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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: HOF Post: 'Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity' [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)67. I'm going to take that as sarcasm.
Because I'm sure you're not one of the dipsticks on site who quotes the first amendment but doesn't know it applies only to the government, or who actually believes that criticism is the same as censorship.
Is it art? Hell no. It's about as much art as Jackson Pollock's crap. (Ie, some people will tell you it's art, but seriously, you could get sick on a canvas and it would look a lot like a Pollock.) Art has a message.
And a message that isn't 'Then men in this film hate women, and enjoy torturing them sexually'. That's not art, that's hate speech.
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I will watch the video and thanks for posting it here or anywhere on DU.
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#1
True, but they can be banned from HOF if they break the SOP of the group. I understand your feeling.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#2
Yes, It is usually a good idea to preface an OP with HoF warning. Although, even that cuts both ways
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#3
How does one educate someone that does not sit still long enough to listen and is too
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#14
Leave it up, if for no other reason than to be a burr in the side to some.
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#12
'to qualify every discussion criticizing porn with the mantra 'but some of it isn't so bad!' is the
freshwest
Aug 2014
#25
Anyone lurking DU and finding such will despise Democrats unless they are part of the problem.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#31
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends"
redqueen
Aug 2014
#41
Sorry about the self delete, redqueen. Need some time to think and compose a carefully worded reply.
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#39
I am glad to hear that girls and young women are fed up! They will be living with this for years.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#21
Where are the men now? Who among the DU men will read that in it's entirety and what will
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#35
Well, I'm a DU male, and it doesn't look like anyone else is answering you.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Aug 2014
#48
I have heard of Nina Hartley. It is the go to reply for this type of question.
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#59
I have talked more porn these past few months than I have in my whole life
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#63
The 'Free Speech Coalition' group. Priceless. Women excluded from membership, obviously.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#23
It's about the money. The 'women' I spoke of are the women in the films. No voice for them.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#26
Oh yeah, they just get ignored, unless their opinions align with the industry's.
redqueen
Aug 2014
#27
I want a woman to come in here and tell me they are turned on by what they just read in that post.
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#36
I often wonder if those who so enthusiastically defend other people's right to porn ever look at it.
redqueen
Aug 2014
#47
okay but, they are called actors for a reason. You understand where I learned all this
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#65
yes, and sorry about the self delete. I replied to myself and so I remedied it while you were
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#71
ha. but I had already self deleted before I realized you had replied and I was reposting when you
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#73