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by packetslave 979 days ago
"won't someone think of the children!?!?!" is a meme for a reason.
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But it's usually used ironically in situations where there is obviously no actual harm to children present. This is not one of those situations.
Kids are exposed to all sorts of things when they go to school, church, public playgrounds, or any other situation where groups are lightly supervised. I probably learned the word “fuck” in the fourth grade but my parents still haven’t heard me say it. Equating a shocking image with harm strikes me as naive at best.
>"won't someone think of the children!?!?!" is a meme for a reason.

Indeed, and it is well-represented here. In fact, I assumed we'd see some of it here and went looking for it. I was not disappointed. It means plenty of people missed the point entirely.