14 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I came across this clip on YouTube of Noam Chomsky discussing pornography. It’s refreshing to hear his thoughts, given how many people on the left (including too many so-called feminists) frame pornography as a “choice” issue – i.e., if a woman “chooses” to be humiliated and abused, then it’s an empowering act, even feminist.  Oh – and if anyone (like me) comments on that “choice” as being a bad one, then I’m judgmental, slut-shaming and no better than a right-wing Christian fundamentalist. This bastardization of the word “choice” by so many on the left really upsets me.  It certainly doesn’t benefit women, but it sure does beneift the porn overlords profiting off women’s degradation.  Anyway, it’s nice to hear Chomsky cut through all these ridiculous arguments. It’s only three minutes long, but worth watching.

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1. Ken Says:

   July 16th, 2009 at 12:00 am

   I hate to paraphrase Hermann Goering, especially when he’s mistranslated, but whenever I hear the word empowerment, that’s when I reach for my revolver.