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SSmoothie commented on: Dream For A Crayon by nightlight1220 1 year 20 weeks ago
Beautiful colours! I miss: Beautiful colours! I miss you! Cone write again! 
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SSmoothie commented on: 2 AM hunger pangs by cynosure 1 year 20 weeks ago
I think more of late as in: I think more of late as in the last 5000 years... I like your perspective. Couldn't agree more. Great expression rich and illuminating.
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SSmoothie commented on: Whoah there Tiger! by SSmoothie 1 year 20 weeks ago
Thank you i am honoured that: Thank you i am honoured that you can see the intention here drawing a reasonable line 8n the proverbial sand. 
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SSmoothie commented on: Whoah there Tiger! by SSmoothie 1 year 20 weeks ago
I know the history of the: I know the history of the movent and where it started   Although the Stonewall riots of 1969 in New York are popularly remembered as the spark that produced a new movement, the origins predate these iconic events.[17] Resistance to police bar-raids was nothing new: as early as 1725, customers fought off a police raid at a London homosexual molly house.[18] Organized movements, particularly in Western Europe, have been active since the 19th century, producing publications, forming social groups and campaigning for social and legal reform. In the early 1890s, the trial of Oscar Wilde was widely reported in Germany and spurred discussion of homosexuality, leading to the homosexual emancipation movement in Germany, the first modern gay rights movement.[19][20]   Drags dont need to read books to children or give teenagers lap dances End of story, now going to an old folks home? That's community service! And yes piggy backing off the movement. Because the rest automatically gained status because they made a bill that lumped everyone into one group well that one large group is no longer a minority or marginalised and therefore the expansion into indoctrination and exposing children to sexualised ideas before they need to or have the capacity to form a sexual identity of their own is not kind or necessary . Gender is different is it not? It isn't about sexual preference. And any  obsession of preference  no matter how amoral is now suddenly legit to let pedofiles into the rainbow alphabet family.? There are also moves for incest to be accepted, whats the rule for beastiality, necrophilia ? so where is the line? Is there one?  The drag queens know who they are no problem there. Fluid gender and fluid preferences that's just immature. We all regularly choose masculine or feminine actions ideas all the time without calling yourself one sex or the other to suit. From wearing shorts to wearing jewellery,  watching an action movie eor a romantic comedy  There is room for everyone, but not everything. Children do not need more confusion and influences and grooming. Yes there are piggy backed ideas that were no where near the original movement. There are many good people doing good things but I am happy to call out the bad and the bad deeds. Sometimes you just can't get away with whatever you want. Anyone who wants to recruit an army of children to what end? Its not ok and its not right to do this to people who cannot control what happens to them, or understand complex ideas. End of story. Drag is an ancient tradition. Maybe you should read it again. FYI drag is not legitimately a sexual preference. Shock horror! Although welcomed into the rainbow of diversity they are not an official sexual preference. Only gay drag queens/kings can qualify in terms of the terms. Interesting isn't it? Either way I am talking about the destruction of the notion of family, blood ties and a whole gamut of social revolution. This is the piggy backing I am calling out here  But as it expands into facism and controlling language and ideas of the other its time to crush the over step or else only one type of social norm is allowed. Once freedom and children are involved the walls go up. Nothing good can come of a diet of what's good for me is good for you. Its simply not.  "for its links to the counterculture of the time (e.g. groups like the Radical Faeries) and for the gay liberationists' intent to transform or abolish fundamental institutions of society such as gender and the nuclear family,[7] regardless of whether they had anything to do with the actual principles of gay rights.[11] In general, the politics were radical, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist.[12] In order to achieve such goals, consciousness raising and direct action were employed. While HIV/AIDS activism and awareness (in groups such as ACT UP) radicalized a new wave of lesbians and gay men in the 1980s, and radical groups have continued to exist ever since, by the early 1990s the radicalism of gay liberation was eclipsed in the mainstream by newly-out, pro-assimilationist gay men and women who stressed civil rights and mainstream politics.[3]"   Yes well. Sometimes you really have to know alot, see alot, think alot research alot experience alot  Like did you know if a male who wishes to transition doesn't allow their member to grow fully the reassignment surgery cannot be performed successfully and with blockers given early mean this surgery is not possible to complete to a functional standard. Most trans regret which there is a lot of is unsupported and rejected by the rainbow family and government.  Reversal is not funded and this is a cruel by product of over zealous progression to build numbers. 
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crypticbard commented on: prehensile pledge by arqios 1 year 20 weeks ago
Thanks dear Patricia. Indeed: Thanks dear Patricia. Indeed this has its source spring in Arthurian lore interwoven with the recent events of May 6, 2023 wherein the Hon. Penny Modaunt ceremouniously presents Charles III one of the swords of enthronement.
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crypticbard commented on: prehensile pledge by arqios 1 year 20 weeks ago
Thank you dear poet. Indeed: Thank you dear poet. Indeed no colloguiallism is to be found here, at least not contemporary banter. It could as well vary somewhat from English of earlier periods but in the reading is archaic enough and a literary construdction that signals to the reader both the flex and reach of our language and consciousness of epochal proportions, for that appreciation am I deeply grateful. I will leave a note on the post as this melds into and interweaves with the events of May 6, 2023. That may offer its readers more of a grasp and extension in their journey.
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Starward commented on: Whoah there Tiger! by SSmoothie 1 year 20 weeks ago
BTW, I apologize for the: BTW, I apologize for the silly typo in my previous comment.
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Starward commented on: A Pygmy God Bleeds by satishverma 1 year 20 weeks ago
Although I dislike the title,: Although I dislike the title, I think the poem presents an excellent balance of specific imagery and abstract concepts.
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cynosure commented on: Whoah there Tiger! by SSmoothie 1 year 20 weeks ago
“piggy backing”?: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera both drag queens and Rivera, trans led the Stonewall protests in the vanguard against police which initiated the gay liberation movevent. 
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patriciajj commented on: prehensile pledge by arqios 1 year 20 weeks ago
There's a dreamy musicality: There's a dreamy musicality and an enthralling sense of place in your Medieval drama. My interpretation is that a pivotal victory of spirit over might is unfolding. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but regardless, the stately voice and elegant thunder compressed within the lines created an enchanting experience.    Splendid and very enjoyable. 
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patriciajj commented on: Whoah there Tiger! by SSmoothie 1 year 20 weeks ago
You did an excellent job: You did an excellent job being inclusive and respectful of individuals' rights to their orientation while objectively exposing some very real potential for abuse. As if we need more of that.    Some things are simply right or wrong, and it's baffling that there even needs to be a partisan divide or any argument about it. I love how you concluded your intelligent and compassionate children's advocacy piece with an undogmatic, gracious and enlightened attitude:   "Peace and love to all good people doing good things out there whoever you are and however you're doing it."   Your path illuminates mine.  
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patriciajj commented on: No apology necessary by SSmoothie 1 year 20 weeks ago
Keep living your truth. I: Keep living your truth. I applaud you! 
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crypticbard commented on: My church by Anonymous 1 year 20 weeks ago
An excellent one line haiku.: An excellent one line haiku. A tour de force.
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Starward commented on: prehensile pledge by arqios 1 year 21 weeks ago
As I read this poem it evokes: As I read this poem it evokes an ancient world that emerges from Poetry as the blossom emerges from the bud.  The tone of the poem and its grammatic construction also suggest a language that, although understandable, it not entirely our mundane contemporary chatter.
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crypticbard commented on: After the Rain by exthias1983 1 year 21 weeks ago
Most encouraging and quite: Most encouraging and quite the uplift that persuades even the slightest hint of prodigality or despondence, thanks for sharing.
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