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BainsBane

(57,760 posts) Fri Nov 29, 2013, 07:29 PM Nov 2013

Chris Hedges on porn [View all]

Abu Ghraib and the pornification of culture

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Chris Hedges on porn [View all] BainsBane Nov 2013 OP

Is someone obsessing just a tad? 99Forever Nov 2013 #1

Yep BainsBane Nov 2013 #2

Why am I so reminded of that creepy Ted Arthur Haggard guy? 99Forever Nov 2013 #6

"Thought I'd spread a little knowledge." Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #17

It has the makings of a flame out pintobean Nov 2013 #4

Yep LittleBlue Nov 2013 #14

Please proceed BainsBane Dec 2013 #34

You beat me to it! xulamaude Nov 2013 #5

Ya think! procon Nov 2013 #8

It is really so awful to be presented with an alternative view? BainsBane Nov 2013 #9

I don't know what you are doing with your hand... 99Forever Nov 2013 #11

Is that what those wacky kids are calling it these days? Fumesucker Nov 2013 #16

Are you going for condescension, chervilant Nov 2013 #15

I am "going for" neither. 99Forever Nov 2013 #30

Yeah, that's right, chervilant Dec 2013 #35

Freedom of Expression is guaranteed by our Constitution. 99Forever Dec 2013 #44

would you say that if she posted regularly on marriage equality? zazen Nov 2013 #3

You know something BainsBane Nov 2013 #10

yep--I was noting how concern about porn is "obsessive" zazen Nov 2013 #12

Thanks for clarifying BainsBane Nov 2013 #13

Your ability to stop others from consuming fiction you do not like is a not a civil right Kurska Nov 2013 #18

What? It looks like you respoded to the wrong thread? nt xulamaude Nov 2013 #23

I meant what I said and I said what I meant n/t Kurska Nov 2013 #28

WhoisChrisHedges used to be a DUer. What ever happened to him/her?? madinmaryland Nov 2013 #7

So straight porn is the problem, my hands are clean MNBrewer Nov 2013 #19

It is good that there is pornography xulamaude Nov 2013 #24

The porn industry is corrupt as shit ismnotwasm Nov 2013 #31

Well, if you don't want to ban porn rrneck Nov 2013 #20

between a married male and female, for procreation only, missionary with artistic camera blurring loli phabay Nov 2013 #21

But only if the engineer is Andrea Dworkin. nt rrneck Nov 2013 #22

We've moved from simulated rape porn to just porn. Right on schedule. DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2013 #25

It seems that the subject of this OP xulamaude Nov 2013 #26

That happened to be what these video clips deal with BainsBane Dec 2013 #33

Thanks for posting this! NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #27

The book Hedges is promoting in the video rrneck Nov 2013 #29

to view later snagglepuss Nov 2013 #32

again with the porn arely staircase Dec 2013 #36

It's a massive crisis. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #38

remember this? arely staircase Dec 2013 #39

Oh, right. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #43

The Horror! RiffRandell Dec 2013 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author arely staircase Dec 2013 #41

Color me shocked! opiate69 Dec 2013 #42

And then there's historical porn in classic art: kentauros Dec 2013 #37

"I stand by the right wing in this" Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #45