It has not gone unnoticed (re: porn)

[Warren DeMontague]

289. The so-called scientific studies are coming from right wing sources and think tanks. Undeniably.

In reality you've had several posters freak out that they were challenged on sources that would be laughed out of the building if the topic had been, say, creationism instead of "porn".

That there are people on "the left" that "oppose porn"... of course there are.

There is no disconnect between championing the rights of retail workers and porn workers. Like I said, domestic adult industry workers ARE protected by law, including additional industry-specific ones. Part of the problem is that "porn", in addition to being ill-defined, is less of a monolithic corporate industry than, say, an art form (or, if the adjective "art" is too problematic, perhaps a broad entertainment category) as such, it encompasses everything from Andrew Blake films to streaming pay-per-views to exhibition of amateurs who have an iphone camera. Not everyone in "porn" is even a "worker". There are plenty of amateurs out there who take their clothes off because, believe it or not, they enjoy it.

But if we are talking about legislation or workers' rights the way we do Wal-Mart, again, this deals with domestic policy and like I said, workers in the domestic adult industry ARE subject to such regulation. Of course, Wal-Mart has a presence beyond the Domestic US, and boycotting Wal-Mart is one way to address its broad corporate policies. Perhaps a boycott against corporations involved in the objected to adult industry practices might be another way to go, for those seeking some sort of change.