(01-05-2023, 10:47 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-05-2023, 09:10 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Let’s not dismiss the groomers. The left denies it, and I would too if in their shoes. But the fact of the matter is if you have adults using overtly sexualized methods to ‘teach’ children, there’s a sexual agenda. 

I’m not painting them all with the same brush, but it’s there and they refuse to acknowledge it.

I think I'm just as outraged as anyone else regarding Desmond.
But legally speaking, I have to admit that much of what he does would be read as "cute" if done at a dance recital by biological girls.  
He's getting older, but when this started he presumably had childhood innocence, just imitating what he sees older people doing, not realizing the innuendo.
If we are not willing to enforce that boys are never allowed to behave in ways that girls are always allowed to behave, then we either need to leave Desmond alone or police what goes on at dance recitals a lot more closely.
Of course, the longer this goes on, Desmond himself is at risk of having older members of his audience break the "look but don't touch" rule, and we can only hope his mom is protecting him from that, but that's a separate issue, we don't punish kids for things that happen to them or might happen to them. Unless you think we should start?