Kwame Political Porno
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Anyone who spends enough time on-line is likely to encounter some pornography from time to time. Statistics would indicate that several million people actually seek it out on a regular basis.
So lets say someone like myself-- not me certainly but someone like me -- happens upon a website like...oh...YouPorn for instance and someone has some natural curiosity and decides to" take a long hard look at it "(Dave Berry). Perhaps someone feels titillated and decides to indulge his purient interest (the someone here is probably a him). Someone eventully finds a kind of queasy feeling creeping over himself. A creepy feeling. He feels, finally, like a creep.
I mean who ARE these people in these videos? And why is someone like me participating in this system of degredation that brings an odd wierdness to something as nice as sex?
Why in the world am i blogging this at TPM?
Well the Kwame sexting feature here has given me the porno-creeps. The guy's political career is finished and that's OK with me. He seems to deserve to fall. He's been caught with his pants down and he's hanging out for all the world to see. But are we really required to look?
I mean do you really want to have a look? It's not that I feel sorry for him really Its just so embarassing -- I mean for someone like me. People are imperfect and foolish and that's why we value privacy. I want everyone to value Kwame's privacy because I want everybody to value mine.
What do you think?
Should Josh take the personal texts down?
Anyone who spends enough time on-line is likely to encounter some pornography from time to time. Statistics would indicate that several million people actually seek it out on a regular basis.
So lets say someone like myself-- not me certainly but someone like me -- happens upon a website like...oh...YouPorn for instance and someone has some natural curiosity and decides to" take a long hard look at it "(Dave Berry). Perhaps someone feels titillated and decides to indulge his purient interest (the someone here is probably a him). Someone eventully finds a kind of queasy feeling creeping over himself. A creepy feeling. He feels, finally, like a creep.
I mean who ARE these people in these videos? And why is someone like me participating in this system of degredation that brings an odd wierdness to something as nice as sex?
Why in the world am i blogging this at TPM?
Well the Kwame sexting feature here has given me the porno-creeps. The guy's political career is finished and that's OK with me. He seems to deserve to fall. He's been caught with his pants down and he's hanging out for all the world to see. But are we really required to look?
I mean do you really want to have a look? It's not that I feel sorry for him really Its just so embarassing -- I mean for someone like me. People are imperfect and foolish and that's why we value privacy. I want everyone to value Kwame's privacy because I want everybody to value mine.
What do you think?
Should Josh take the personal texts down?
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I think it's unnecessary and not appropriate for TPM.
I think you'd get the same opinion from G. Ken Patton who has written his own blog on the subject.
But I won't put words in his mouth, or Boyd Reed's who would disagree.(Ah, but I just did...)
March 13, 2009 7:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have not looked. Nor will I. I'm glad you blogged on this. What Josh does is up to him. I'm with you. But I'll leave others' decisions up to them.
March 13, 2009 8:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
I haven't read it, as a matter of fact haven't read anything about Mr. Kilpatrick since he went to jail. Now that he is free and a private citizen, I could care less what he does. I could also care less if someone chooses to talk or write about him. That's up to the individual doing the writing or talking. Just as it's up to me, to ignore it or not.
I do however agree with Jade, it's unnecessary on TPM but saying what is or is not appropriate, leaves me a little squeamish. I'm not always in sync with societal behavior on many things unless, it causes physical harm/death or forces people to do things against their will. I'm willing to throw in caveats on the latter on a case by case basis.
March 14, 2009 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink