tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post5595414376618830473..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: Sure Hold Franken To Account Just Make Any Punishment Proportional To The ChargesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-39335554162935725932017-11-17T10:45:29.919-05:002017-11-17T10:45:29.919-05:00The one and only time I was in a school play the t...The one and only time I was in a school play the teacher-director, told me I had to pick up a girl who "fainted" and she was bigger than I was, it was extremely awkward when we rehearsed it, she didn't take offense as to where my hands ended up though she well could have. Eventually, when I almost dropped her the director give up on her inspired blocking and I, by that time, resolved never to have anything to do with acting, ever again. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-46631094642194164602017-11-17T10:31:40.628-05:002017-11-17T10:31:40.628-05:00Yeah, I find this very perplexing. Women are supp...Yeah, I find this very perplexing. Women are supposed to be "allowed" to be "sexual beings," but then cry "Rape!" whenever it suits them, or criticize movies/tv shows/books that depict sex because it is objectifying (usually it is), but don't dare depict women as not interested in sex because that's demeaning and inappropriate, but don't dare depict sex because that's the "male gaze," but don't leave sex out, because women are sexual beings, but don't look at women, because that's harassment, but....<br /><br />I sound like a Trump supporter or someone whining about "political correctness," but the extreme puritanism of the postures is bewildering. As you say, Franken perhaps took liberties; then again, any act of kissing that is part of a performance is necessarily an uncomfortable situation. Who doesn't remember how awkward it was in high school plays, where the whole school would talk about a kissing scene if there ever was one? We see it on screen constantly, so we're not supposed to think much of it, except we should, but does context matter? The photograph is juvenile, but if we're going to ban everyone from public life who was juvenile at one time or another (Franken wasn't that young in 2006), who's going to be left? Mike Pence?<br /><br />Spare me.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-58173335088467147182017-11-17T08:59:32.399-05:002017-11-17T08:59:32.399-05:00I hadn't paid much attention to Stern's bi...I hadn't paid much attention to Stern's bio or other pieces before this, I generally try to find out more about where someone I disagree with is coming from when I'm going to write about them. <br /><br />Especially among young journalists there is an odd concept of unforgivable sin and eternal damnation on matters dealing with sex which is bizarre in that it comes exactly at the same time when they also want there to be no rules - things like adults who consent to have sex while they're drunk getting to decide, days, years later that they were "raped" along side with a "right" to get sloshed and pick up strangers in bars. <br /><br />I have to say that his article last week in which he wrote about his justifiable fear as a gay, Jewish, journalist in the Trumpzi America, there is something I've been noticing a lot lately which may lead to something which I'm sure is gong to be a very controversial post. Maybe as soon as later today. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-7800105245105957182017-11-17T07:54:40.005-05:002017-11-17T07:54:40.005-05:00"Does Stern want a justice system, a concept ..."Does Stern want a justice system, a concept of ethics that doesn't include the ability of someone to change their life for the better and to acknowledge that?" <br /><br />Yes, he does. Let the purge begin!Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com