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Teen ejected from prom after dads experience ‘impure thoughts’

Goshin said:
This is sounding more and more like a case study in teen drama and media hype and misinformation.
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Yup, and the idiotic media making the story about a bunch of dirty old men, which now we're finding out wasn't even the truth, but apparently appeals to people who assume that men are so sick that they want to have sex with some teenager or molest their own daughters.

I think the only truth to the story is that she was ejected from the prom.
 
tres borrachos said:
Yup, and the idiotic media making the story about a bunch of dirty old men, which now we're finding out wasn't even the truth, but apparently appeals to people who assume that men are so sick that they want to have sex with some teenager or molest their own daughters.

I think the only truth to the story is that she was ejected from the prom.
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I'm sure the fathers thought that the girl would cause the boys to have impure thoughts because they saw nothing sexually appealing about her.
 
clownboy said:
The very first paragraph of this report shows the OP to be a lie:



Her dancing, NOT her dress. And how it may have affected the boys, NOT the dads.
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That is JUST AS BAD. It's not her responsibility to not dance the way she wants to because other people may not be able to control themselves.
 
Your Star said:
That is JUST AS BAD. It's not her responsibility to not dance the way she wants to because other people may not be able to control themselves.
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LOL, I almost read no further when I saw the term 'homeschool', but I entirely agree with that point of view. One of the most hilarious aspects of the allegations against her was that her behaviour might give 17 year old boys 'impure thoughts'. The poster who alluded to 'the American Taliban' was spot on. :mrgreen:

17 year old males, and indeed even 19 year old males (such as myself) have few thoughts which are not 'impure' - that is what nature intended, else the ancestors of the human race would have died out a few million years ago.

And do the people who objected to her form of dancing know that the word 'prom' is a shortened version of promenade - a reference to formal dances in which participants display their dress and dancing styles? :roll:
 
Stupid reason for making a girl leave her own prom. That is supposed to be a memory for HER, not the parents and chaperones.
 
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What I have found here, in the comments, was how quickly and erroneously, the conservative right went on the attack, going as far to deny the incident even took place, calling it a lie. Those people you can cross off any list of being sagaciousness enough to even comment on it.

The incident did take place. Her name is Claire Ettinger. That is undisputed. What is at the point of contention is the facts surrounding it, specifically was it; a) the dress length, b) the fathers leering looks or impure thoughts, c) the boys “impure thoughts” due to dress length, d) her “provocative dance” as reported by the fathers. It could be any or all of the above. It could even be that Claire’s escort to that prom was black, as one astute commenter here stated. Unfortunately there has been no comment from the organizers of the prom.

After reading through about ten different sources reporting the same incident, I honestly have to conclude that while the left-leaning news sites are having a field day with this (and yes they are biased), however the right-leaning news sites are not even reporting this. That in itself is telling.

Another small but noteworthy tidbit: home schooling. Just as the right has their code words to disguise their racism, the left uses the term “home schooling” often to indicate the religious right, whom are at the forefront of the home schooling initiate. This ties in to the “impure thoughts”.

Another thing to note, which was overlooked, the motivating factor was the fact that she blogged this because her friends, who were also ejected, did not get their $25 refunded

While I am inclined to believe Claire’s story and am sympathetic to her situation, until we hear from the organizers and adults who attended, we are getting only one side of the story.
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No idea whether this story is true or not, but the OP only lists one source...the 17 year old.

I would like to hear other side of the story before I pass judgement.
 
MaggieD said:
Oh, stop it. Every "wrong" doesn't translate into a lawsuit, for God's sake. That's part of what's wrong with people in this country. "Cha-Ching Cha-Ching let the cash register ring."

The woman who asked her to leave should be ashamed of herself.

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Nothing worse than a jealous older woman, whose husband was probably oggling from the balcony....
 
nota bene said:
First, there's no picture.
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Second, your Progressive Secular Humanist bit doesn't get the story right. The chaperoning dads, according to the one woman who had a problem with her and wouldn't let it go, had complained that her dancing was too provocative and might cause impure thoughts in the boys.

Here's the link to the girl's sister's blog, and this turgid tale makes for very boring reading, BTW, except for the title, which is "F-Bomb the Patriarchy" :)roll:) : http://www.hannahettinger.com/****-the-patriarchy-guest-post-by-clare/
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Wrong.

If you go to the link there are 2 pictures of the sweet young girl that this story is about.
 
Came across a local news story about it, which had a comment from someone who did set-up for the prom. They had a link to a blog by someone who was at the prom who has a different story (man that is a mouthful):
Dads Are Not The Problem | the road less traveled
Clare talks about how she isn’t responsible for other people’s thought or drives, but she admits in her blog post that she looked hot and would turn heads when walking through a door. Emily Collins, a lady chaperoning, states that Clare’s dress only met dress code when it was pulled down, but as she walked, the dress rose. Clare was seen by multiple sources (students) to be dancing provacatively and as she moved her dress rose. When she was approached and asked to pull it down by female chaperones, Clare responded with extreme disrespect towards the authorities, at which point she was asked to leave.
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Chesterfield homeschooler kicked out of prom over
That is the first comment I mentioned.

This is going off the assumption they both are telling the truth about being there/going to it, since it'd be about impossible to verify. The second video has an interview with the girl who posted on the blog and her mom.
 
Moot said:
What kind of sick mind condones fathers leering at teenage girls at a prom?
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They weren't. Hell I'm pretty confident they weren't, however and I went back to make sure I was right on this) it is pretty obvious Claire first immediate assumption was that was what they were doing:
We were also a little grossed out by all the dads on the balcony above the dance floor, ogling and talking amongst themselves.
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Surely you can agree that is a pretty big assumption to make, and the fact they were talking among themselves is some sign of "naughty," is kind of funny. Maybe she didn't mean it to, but it kind of comes off as though her and/or her friends from the get go decided the dads were pervs who only wanted to ogle teens at the dance. Posters on other sites have also made a good point that is the dads goal were to ogle teen girls, why would they want to kick Claire out?
 
Paxaeon said:
What's wrong with this picture?
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Maybe the fact that some jerks think it's a big enough concern to bitch about it on an internet forum even though it's none of their ****ing business?
 
Meh. It's whatever. She's a little hooker already. No idea why this was newsworthy.

One would hope she would learn her lesson and dress appropriately in the future, but I doubt it.
 
Probably ejected by the same folks that promote abstinence.

"Don't have sexual thought young lady...leave that to us adults".
 
coyotedelmar said:
They weren't. Hell I'm pretty confident they weren't, however and I went back to make sure I was right on this) it is pretty obvious Claire first immediate assumption was that was what they were doing:


Surely you can agree that is a pretty big assumption to make, and the fact they were talking among themselves is some sign of "naughty," is kind of funny. Maybe she didn't mean it to, but it kind of comes off as though her and/or her friends from the get go decided the dads were pervs who only wanted to ogle teens at the dance. Posters on other sites have also made a good point that is the dads goal were to ogle teen girls, why would they want to kick Claire out?
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I'm not as confident as you because I wasn't there. Claire claims a Mrs. D started harassing her over her dress from the moment she walked in the door. Surely you can agree the dress was at arms length and met the code? Anyway, the more I look at the photos of Claire in the car with her date....the more she kind of looks like Miley Cyrus with her hair like that ....and so perhaps...just perhaps she was imitating Miley at the dance. That certainly might explain why the dad's were having impure thoughts. lol

But still, a first warning probably would have been more appropriate rather than just tossing her out.
 
Peter Grimm said:
Meh. It's whatever. She's a little hooker already. No idea why this was newsworthy.

One would hope she would learn her lesson and dress appropriately in the future, but I doubt it.
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A hooker? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
 
coyotedelmar said:
Posters on other sites have also made a good point that is the dads goal were to ogle teen girls, why would they want to kick Claire out?
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Good logic, assuming all Dad's get erections watching 17 year old girls. It's natural that grown men lust over minors and it's perfectly moral and legal. /sarc
 
I am taking this story with a grain of salt given how bias this site looks to be.

apdst said:
The problem with this picture is the school faculty is weak and stupid.
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What school faculty? Didn't you read? This was a gathering for homeschooled kids.

tres borrachos said:
The proof that the men were "ogling" her is......?

If you read the articles, all the say is one woman asked her to leave. But leave it to everyone to assume these men were standing around the balcony of their homeschooled kids' proms staring at her.:roll:
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The article says that the woman stated that the men were watching her, so whether the men themselves ever said anything or not is still up for question. At this point though it seems like Claire is the only source for this story. Another red flag.
 
Moot said:
Claire claims a Mrs. D started harassing her over her dress from the moment she walked in the door.

But still, a first warning probably would have been more appropriate rather than just tossing her out.
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If this Mrs. D was harassing her from the beginning, then how many warning did the woman maybe give? Even giving the benefit of the doubt it could have been given in terms that the woman felt were warnings but the girl did not recognize as such.
 
coyotedelmar said:
Came across a local news story about it, which had a comment from someone who did set-up for the prom. They had a link to a blog by someone who was at the prom who has a different story (man that is a mouthful):
Dads Are Not The Problem | the road less traveled


Chesterfield homeschooler kicked out of prom over
That is the first comment I mentioned.

This is going off the assumption they both are telling the truth about being there/going to it, since it'd be about impossible to verify. The second video has an interview with the girl who posted on the blog and her mom.
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The eyewitness accounts are now coming out in droves, contradicting the "facts" that the girl put out there, and accurately showing disgust for the idiots who jumped on the "perverted fathers" part of the story.
 
Moot said:
What kind of sick mind condones fathers leering at teenage girls at a prom?
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First off, there is no proof that they did that, and now it's coming out that they in facte did NOT leer at her.

Second, by your twisted and disgusting logic, all men who "leer" at teenage girls are at risk of having perverted thoughts of their daughters or teenage relatives. Of course you plan to comment to all of them here in this thread who made any kind of comment about this girl being cute, hot, or anything else that they should seek help for being on the hairy edge of incestuous activities, right?

There is someone who needs to seek help, and that's a person who believes the accusations of a teenager against fathers, and a person who thinks a man who looks at a pretty young girl is about to act on sexual fantasies with his own daughter.
 
shrubnose said:
Wrong.

If you go to the link there are 2 pictures of the sweet young girl that this story is about.
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Oh, I did. In fact, if you bother to read Post #16, you'll see that I also found and linked the original source upon which the OP's Progressive Secular Humanist blog was based and actually read it. ;)

But that doesn't change the fact that the OP asked "What's wrong with this picture" without himself providing a picture.
 
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