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by clipsy 3y ago
> Being forced to work against your will at Mcdonalds sucks* being forced to have sex against your will is rape. No, being forced to work against your will at McDonald's is slavery. > I also don't have a source but would you
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by clipsy 3y ago
Next time you should just let us know you're a piece of shit right at the outset; that way no one will need to waste their time replying to you.
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by clipsy 3y ago
> women—who bear the lion’s share of the cost of prostitution Prostitutes bear the lion's share of the cost of prostitution.
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by clipsy 3y ago
I don't, just like with the McDonald's cashier. Do you think both of these jobs should be banned? That neither of them should be banned? Or that one should be legal and the other banned? Please explain why.
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> We have a great study on this [1]. Decriminalization makes sex trafficking WORSE - full stop. Prostitution means more sex trafficking happens, and crackdowns on prostitution successfully reduce sex trafficking too. From the article[0]
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by clipsy 3y ago
> How would you know consent was given by a sex worker? How would you know consent was given by a McDonald's cashier?
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by clipsy 3y ago
I know plenty of people who feel exploited by their (non-sex-)work, ranging from manual labor to retail to trades to high paying white collar jobs. Shall we ban all of that as well?
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by clipsy 3y ago
> Reminder, Twitter (now X) is a privately owned company. Comments like "How does anyone in our government allow this nonsense?" are answered by the simple statement that the First Amendment allows companies like Twitter (X) to
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by clipsy 3y ago
"The story is cantered around the Sneetches, a group of yellow bird-like creatures. Some Sneetches have a star on their belly, thus making them special. The Sneetches without a star are discriminated against. Sylvester McMonkey McBean
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by clipsy 3y ago
> people Who?
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by clipsy 3y ago
You don't need to wait to find out any of this, the reports are readily available.[0] I suspect I can guess what your opinion will be. [0]: https://counterhate.com/topic/twitter/
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by clipsy 3y ago
> In the 1940s and 50s we used to build more great universities Which ones?
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by clipsy 3y ago
> What my link is meant to show is that even if such a law is introduced, chances are it'll be overturned. And my point is that that is a quite recent phenomenon in historical terms and should not be viewed as anything resembling a
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by clipsy 3y ago
Your own link underscores exactly how easily this sort of behavior can be outlawed; as recently as 1989 a flagrantly unconstitutional bill was passed banning flag burning and as recently as 2006 the house supported a constitutional amend
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by clipsy 3y ago
It is certainly noticeable how many of the countries oh-so-concerned with protecting a book happen to have atrocious records on actual human rights.
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by clipsy 3y ago
Well, I'm not an Imam (nor a Muslim, for that matter), so all I can do is parrot what they'd (and you'd) find by spending even less time on a simple Google search. But I suppose if you're demanding an answer from me, I&#
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by clipsy 3y ago
They probably could have started by spending 5 minutes to consult an Imam.
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by clipsy 3y ago
I suppose "destroy the open web to get promoted at Google" is technically a principle.
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by clipsy 3y ago
> Right and he wrote a whole book on it and cited facts with multiple papers backing up his claims. > And ask yourself this - how is it that that book is still sold if it’s all bullshit? Give me an hour on Amazon and I could find doze
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by clipsy 3y ago
> She ripped up a photo of a pope, who...hadn't abused any children. Ah, I guess "just" knowingly covering for repeat child molesters is no big deal. Thanks for clarifying your position.
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by clipsy 3y ago
On some level I'm inclined to agree, but there is a point to be made here that sufficiently large targets are attacked virtually 24/7 and reporting all of those may result in burying legitimate threats in the noise.
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by clipsy 3y ago
And yet Democratic state governments have been legalizing cannabis left and right and none of them seem to lose whatever the ""civil liberties" voting bloc" is, curious!
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by clipsy 3y ago
Not to mention that only a few short decades ago homosexuals had to meticulously hide their sexuality and any of their relationships for fear of getting fired simply because of who they were (and, before that, imprisoned!). And countless ot
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by clipsy 3y ago
"the poor woman's fit of pique" -- are you defending the Catholic church's history of rampant child abuse, or do you think there is perhaps a less dismissive and condescending way to phrase this?
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Just because it was decided a long time ago doesn't mean school administrators have stopped being petty authoritarians. The school district I was attending at the time tried to push mandatory recital of the pledge every morning and aft
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Truly amazing that we’ve reached the point where Elon stans will defend posting CSAM rather than admit their cult leader is wrong.
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by clipsy 3y ago
> Ask yourself a simple question - do you really know what RFK Jr stands for, or are you basing your comment on the headlines designed to silence him? I’m basing my opinion of him on the way he routinely spouts gibbering nonsense, the me
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by clipsy 3y ago
Sounds like a wonderful idea, perhaps next he can declare that he'll pick Bernie Madoff to lead the IRS and John Hinckley Jr. to lead the Secret Service.
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by clipsy 3y ago
Transmen certainly face poor treatment at the hands of the right as well, but in my (admittedly second-hand) experience it is qualitatively different than that leveled at cisgender women.
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by clipsy 3y ago
Sounds pretty benign in comparison to many accusations the cultural right routinely levels at women.

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