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In reply to the discussion: It is not about the swimsuit issue it is about basic respect for women [View all]BainsBane
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dedicated to pulling chains, despite the fact hundreds of DUers have said they find it unacceptable. You think the extremists are those who value human equality, whereas the ones who deliberately and repeatedly show no concern for the views of the majority of posters on this site are not?
Prohibitions of those sorts of pictures in public workplaces and public buildings has been standard for decades, which anyone who has held a job with a company that follows labor law knows. It is prohibited by Equal Opportunity Law as founded in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I have no doubt that some believe Civil Rights too extreme for them, but then those people aren't really liberals or Democrats. They are reactionaries. There is nothing extreme about basic respect for other human beings and not using public forums as though it were your home. Amazingly, most people understand that the world is filled with a diverse range of people, some even born after 1940, who may perceive the world differently from them. They know that maintaining community requires respect for other human beings. Yet some insist the only thing that matters is their own ego and desires, and that everyone else on the planet is entirely irrelevant.
FYI, ideology itself is not a consumer product. Everything is not about profit. True some people maintain ideologies that are firmly rooted in capitalism and see their sexuality and their very rights as connected to the profit of corporations. For example, they can't imagine their sexuality apart from porn and SI swimsuit spreads, both of which exist to generate profit. Or their notion of personal freedom is linked to unfettered profit for gun companies. There are, however, many kinds of ideology. Some are quite simple: All human beings are created equal; listen to their concerns, even when they don't look and think exactly like you; and treat them with respect. Yeah, that's really extremist. All it requires is understanding that the self isn't the only thing that matters.