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Warren DeMontague

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18. I promised a bit of a breakdown on the original article, scare quotes and all, so here goes Part I:
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 04:28 PM
Jul 2012

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.
WTF! BDSM in the RCMP? ITEOTWAWKI! [View all] Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 OP
So what is the official position on BDSM? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #1
Sherlock Holmes would not approve. Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #2
In all seriousness, I read the essay posted ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #3
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
That brings up a good point.. Upton Jul 2012 #7
wait... what did I miss?? opiate69 Jul 2012 #5
This Major Nikon Jul 2012 #10
Thanks, Major.... opiate69 Jul 2012 #11
I have a simple suggestion for that Major Nikon Jul 2012 #12
They took care of that discrepancy 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #13
Another thing I've noticed Major Nikon Jul 2012 #15
Yep yep yep... opiate69 Jul 2012 #16
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #31
lmao! exactly! opiate69 Jul 2012 #32
Here's an "even more super sexxxy picture of a woman" in her honor. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #19
Odd how, in my porn-addled male gaze objectifying misogyny, I forgot to not take her seriously Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #20
"want to talk about people who can frame the economic arguments better, there's your go-to person" lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #21
Sounds like "nice guy" talk, Warren ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #22
Please, please! Allow me to mansplain! Er, sorry, explain! Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #25
Seems simple enough.... opiate69 Jul 2012 #14
Apparently, the idea that the ever-expanding list of people who've been blocked from that group Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #17
Here's my offering ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #24
Yep. There are a whole long list of happy, unapologetic porn people who fuck up the narrative. Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #26
speaking of Nina Hartley.. opiate69 Jul 2012 #33
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #36
Very confused.... opiate69 Jul 2012 #39
not very well lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Upton Jul 2012 #6
Targeted for being kinky.. Upton Jul 2012 #8
No, they are all "victims" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #23
reply loli phabay Jul 2012 #37
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
Part II: Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #27
And, now, for the armchair psychoanalysis bit: Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #28
Very well stated, Warren. opiate69 Jul 2012 #29
It kind of reminds me of the way many closeted fundamentalists 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #30
musta hit a nerve. Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #34
Cognitive dissonance leads to denial and projection. hifiguy Jul 2012 #38
It doesn`t surprise me that this happened in Vancouver opiate69 Jul 2012 #35
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