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[-] [email protected] 199 points 2 years ago

Wasn't Play Boy rather progressive at all times? What's the broken clock?

I really hate peoples' misconstruing of attraction with objectification. The presence of nudity doesn't make something bad, exploitative, or wrong. The presence of someone attractive does not mean that is the entire point.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago

Good lord no, playboy was always super misogynistic. Hugh Hefner was MASSIVELY problematic lol.

[-] [email protected] 126 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I won't defend Hefner, but the articles genuinely were (and are) as far to the left as you'll see in any widely circulated publication. Being associated with porn gave them cover to write whatever they wanted.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago

Penn Jillette was a writer for playboy, and Margret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, Roald Dahl

Like tons of famous autrhors.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Don’t forget your favorite kids poet, Shel Silverstein

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Thanks, I knew I was forgetting one, my wife actually told me most of the list and I think she said him too.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Ok, but Penn Jillette is a libertarian.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Sure, but that means on social issues (like the trans rights) he is very "progressive".

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

He is, but that’s rare for libertarians. They tend to be conservatives who like weed

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

You clearly haven't read the platform of the Libertarian party. It's all about individual freedom, and it's a good platform.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I love individual freedom in general. But in my experience they tend to not be the most genuine about their beliefs in it. And I support ideas that they definitely dislike like taxation, collective action, business regulation, and Keynesian economic policy. Also I’ve struggled to take them seriously in part due to Gary Johnson being their most reasonable candidate.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I voted for Gary as he was the best candidate who ran that year. Too bad he didn't win, we would be in far better shape as a nation.

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