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meadowlander

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83. To play Devil's advocate -

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 11:25 PM

Apr 2017

a.) I don't think nudity is inherently deeply offensive, but...

b.) The line of his cock is clearly visible in his underwear which would make this at least R and probably pushing for an X rating in a movie. It would be required to be blurred on network TV.

Depending on where you are posting, it is probably not appropriate without providing a warning that it contains adult material. I don't think it's "deeply offensive" but I think it would be polite to warn people. I wouldn't want my 13 year old niece (who reads Huffington Post) just stumbling on that picture without warning or some kind of age-confirmation barrier. I agree that it crosses the boundary into soft-core porn and that that creates legal liability issues for their website if they aren't doing anything to restrict traffic to it.

Appreciate that you're posting it in the context of an article about sex and advertising, but for me it goes beyond what I would just throw out there without an adult content warning and I think it's probably more graphic than it needs to be to make your point.

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Why Is This Photo Deeply Offensive? [View all] William769 Apr 2017 OP

People find all kinds of things offensive jberryhill Apr 2017 #1

It was removed and the poster blocked for a week on a liberal site. William769 Apr 2017 #21

Yes, and? jberryhill Apr 2017 #48

The OP is titled from the article. William769 Apr 2017 #49

Are you the only one? No, but it is normal to at least attribute jberryhill Apr 2017 #50

I used DU's 4 paragraph rule with a link to the article. William769 Apr 2017 #52

Wow, Seems you hit Some Nerves bitterross Apr 2017 #115

Who in this thread is offended in that manner? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #122

I Cannot Say What Others Feel, However... bitterross Apr 2017 #136

Oh, yeah, and I stand by that. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #138

If you highlight the text and click the "excerpt" button above the text box, you will get a nice tblue37 Apr 2017 #68

Thank you for your kind response & tip. William769 Apr 2017 #69

You are welcome. It took me a year or more before I figured out how other people were getting tblue37 Apr 2017 #73

You can teach an old dog new tricks. William769 Apr 2017 #74

now i have to try that orleans Apr 2017 #188

If you highlight something and then hit blockquote, it offsets the text. tblue37 Apr 2017 #189

ahhhhh..... very cool. thanks for the example. n/t orleans Apr 2017 #195

I used to know how to make the damn gray box a different color, even. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #190

I don't know how to color the box on DU, but to color your tblue37 Apr 2017 #192

Yeah, there was a way to use the hex codes to change the box color Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #193

i don't know. maybe we're just getting old orleans Apr 2017 #194

I'm certainly too old to wear undies like that in the shower. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #196

You mean there are liberal websites with user communities even MORE old and cranky than DU? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #97

"old and cranky"? nocalflea Apr 2017 #102

Sarcasm is tough, on the internet. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #105

I get ya. But , if you can't take the heat. .. nocalflea Apr 2017 #106

Im just hoping to avoid Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #109

You slay ! - as usual nocalflea Apr 2017 #137

Thanks! Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #185

because penis? snooper2 Apr 2017 #128

people get outraged about the silliest things, don't they? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #172

Potatoes can be bland. Chellee Apr 2017 #82

Ate you saying... GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #142

LOL Chellee Apr 2017 #143

Obvious assets? guillaumeb Apr 2017 #2

Ah hahahahahahah. . .n/t annabanana Apr 2017 #3

Super funny Laf.La.Dem. Apr 2017 #10

Heres some audio for you. William769 Apr 2017 #20

He is hot....and he can sing Pachamama Apr 2017 #55

That debuted on July 4th 2016 on youtube. William769 Apr 2017 #58

I don't usually like country music, but I have to admit I like that song. Different Drummer Apr 2017 #63

It's not bad! Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #162

Besides being a 'gay country singer' is an oxymoron angstlessk Apr 2017 #4

My thought exactly LeftInTX Apr 2017 #19

Bwah! WinkyDink Apr 2017 #150

He's very handsome Beakybird Apr 2017 #5

OMG!!!! SpankMe Apr 2017 #6

LOL wryter2000 Apr 2017 #17

Love you comment. William769 Apr 2017 #23

For some reason I didn't notice that. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #32

. Squinch Apr 2017 #53

No, can't say I noticed that at all. grossproffit Apr 2017 #61

Love your reply! herding cats Apr 2017 #86

You win the thread. lapucelle Apr 2017 #103

Hmmmm..... Heartstrings Apr 2017 #123

LOL chia Apr 2017 #135

It's not demonstrating proper shower hygiene Jonny Appleseed Apr 2017 #7

I can't believe I laughed. JTFrog Apr 2017 #40

Offensive or is it - - Laf.La.Dem. Apr 2017 #8

He's gorgeous greymattermom Apr 2017 #9

oh, you'd be amazed Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #147

As a hetro female TNLib Apr 2017 #11

Pffft..I'm a hetero male and I'd blow that guy, just out of respect. Volaris Apr 2017 #125

LOL TNLib Apr 2017 #131

... Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #182

What was the site? melman Apr 2017 #12

How DARE you. nolabear Apr 2017 #13

I might be in a minority here, but this really does nothing for me, I'm female and this shot a kennedy Apr 2017 #14

Honestly, I kid, but I'm the same way. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #34

Me Three RobinA Apr 2017 #126

I don't seem to be offended. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #15

That's not my article. William769 Apr 2017 #24

Muscles like that make men/women look like insects. And the photo is not safe for work. KittyWampus Apr 2017 #16

so is his music crummy and he's compensating? msongs Apr 2017 #18

quite adequately it appears waddirum Apr 2017 #174

People go nuts over the SI swimsuit issue on many liberal sites. NewDealProgressive Apr 2017 #22

Yes melman Apr 2017 #25

Exactly. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #77

i hate to admit, i was afraid to comment because of fear of being labelled OMG YOU'RE A SEXIST steve2470 Apr 2017 #164

I know-I knew at the time from my PMs-- A lot of people were bullied into silence during that shit. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #165

"sitewide DEFCON 5 crisis" steve2470 Apr 2017 #166

I dont get it, either. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #167

totally agree nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #168

Ok, now I'm offended... cemaphonic Apr 2017 #179

You are, of course, correct. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #180

He wears underwear to take a shower??? greatauntoftriplets Apr 2017 #26

He's just cutting down on his laundry csziggy Apr 2017 #30

OMG! Thank you for making me laugh right out loud! skylucy Apr 2017 #36

If you've got that body, you're allowed to wear briefs. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #79

Those aren't actually underwear, technically. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #96

no, the gross part is he has streaks on the back side of his underwear snooper2 Apr 2017 #129

Silly, one of the many benefits of that "underwear" is, it doesn't HAVE a back side. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #163

I bet it would have been OK if it had been a woman. athena Apr 2017 #27

Exactly William769 Apr 2017 #28

Agreed. athena Apr 2017 #31

Bingo! nt JTFrog Apr 2017 #43

Oh, totally! Squinch Apr 2017 #51

No, it would have been alerted on. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #95

This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Apr 2017 #127

I dont see anyone disturbed here. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #76

There it is loyalsister Apr 2017 #108

Or, maybe people just like to look at sexy attractive people of the opposite or same gender Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #110

Why not an attractive image that isn't objectifying? loyalsister Apr 2017 #112

People are sexually attracted to other people, often based upon physical appearance. This isn't Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #113

Sex, sexuality, and sexualizing people into objects loyalsister Apr 2017 #117

You should take it up with the OP, then. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #119

using your logic, cultures that strictly censor images of sex and nudity should be less misogynistic Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #183

no, actually, it would have spawned a month-long outrage, and anyone who rec'ced this thread Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #171

idk Flaleftist Apr 2017 #29

I am past the age of being offended by that... Moostache Apr 2017 #33

I wish I could rec this post. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #184

Why would a liberal site find it offensive? Are they overrun with conservative trolls? AgadorSparticus Apr 2017 #35

DING DING DING DING DING DING Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #81

you nailed it steve2470 Apr 2017 #130

Wrong crowd to find that offensive- Boxerfan Apr 2017 #37

What was the cropped version? Squinch Apr 2017 #38

Whatever gets you through the night. DefenseLawyer Apr 2017 #39

I imagine many people can say "whatever gets you through the night" to racist speech as well. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #41

"Good men doing nothing" about someone deciding of his/her own free will to pose for a sexy picture? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #169

... Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #186

I suppose I could have stated that better. Iggo Apr 2017 #42

I wonder if you had cropped the pic at the navel if the same complaint would have occurred. LonePirate Apr 2017 #44

Except in my experience, at least on "progressive" sites, it's the same people who get upset. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #78

As George Takai would say..... dawnie51 Apr 2017 #45

The part that answers your own question is: UTUSN Apr 2017 #46

We're all adults, here. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #187

Gay country singer...that is NOT a job for the timid FDRsGhost Apr 2017 #47

As a Gay closeted Country music fan, I agree! William769 Apr 2017 #54

He looks like he works out mcar Apr 2017 #56

gee... ya think? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #98

Eye Candy!! lunatica Apr 2017 #57

Huh. OriginalGeek Apr 2017 #59

Nice shower head. grossproffit Apr 2017 #60

I see what you did there. WinkyDink Apr 2017 #151

Personally I don't find nudity offensive and... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #62

Seriously. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #80

Our puritanical roots run deep. I swear... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #99

Not me. I'm built just like that dude in the picture. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #100

Well... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #104

I don't see a problem here. smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #64

Not my thing, but I am not offended. NT Adrahil Apr 2017 #65

mine are larger Demonaut Apr 2017 #66

Mine too ornotna Apr 2017 #71

lol Demonaut Apr 2017 #93

That's not how you shower! Generic Brad Apr 2017 #67

thanks Bill ornotna Apr 2017 #70

I've always hated the term "sugar daddy" William769 Apr 2017 #72

... Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #116

We now know Steve Grand is circumcised. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #75

Please tell me you are kidding Coventina Apr 2017 #88

I wish I was. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #94

Unbelievably insensitive, to compare paid models to the victims of the Killing Fields. Coventina Apr 2017 #133

I have a friend who is a survivor of the killing fields. I interviewed him and survivors of three stevenleser Apr 2017 #145

Exactly. 3 women posing in bathing suits for a magazine isn't a "human rights atrocity" at all. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #148

A LITTLE WEIRD?!? A HERETIC I AM Apr 2017 #175

Hear ya. But at least the Moon Bombing was fun. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #181

When I searched for that Cambodian comment, betsuni Apr 2017 #156

There was a full month of multiple threads. Threads upon threads upon threads. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #157

Oh, I just thought that for the multiple times you referrenced it, you'd remember. betsuni Apr 2017 #158

... in the other post (#88) I said "fairly certain". Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #160

To play Devil's advocate - meadowlander Apr 2017 #83

If Pat Robertson says the beauty of the human body is a-okay why oasis Apr 2017 #84

Pat Robertson said that???? LeftInTX Apr 2017 #89

Pat said nude pix of Melinia Trump are "pure art". Surely he would oasis Apr 2017 #90

Oh Gawd, I thought it was Trump that said it LeftInTX Apr 2017 #91

Pat is so full of shit he's simply hard to take seriously enough to ridicule, if such a Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #111

Umm... Snopes... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #101

Yeah, that makes more sense. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #114

The thought of Pat Robertson being... 3catwoman3 Apr 2017 #134

Oh. My. Goodness. herding cats Apr 2017 #85

it's offensive because... 0rganism Apr 2017 #87

You can kind of see his peen, I guess. BlueStater Apr 2017 #92

uhmn my eyes were kinda drawn to the package but I'm sure that's my problem hahahaha luvMIdog Apr 2017 #107

I don't find that offensive at all Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #118

I suspect it was the animation that did you in, there, doc Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #120

Lol...i suppose you're right Warren... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #173

Because it's appeal is to both.... vi5 Apr 2017 #121

hummmm winetourdriver01 Apr 2017 #124

The same people offended by this were offended by the split-second revealing of Janet Jackson's..... steve2470 Apr 2017 #132

The most offensive thing that happened at the Super Bowl Halftime in the past 20 years? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #139

aw :) nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #141

Apparently this man is being "objectified" Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #140

Concealed carry. milestogo Apr 2017 #144

....... JHan Apr 2017 #153

It's the mother of all bananas. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #170

hahahahaha luvMIdog Apr 2017 #178

From the article: Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #146

I'm offended by the silliness of his HAVING CLOTHES ON IN THE SHOWER! ;-) He's actually not as WinkyDink Apr 2017 #149

He looks kind of like an overly buffed Jakob Dylan, to me. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #154

Because Mike Pence could NOT eat alone with that ad. VOX Apr 2017 #152

Mike Pence...alone...the ad.....The mind gags! WinkyDink Apr 2017 #155

Indeed. Sorry for the retch-worthy imagery! VOX Apr 2017 #161

well kcdoug1 Apr 2017 #159

Not really my type Warpy Apr 2017 #176

Nothing's as sexy as a brain, I agree. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #177

Oh baby lillypaddle Apr 2017 #191

So melman Apr 2017 #197

I'm still waiting for the flood of outraged, homoeroticism-traumatized dudebros we were promised Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #198

So what's the verdict, Bill? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #199