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In reply to the discussion: "They pleasured themselves to death" [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)8. I simply can't take anyone seriously who puts scare quotes around "free speech"
or clearly has to grind their teeth angrily while uttering the phrase.
I'm like, excuse me. I had relatives die in Buchenwald. So sure, tell me this is some abstract intellectual exercise. Because I can manage to get those words out around Nazis marching in Skokie, and even manage to donate to the ACLU in the process. Why? Because I lurrrrv Nazis? No. Because I understand that the 1st Amendement and Free Speech - no scare quotes, even - is a far more potent weapon against Nazi shitheadism than any bans or censorship could ever be.
Someone wants to have a fit because they can't put a stop to films of "physically aggressive acts" such as blowjobs?
Give me a break.
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You mean another anti-porn "scientist" is actually shilling for the Religious Right?
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#3
Same "lady" claims women who watch porn are more likely to be raped (slut shamer)
Major Nikon
Nov 2013
#6
I simply can't take anyone seriously who puts scare quotes around "free speech"
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#8
Okay, so.. you're a smart guy. Is it just me? Look at this definition:
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#10
Remember that the people making these determinations are all fervent anti-pornographers
Major Nikon
Nov 2013
#11
I seem to remember reading somewhere that Gail Dines's anti-porn work is the only thing that
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#12
I admit, i have similar worries about people who push the button obsessively
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2014
#23
It was still a brilliant piece of marketing that died way too soon! n/t
the_working_poor
Mar 2014
#27