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All of which brings us to our first article, America has turned dancing into a culture war.

This is from Vox, and the article begins, the first ever cheerleader, according to USA Cheer, the governing body of American

sport cheering, was a man from Minnesota. The sport was born in 1898 when a male student at

the University of Minnesota spontaneously got up and led the crowd and a cheer for the football team.

Men have always been part of cheerleading.

Multiple U.S. presidents, including Ronald Reagan, were cheerleaders in college, and male

cheerleaders have been part of the NFL sidelines for decades.

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So, you know, the scandal in case you need more clarification is that the Vikings

added to male cheerleaders and conservatives across the country absolutely shat themselves

in anger over the feminization of the country.

Wasn't Bush a male cheerleader? Oh, yeah. I think he was.

Yeah.

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