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Old 01-14-2012, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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I would absolutely LOVE to see you publicly mock my 6'4 300 lb rugby playing friend who wears a kilt whenever he goes out. There are actually quite a few cultures in which men wear 'dresses' and 'skirts'. Americans can be so stuck up sometimes.
More like ignorant.
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Old 01-14-2012, 07:45 AM
 
Location: Murika
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More like ignorant.
or stuck in the past....
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Old 01-14-2012, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Orlando
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Girls are allowed to dress like 'boys', why can't boys dress like 'girls'? Hell, I'm dressed like a guy right now in Dickie's, work boots and a polo shirt. Guess I should be sent home for cross dressing.

curious the double standard , isn't it?


If it were a kilt would it have been ok? If it were a Scottish lad in a Kilt , then would it be ok?

We have an odd sense of standards when it comes to dress. I know the Op is just baiting to press his homophobic and racist agenda but the story brings up a curious prejudice.
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Old 01-14-2012, 07:51 AM
 
Location: Hinckley Ohio
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I would absolutely LOVE to see you publicly mock my 6'4 300 lb rugby playing friend who wears a kilt whenever he goes out. There are actually quite a few cultures in which men wear 'dresses' and 'skirts'. Americans can be so stuck up sometimes.
These big bad he-men transgender haters would be shocked to discover that two of the biggest baddest men of our ancient past crossdressed, Hercules was forced to dress as a woman and became a slave to a woman and Achilles' mother dressed him as a girl so he could evade the draft.
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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More like ignorant.
Actually, ignorance is not being able to discern the profound difference between a Scottish kilt and a flowery sun dress.
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:28 AM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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Actually, ignorance is not being able to discern the profound difference between a Scottish kilt and a flowery sun dress.
Hardly.
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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These big bad he-men transgender haters would be shocked to discover that two of the biggest baddest men of our ancient past crossdressed, Hercules was forced to dress as a woman and became a slave to a woman and Achilles' mother dressed him as a girl so he could evade the draft.
Uh, that's mythology. Unless of course you believe that nymphs and gods can have children.
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Orlando, FL
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Ok I consider myself a fairly liberal person but this is where I think parenting needs to come into play. It says that he talked to the teachers in advance. If I were to allow my son to do something like this (which I wouldn't) I would have been the one at the school, talking to the principal. Then we could have decided together what was appropriate and there wouldn't have been any misunderstandings.

I really don't get how people just send their kids out into the world and then want to get involved after-the-fact.
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Hardly.
What does that mean?
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:45 AM
 
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Suppose it was a person that thought they were an alien from Mars?

Would you support them being ostracized for showing up painted green wearing antennae?

It's only accepted because it is sexual in nature. To the left, just about ANY sexual mental illness should be freely acceptable.
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