I hardly ever so much as acknowledge politics, but lately.. just, gah! A democratic representative from Chicago recently told an Atheist "It's dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists." According to the Chicago Tribune, Davis launched into a diatribe against atheists, asserting that atheists did not have a right to present testimony to the legislature.
atheists did not have a right to present testimony WHAT? That's not okay. I can't even go into how absolutely furious that statement made me.
That's the most major of things, but now I'm reading that people want ED treatment ads banned between the hours of 6am and 10pm. Reasoning: "...sometimes, when you're watching TV with young kids, you really don't want to answer questions about erectile dysfunction." Okay, so in order to avoid awkward-to-answer questions from our children, we're now going to shelter them from topics we view as sensitive? What's so bad about sex anyway? Necessary to create those children you're shielding, and they'll be having it themselves at some point, probably more recreationally than these parents want. And they'll be doing it uneducated, because we can't answer questions about what it means when a man's penis doesn't work right. Normally, article like this, big deal. But on the accompanying poll, 79% said they agreed. Fuck. And the bill to ban them? Introduced by Democrat Jim Moran.
Lastly, I read an article about Hugh Hefner selecting an African playmate of the year. She's pretty, but the blurb is pretty dull. And then, down at the bottom, another poll:
Do you read Playboy magazine?
Yes, are you kidding me?
No, it's very degrading.
These are my only options? I don't read Playboy magazine because the models look plastic, the poses seem contrived and awkward, and the articles read like they're written by some good ole boy prick still living in the '70s. And yes, I read more than 3 pages before I made this determination. I didn't glance at the pictures and make a snap judgement. I subscribed for a whole (underwhelming) year. Fucking degrading. You know why beautiful women are objectified? Because sex is wrong and being sexy is unacceptable. Men (and some women) aren't about to give it up though, so it'll come from somewhere. I truly think better sex education (and I don't mean the fucking video they showed me in fourth grade) would result in better (and, dare I say, woman-friendly?) porn.
What the fuck happened?
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