Can we stop it with this "Would you like your mom/sister/daughter/friend to be a

[tuolumnejim]

Lots of DUmmie to DUmmie slappings going on here. 

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AspieGrrl  (1000+ posts)      Mon Apr-28-08 10:40 PM
Original message
Can we stop it with this "Would you like your mom/sister/daughter/friend to be a prostitute?" crap?
 Edited on Mon Apr-28-08 10:58 PM by AspieGrrl
It's. Not. A. Valid. Argument.

Aside from the obvious fact that nobody wants to imagine their relatives having any kind of sex, do you really expect people do be that judgemental? Yes, people want their friends and relatives to be safe and happy. And sex workers can do that. And are people really that interested in placing value judgements on the sexual activities of their friends and family? As progressives, I should hope not.

I just had a friend "come out" to me as a sex worker. (She is considerably older than me, if that's what you were thinking). And you know what? I want her to stay safe and be fulfilled, and I believe she is. It's her business, and it doesn't make me think any less of her. I respect and support her just the same.

(This is not directed at anyone specifically on here. Just the sentiment in general. I felt like ranting a bit.)

(edited to fix something which wasn't worded in the best way)

 

And here's the DUmmie fight.

Bunny  (1000+ posts)       Mon Apr-28-08 10:51 PM
Response to Original message
6. Well, I can say with absolute certainty that I do not want my mother, sister, or daughters to be 
 prostitutes. I have no problems placing what you call 'value judgements' on their sex lives, and I won't make any apologies for that, because I don't see prostitution as a "sex life".

And, I'm as progressive as anyone on this board,so that's. not. a. valid. argument.

Taverner  (1000+ posts)       Mon Apr-28-08 10:54 PM
Response to Reply #6
8. BS
 You're telling others what they can and cannot do with their bodies.

That. Is. Not. Progressive.

That's fascist.
 

 

Bunny  (1000+ posts)       Mon Apr-28-08 11:00 PM
Response to Reply #8
12. Well, BS right back atcha. I'm not telling anybody what they can and cannot do.
 Edited on Mon Apr-28-08 11:04 PM by Bunny
Please re-read the OP, and the question asked. That's. Called. Reading. Comprehension.

ETA - sorry, you can't re-read the OP - she changed the wording.

Threedifferentones (405 posts)      Wed Apr-30-08 02:09 PM
Response to Reply #6
44. lol you offer no evidence that prostitution is bad
 Edited on Wed Apr-30-08 02:11 PM by Threedifferentones
Just feelings. Eeeeeewww prostitution! I'd never let me sister be a WHORE is what I hear from you. I'm still progressive though, even if I am reactionary! Erm, well, no, you're not .

Bunny  (1000+ posts)       Wed Apr-30-08 03:40 PM
Response to Reply #44
46. Well, evidence wasn't being asked for. If you read the OP you'd know that.
 Secondly, there's only two people I can "let" do anything, and those are my minor daughters. But once again, that wasn't the question being asked, now was it?

My, my. The dismal reading comprehension of so many self-proclaimed progressives around here is downright scary.

Midlodemocrat  (1000+ posts)       Wed Apr-30-08 04:11 PM
Response to Reply #6
49. I can say with absolute certainty that I do not want my daughters OR my son
 to be a prostitute. And, I am as progressive as anyone on this board as well.
 

Bunny  (1000+ posts)       Wed Apr-30-08 06:45 PM
Response to Reply #49
55. Now tsk tsk, Midlo. You're just another judgmental, fascist jerk.
 Welcome to the club!

Honestly, the opinions around here just get weirder each day, don't they? 

And last but not least the DUmmie decribes the sex life of a DUmmie when he gets his SDI check. 

Midlodemocrat  (1000+ posts)       Wed Apr-30-08 07:26 PM
Response to Reply #55
56. They sure do. 
 I can't imagine NOT being upset if my child picked that line of work. First of all, it's not safe. Secondly, it's degrading. I don't care how you slice the whole 'free' choice thing, giving oral sex to a 50yo man who hasn't bathed in days and can't get laid without paying for it is degrading.
 

[franksolich]

The rabbit primitive is right; opinions are getting weirder and weirder on Skins's island lately.

I mean, the primitive opinions used to be weird anyway, but now they're getting even weirder.

Usually, when primitives subconsciously sense some sort of impending disaster--it's subconscious; they know it's coming, but they can't articulate what it is that's coming--they start getting weird.

Something's coming down.

[BlueStateSaint]

It sounds as if Midlodemocrat has first-hand knowledge of this phenomena . . . 

[jukin]

The rabbit primitive is right; opinions are getting weirder and weirder on Skins's island lately.

I mean, the primitive opinions used to be weird anyway, but now they're getting even weirder.

Usually, when primitives subconsciously sense some sort of impending disaster--it's subconscious; they know it's coming, but they can't articulate what it is that's coming--they start getting weird.

Something's coming down.

It's a Republican President and Senate Majority.

[Dixie*Darling]

NA NA!
I'm more progressive than you are!
 

  Idiots.

[Airwolf]

Ohhhh the irony.

[Mr Mannn]

I just had a friend "come out" to me as a sex worker.

Translation, she made him pay her $50 bucks.

The way this loser is defending prostitution, its obvious: Paying cash up front is the only way he gets laid.
He really ought to move to Europe. His life is wasted here.

[JohnnyReb]

So, people should be allowed to do what they want with their bodies, huh?

Good, I'm going to have a ciggy now.............and............um...........puff. ...and unlike the pants dropper, I'm gonna inhale.

[Carl]

Once again proving that liberalism is appealing to the lowest common denominator of humanity.

[delilahmused]

You know I was pretty much a wild child in my teens and early adulthood (thank God I met a man who was older and much wiser than I) but prostitution seems SO desperate for both sides. AIDS wasn't even that wide-spread when I was younger but I was living near San Francisco when it became a big deal and I lost 6 friends in less than two years...it was devastating. I know it's part of the liberal mentality to not "judge" anything but I never want to watch someone I love (especially a family member) waste away like that again. You'd think they'd consider things like that. Spreading one's legs for anything that moves these days can be a death sentence.

Cindie

[BlueStateSaint]

Spreading one's legs for anything that moves these days can be a death sentence.

And most DUmb****s don't want to die, but they'd rather chance it to keep spreading their legs.

[Red October]

I have all the respect in the world for hookers.  They keep DUmmies away from clean, decent women.  It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it!

[Red October]

Aside from the obvious fact that nobody wants to imagine their relatives having any kind of sex, do you really expect people do be that judgemental? Yes, people want their friends and relatives to be safe and happy. And sex workers can do that. And are people really that interested in placing value judgements on the sexual activities of their friends and family? As progressives, I should hope not.

This is an illegitamate analogy.  Just because no one thinks about the sex lives of friends and family doesn't mean people aren't aware of and are comfortable with the fact they have a sex life.  When sisters, daughters, friends, etc. get married and have children, it doesn't bother you to know they're having sex.  Not wanting to imagine them having sex is not the same as not respecting their private lives.

[Splashdown]

There are many "conservatives" who buy into exactly that way of thinking; that there's nothing wrong with prostitution.

[USA4ME]

This "you can't judge people based upon the decisions they made in life" secular humanist junk is a bunch of crap.  These fools continue to be their own worst enemies.

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[DixieBelle]

That's funny, I don't remember the "be a whore and see the world booth" at Career Day.