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In reply to the discussion: Why Porn Can Be Good For You (And Society)..,. [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)27. Let me just say, im not a "vociferous advocate" for anything except free speech and the right of
Last edited Wed Jul 4, 2012, 01:34 AM - Edit history (3)
Consenting adults to make their own damn decisions and control their own damn bodies.
I feel just as strongly- if not more- about reproductive freedom, ending the drug war, legalizing pot, making sure terminally ill people have access to palliative care and a pain free exit on their own terms if they so choose. It is only this area where we have a small but vocal cadre of "progressives" so dedicated to an anti freedom, anti choice position.
The real issue is that there are (some) women on this board who don't like men looking at women's bodies in a sexual way. Period. Whether in porn, at a bar, on television, in movies, in magazines, on the street, heck..even in a committed relationship
See, i think you've nailed it, there. This is how you get people making comparisons between a film of two people fucking, and a film of a lynching, for instance. Because some people have been programmed to believe that heterosexual sex IN AND OF ITSELF is abuse to women- so of course films of it are "hate speech". The very act itself is imagined to be somehow harmful and anti-feminist.
Its a whacked out view, and it drives the gibberish we see.
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Its also interesting that the anti porn "science" comes from the religious right
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2012
#1
And they love nothing more than to tout "hard science" from folks like Reisman
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#3
Which demonstrates that there's no really difference between them and the book burners
Major Nikon
Jul 2012
#4
It's always fun when the far left and the far right loop around and overlap
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#5
Ultimately the extreme right and the extreme left have a lot in common
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#11
Theres nothing nutty about thinking pot, or porn, should be legal for consenting adults.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#15
My point is, they ally themselves with fundies, they quote rw religious sources and "science", and
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#25
Let me just say, im not a "vociferous advocate" for anything except free speech and the right of
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#27