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niyad

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7. It is a term with which I was unfamiliar. It struck me like the cringe-inducing term,

Reply to canetoad (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:56 PM

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"underage women", and the way loaded language is used as a tool of emotional manipulation. It is being aware of how language is used to manipulate emotions to bypass rational thought, not "nitpicking". And to claim that such is a cause for "defeating the aims of the left wing"??? Seriously?

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You know this could explain a lot. drray23 Sunday #1

Distinct possibility canetoad Sunday #3

If they are not underage, they are not "boys". niyad Sunday #4

'Rent boys' is a term canetoad Sunday #6

It is a term with which I was unfamiliar. It struck me like the cringe-inducing term, niyad Sunday #7

Yes canetoad Yesterday #9

Just. . wow!!! niyad Yesterday #10

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Rent boy is a British term. It became common during and after the Cleveland Street scandal in 1889. Celerity Yesterday #12

Thank you so much for that most informative and interesting link. I knew a little bit niyad Yesterday #13

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Was Lindsey trying to dry-hump Mickey Mouse--- or perhaps 'Goofy' ?? Jack Valentino Yesterday #8