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In reply to the discussion: WTF! BDSM in the RCMP? ITEOTWAWKI! [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)18. I promised a bit of a breakdown on the original article, scare quotes and all, so here goes Part I:
http://feministcurrent.com/5600/private-fantasy-public-reality-the-rcmp-bdsm-and-violence-against-women/
Here's the "ridiculous" response from the RCMP, that the 2nd Wave Patriarchy-Battlers have such a problem with:
was deemed to be adult consensual activity during which the implicated officer was not representing himself as a member of the RCMP, thus it did not meet the threshold for a code of conduct investigation
Um, okay, that really sounds like case closed, to me.
Did the behavior interfere with the guy's performance of his job? No evidence it did.
Was the behavior legal and between consenting adults? It was.
Was the behavior icky or questionable or potentially upsetting to some people given the fact that this guy had been involved in investigating serial killers, even though serial killing and consensual legal BDSM between adults are two completely different things? Yeah. So, okay, maybe the RCMP need to include a morals clause in their employment contract, but folks eager to do that need to remember that historically, the FIRST people who are going to be targeted when employers start going after consensual adult behavior outside of the confines of work, are going to be gays and lesbians.
Okay, Gotta Go right now, but I'll do a part II later.
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I may get into it in depth later, if I feel so inclined, but the piece itself really reads like a
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#4
Odd how, in my porn-addled male gaze objectifying misogyny, I forgot to not take her seriously
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#20
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lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2012
#21
Apparently, the idea that the ever-expanding list of people who've been blocked from that group
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#17
Yep. There are a whole long list of happy, unapologetic porn people who fuck up the narrative.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#26
Once again the radical left and radical right are indistinguishable from each other
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#9
I promised a bit of a breakdown on the original article, scare quotes and all, so here goes Part I:
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2012
#18