What Happened When My Son Wore A Pink Headband To Walmart - Page 3

[ArtMan]

Posted: 8/3/13 at 6:45pm

StockardFan, there was also not too long ago, an incident on a plane where a man hit someone's infant child for crying.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 8/3/13 at 7:06pm

And why do people have no problem with a girl in a Superman costume, yet they have a problem with a boy in a princess dress?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/3/13 at 7:22pm

Stockard,

Because THEY feel uncomfortable. So they take it out on the person instead of trying to figure out what it is about themselves that makes them uncomfortable. I always tell people, "It's not MY fault how YOU feel"


Art,

I remember the story. Didn't he also call the kid some terrible name as well?

[ArtMan]

Posted: 8/3/13 at 8:42pm

Diva, I believe so. I think it was a racial slur. I think the child was either African American or Latino.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/3/13 at 8:44pm

"Perfect response, Jane."

Thanks Reggie. Finally I was able to articulate something that was in my mind.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/3/13 at 11:49pm

I disagree with Jane and agree with the new troll: WHERE WAS THE FATHER?

What kind of MAN lets his wife take his son "shopping"? Shopping is what broads and homos do and this broad is raising a homo who dresses like a braod. That new troll justingcharacter had it exactly right.

Sorry, I'm just being honest.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 8:32am

I agree. Shopping is woman's work.

A boy child has no place there. His mother should only take him to football games and wars.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 8:55am

Stockard -- Because why would anyone want to be like a woman? We're still 2nd class citizens in so many ways. OF COURSE a girl would want to "move up" and be a man -- it's so much better.

JustinCharacter -- my son loved to wear his sister's dress up crap. His father had no problem with it. Ever.

Updated On: 8/4/13 at 08:55 AM

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 9:18am

Ten years on the board and people are still shocked that Goth has an ulcerous, putrified tangle of muscle where his heart should be.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 9:50am

Gothampc/suestorm/justincharacter...same difference.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 10:24am

And when women go shopping they should leave their male two year olds at home, alone if their menfolk are off at real work.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 10:50am

Agreed! Thank you new troll justincharacter for helping us all focus.

[javero]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 5:45pm

"javero, the problem I have with your theory is that you'd be compromising your own values because someone else may not like them."

Guilty of all charges. Despite my libertarian bent, I've never had the luxury of doing whatever I wanted in any setting all the time. If we all did anarchy and gridlock would likely ensue, at least in my mind. I also imagine it's somewhat easier for an individual to always have total free will when that person fits squarely within a nation's ruling class or the majority. What few members of the GLBT community I know tend to be members of ethnic minority groups as well. The trend among the group is that the darker the member in skin tone or the more obvious the foreign accent (or surname) the more likely he or she is to speak of "gay white male privilege" which is tangent to one of Namo's recurring themes.

I'm never comfortable introducing race into any thread for my own reasons. But I will suggest that there's still a fundamental difference between the way white & non-white parents raise their kids in the US based on my own observations. I'm not about to suggest that either way is right or wrong either, mainly because the difference is much more subtle today than it was when I was growing up during the 60/70s and it's not my place to instruct others on how to raise their kids.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 6:15pm

I know from whence I speak - I don't fit into the range of "normal" society and I never did.

I've been different all my life. I present a different appearance, but I never knew it. Whatever I looked like, it was normal for me. People have always stared at me for some reason or other.

On the inside I was not part of mainstream society either. That's why I moved from my small town in NJ to NY and that was possible because I was part of the cult following of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. That cult was made of characters who weren't part of mainstream society because they were gay, straight, bi, neuter, too tall, too short, young, old, artistic, nerd, whore, what have you, and related strongly to the message of the film.

I don't want to make this a book, so I'll say that they're still staring at me, whispering, taking pictures, whatever. I could never change for them or anyone. Gotta be me.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 6:36pm

Goth, why would conservatives write at huff....that would require thinking, something none of them know how to do.

[javero]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 6:45pm

"I could never change for them or anyone. Gotta be me."

I really admire you for that. I'd had to make all kind of concessions through the years due to my chosen career and corporate culture. Early on I was very much the rebel and more times than not the odd-man-out. Eventually that took a toll on me in more ways than one. Eleven years ago I took a reassignment from backwoods-PA to headquarters in DC because I had just grown so tired of being so different from others around me in appearance, manner, speech, and overall outlook on life. I tend to deal with people on an individual basis and prefer focusing on commonality and shared goals, not differences.

I'm happy you found your tribe. It's just that I have a protective streak and urge everyone to exercise caution and stay vigilant whenever they find themselves outside their tribe.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 6:51pm

Javero, if my job was at stake, I'd certainly conform. That's where I draw the line. Luckily, in my profession I was able to be me. I'm retired now.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 8/4/13 at 6:58pm

My son loves hot pink. His soccer goalie jersey is black, hot pink and neon green.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 8/5/13 at 11:42am

Here's an article about the slapping incident
Experts Condemn Georgia Man Who Slapped Crying Child in Wal-Mart

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/5/13 at 12:26pm

Stockard - Is your son playing soccer in 1985? LOL

I think my favorite so far is the What Would Sarah Palin Do response. Because she's so well known for her decision-making skills and thinking on her feet.

[suestorm]

Posted: 8/5/13 at 3:04pm

Gothampc/suestorm/justincharacter...same difference.

please keep me out of this.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/5/13 at 3:08pm

Eris,

I was thinking of the story of the guy on the plane that slapped the child to keep it quiet.

I guess it's happening a lot more than I had thought!

[Eris0303]

Posted: 8/5/13 at 4:52pm

Ah, this one

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/5/13 at 4:57pm

"please keep me out of this."

You can do that Sue by leaving and not coming back!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/5/13 at 5:11pm

Great. Now you've "forced" her to respond.