Still getting the hang of Substack, which may be a suitable repository for my more “political” essays. This evening it’s a post about the word “groomer”, which has suddenly become quite unpopular on Reddit and other social media sites. It is the belief of this blogger however that groomer is exactly the precise word to describe pedophiles who are determined to corrupt children…
...My honeymoon with Twitter these past few months may soon be drawing to a close. In recent days the microblogging site has apparently cracked down on the use of the word “groomer”. Which has come to mean pedophiles brainwashing children into becoming potential targets for exploitation. Leftist activists claim that it’s a slur against homosexuals and transsexuals and should be banned as “hate speech”. Never mind that it can also mean things like dog groomer, “good grooming” etc.
It’s already verboten on Reddit: a site that