Reply #68: Actually, impeachdubya, a lotta people in the religious right are big porn users

[mrreowwr_kittty]

http://religionnews.com/press02/PR101407A.html

The 'chumming up' seems to be going on all around, doesn't it?

That said, I'm really tired of being accused of aligning myself with a movement (religious fundamentalism) that I find abhorrent and I'm asking you to please stop doing it. Yes, some conservatives avail themselves of language of feminism to go after porn, to try and criminalize it. That is their goal, not mine. They hate porn because they hate sex and they don't trust themselves. I dislike most mainstream porn because I hate the way it perpetuates stereotypes and presents a narrow, limited view of sexuality and sexual expression.

To me, porn is the Fox News of sex. I don't wish to shut down Fox News but I will call them on their lies and distortions and I believe that people should have alternatives to the Fox network for their news. I think most people on DU would agree with that and no one would be accused of trying to censor Fox News, or the news in general for saying that. The Right has co-opted and distorted patriotism, the family, populism, civil liberties, and numerous other social and democratic ideals. I don't see anyone who believes strongly in the true meaning of those ideals being told to shut up by other progressives because of it, with the exception of feminists who are critical of pornography.