Tag: bullshit
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GOP Platform Names Porn a “Public Health Crisis”
So, the Republican Party’s platform for this election cycle has been hashed out this week, and it turns out that, as Esquire succinctly put it: Porn is a problem. Guns are not. To whit, the new platform has named porn a “public health crisis.” A crisis, my friends.
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La-La-La-Links-de-Yay
(I’m assuming you know you’re supposed to sing the title of this post to the tune of Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Yay. If not… well… do that.) Anyway, guys, lots of stuff to report and not much time for reporting it! Here goes: 1) The 8th Circuit federal appeals court just upheld a law in South Dakota requiring abortion…
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Naomi Wolf Annoys Me Again
Oh, Naomi. We are gonna just keep doing this, aren’t we? Ah, well, why not? After all, every superhero needs a supervillain in order to really thrive. I’m not sure, in this situation, which one is which, but we’re surely diametrically opposed, and I know I’m super, so we may as well get some cool…
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Logical Fallacy #2 (Ok Maybe Not a Fallacy, but Still Bad Writing)
More on Naomi Wolf’s ridiculous “Is pornography driving men crazy?” article, which has now been reposted on HuffPo. Thank goodness, the commenters there are taking her to the cleaners for her myopic writing. I’d like to keep taking her there. Ahem: “Given the desensitisation effect on most male subjects, researchers found that they quickly required…
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Logical Fallacy #1
Ok, Naomi Wolf. Let’s discuss some of this theory you’re working with over on Al Jazeera. One thing at a time. There are so many issues I see in what you wrote about how porn may be “driving men crazy” that I’ll take it nice and slow. Ease into it, like a man eases into…
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Oooooooh This Makes Me Mad
A not-very-thought-provoking read on Al Jazeera (to their credit–in the Opinions section–by Naomi Wolf: “Is pornography driving men crazy?” An interesting title, actually, because she doesn’t really talk about what she means by “crazy” in the first place. I think “crazy” here might be retranslated to “those who willingly watches pornography.” I’m frankly hoping someone…
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Don’t Take Porn Lying Down (hehehe) NY Magazine!
I’m going to do a quick and dirty response to this week’s issue of NY Magazine here, so once again, folks, if you haven’t read it: do so. Now. Click on that link. It’s fascinating stuff. I’m excited to say that the magazine’s coverage of porn–from its online pioneers to its effect on the male…