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Sick and very concerning. Sounds like he's trying to justify that deep down emotionally he enjoyed it. Sorry Dawkins that does not make it right. Seek help.
Sure, as long as that freedom is used to express liberal opinions. Use it to say things liberals don't like, and they'll try to shut you down. Not just disagree with you, but try to prevent you from speaking at all. Fairness doctrine, speech codes, hate speech laws, protesting conservative speakers, boycotts, IRS targeting, smear campaigns and petitions against Fox News, etc.
What BS. The right, or the GOP, is every bit 100% as invasive and intrusive into the private lives of citizens as the Democrats, and just as prone to censorship, etc.
Anyone who doesn't see this or won't acknowledge it is simply a myopic, hypocritical partisan hack imbecile.
Unless you've experienced it, you really have no idea what it can do to you. Richard Dawkins may not think being fondled is a big deal, but trust me...it is. It's a VERY BIG deal for those of us who have experienced it. It's devastating and life-changing. It follows you around for the rest of your life. You never forget it. You wonder who you can tell about it and who to keep it secret from. You don't want to tell everyone, but you want people close to you to know about your past. Sometimes you share it, and peoples' reactions are shocking and disappointing.
It's a big deal, and Richard Dawkins needs to ****.
The point is that the left only supports freedom when it likes the freedom. Leftists are perfectly willing to restrict freedoms they don't like.
Personally I don't have a problem with porn, even though may social conservatives do. I'm not a social conservative. But then again, I also don't have a problem with handguns even though I don't own one. Whereas the liberal will say if you don't like porn then don't watch it, they will be perfectly willing to turn around and ban handguns. And yes handguns can be used to shoot people so they affect more than the person owning them. But then porn does the same thing - even if someone chooses not to look at porn themselves, they will still be living in a community where people around them do and thus will be forced to live with the effects. Porn shops aren't known for making a lovely area of town.
No, you posted some article on porn, free condoms & kids in a thread about a Brit talking about pedophilia. Where is the connection?
“I am very conscious that you can’t condemn people of an earlier era by the standards of ours. Just as we don’t look back at the 18th and 19th centuries and condemn people for racism in the same way as we would condemn a modern person for racism, I look back a few decades to my childhood and see things like caning, like mild pedophilia, and can’t find it in me to condemn it by the same standards as I or anyone would today,”
Please look at the entire context of his comment, rather than just a cherry-picked section.
The comment I have an issue with is in reference to the school master and his fellow classmates: “I don’t think he did any of us lasting harm.” Dawkins can certainly speak for his personal experience, but he should not be guessing at what lasting harm his fellow classmates may have endured.
The Left will soon be pushing for legalized "mild pedophilia" then full blown pedo. BABY STEPS PEOPLE...BABY STEPS.. It's called "nudge".
We see it today with teachers and a school board member defending a peer who sexually molested a student for 3 years and asking that he be given a lenient sentence because he's not such a bad guy after all.
The Left will soon be pushing for legalized "mild pedophilia" then full blown pedo. BABY STEPS PEOPLE...BABY STEPS.. It's called "nudge".
BS. As a leftie, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and someone who supports severe punishment and LONG prison sentences for pedophiles, I find your comment disgusting and insulting.
Why is anyone surprised by Dawkins on this? Most religions provide some basic moral foundation. Dawkins cannot make claim to a moral foundation other than one of his own invention. That is the beauty of Atheism, you get to be your own god, make your own rules and complain about the rules of others who adhere to some structured religion that has a set of standards even if some are "odd" (to be kind).
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