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Criticism of Netflix "Cuties" is now right wing, QANON, racist, sexist BS?

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1 hour ago, thelawlorfaithful said:

Hahaha dick. Well played

No. But this guy did. He’s got the sane view. The sane libertarian, conservative, progressive, qanon, and they’re turning the frogs gay view.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/if-cuties-disturbs-you-thats-good-what-are-you-going-do-about-it/%3foutputType=amp

What is the purpose of art? It can serve as moral instruction, pure entertainment or spectacle, but at its best, art holds up a mirror to the world and asks us to look at what we’ve made of it.

Consider “Cuties,” which has been described variously as a touching coming-of-age story and also kiddie porn unfit for decent society. It’s something in between: a movie intended to condemn the sexualization of children that tips over into doing the thing it deplores to its child stars. The people who are aghast at the very existence of “Cuties” should recognize that they aren’t its target audience. And the people who are praising “Cuties” should take a hard look in the mirror the film offers: You can’t lament the degradation of culture and its impact on children only when it’s convenient...

...Which is to say that I largely agree with Rod Dreher, who wrote that the movie “engages and demonstrates with great passion the very thing it purports to condemn.” What I disagree with are the people on social media and elsewhere who are condemning this movie as “kiddie porn” (it isn’t, as squicky as it is) or prurient for prurience’s sake.

Critics and commentators convinced this is nothing more than QAnon-inflected panic-mongering should get out of their bubble: Folks are right to be concerned about the sexualization of children even in the service of condemning such sexualization. Conservatives sitting there screaming “We don’t need to be shown that pop culture and pornography are bad, everyone knows it’s bad” should consider that they’re not the target audience: Some people do need a reminder.

But for this movie to work as critique, those who have championed “Cuties” need to ask what we have to do as a society to ensure our children don’t feel pressured to act this way. Did you, dear reader, celebrate the raunchy vulgarity of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” or dismiss criticism of it as fuddy-duddiness? Have you shrugged away the fact that Kim Kardashian made the leap from sex tape to mogul? Do you think it’s okay to celebrate little kids partaking in drag shows where grown-ups throw dollars bills at them?

Have you considered that you have helped create the world that “Cuties” is critiquing?

I'm down with this critique. I think. I don't know. I still haven't seen this thing, and I don't think I want to. 

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I’ve debated watching this movie and I’ve decided against it.  I’ve seen a few pictures of some of the things the girls do on Twitter and if they were posted on this board you’d be banned immediately.  

thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater

 

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4 hours ago, smltwnrckr said:

 

4 hours ago, halfmanhalfbronco said:

 

That's not sane.  There are a lot of insane libertarians.  This guy is one.

 

4 hours ago, smltwnrckr said:

If you think Jacob Sullum is one of the insane libertarians, I don't know what to tell you. 

 

4 hours ago, halfmanhalfbronco said:

His take here is insane.

 

4 hours ago, smltwnrckr said:

No, no it's not. 

 

4 hours ago, halfmanhalfbronco said:

Yes, yes it is.

And this is a perfect example of why the Libertarian party has never and will never amount any serious challenge in American politics. They can never agree on where or even if any lines should be drawn. 

Libertarianism is nothing more than message board idealism. 

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11 minutes ago, mugtang said:

I’ve debated watching this movie and I’ve decided against it.  I’ve seen a few pictures of some of the things the girls do on Twitter and if they were posted on this board you’d be banned immediately.  

I'd rather watch the film of my colonoscopy.

 

 

People, not a fan.

 

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5 minutes ago, mugtang said:

I’ve debated watching this movie and I’ve decided against it.  I’ve seen a few pictures of some of the things the girls do on Twitter and if they were posted on this board you’d be banned immediately.  

If you’re seeing the trailer highlights, it gets even worse than that. It really does look like they were targeting the pedophile market for this one. It’s disturbing that some non-pedophile’s don’t have a problem with it, and that should scare the crap out of them. 

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21 minutes ago, azgreg said:

I'd rather watch the film of my colonoscopy.

 

 

Funny story about that.  I had a colonoscopy a couple of years ago and when they took me into the room I saw the camera. I asked what it was and the nurse told me it was the camera.  My response was “oh it’s not as big as I thought it would be” at which point my doctor, who was a stereotypical Asian doctor (always serious but super intelligent) started busting up laughing. 

thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater

 

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6 minutes ago, mugtang said:

Funny story about that.  I had a colonoscopy a couple of years ago and when they took me into the room I saw the camera. I asked what it was and the nurse told me it was the camera.  My response was “oh it’s not as big as I thought it would be” at which point my doctor, who was a stereotypical Asian doctor (always serious but super intelligent) started busting up laughing. 

Did you get a friend request on Facebook from your doctor afterwards like I did?

 

People, not a fan.

 

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34 minutes ago, azgreg said:

Did you get a friend request on Facebook from your doctor afterwards like I did?

 

No, thank god.  That’s weird AF. 

thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater

 

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1 hour ago, renoskier said:

 

 

 

 

 

And this is a perfect example of why the Libertarian party has never and will never amount any serious challenge in American politics. They can never agree on where or even if any lines should be drawn. 

Libertarianism is nothing more than message board idealism. 

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2 hours ago, Nevada Convert said:

That’s what it is. It’s comical that you’re concerned about my more reserved words compared to what the rappers say about them & treat them in music videos and lyrics. You’re not concerned with that at all. 😂😂😂😂😂

Who said that I wasn't concerned? Well, other than you anyway, since you make shit up about me with great regularity.

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4 hours ago, Los_Aztecas said:

Just saying! :D

Dude, it's a thread about cooking during COVID. And for me the joy is in using shit I've grown or sourced on my own property, as there is a psychological aspect of self-reliance that is both cathartic and reassuring during the pandemic and all the uncertainty that has unfolded in its wake.

If you see that as the same as broad-spamming selfies with a f*cking spiced pumpkin something something, that's on you, not me.

Just sayin'.

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3 hours ago, renoskier said:

 

 

 

 

 

And this is a perfect example of why the Libertarian party has never and will never amount any serious challenge in American politics. They can never agree on where or even if any lines should be drawn. 

Libertarianism is nothing more than message board idealism. 

No. The LP can't get traction because of a paradox of libertarian national politics. Smart libertarians tend to go into law, economics, business etc instead of being active in a political party for a reason. That's not a knock of seeking office. It's just a reality. 

Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention.

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