I have seen that? It certainly made an impression because it’s stuck with me all of these years.

I saw these things at the Pride parade in the late 90s/early 2000s. I support the Price parade, but because of what I’ve seen in the past, my perception is that this is not a family event. Perhaps the parade has changed.

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

School shootings have taken my kid’s innocence. Active shooter drills are a reality.
Men on leashes laughing and smiling on a float is nothing.

Anonymous wrote:No way

+1

Simple, really.

There are many better ways to teach tolerance and diversity than watching pseudo-porn.

I’m taking my 11 year old. We’ve been a few times. We are a 2 mom family. We usually watch in the family area ( Stead Park)
She can handle active shooter drills at school and has an escape plan. She can handle some scantily clad men having fun.

Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

I wonder if this was an 80s thing because I remember seeing a similar event when I was a child. This was in Dupont but I don’t remember if it was a pride event or watt. It must’ve been because why else would I have seen that? It certainly made an impression because it’s stuck with me all of these years.