Chris Hedges: ‘Pornography Is What the End of the World Looks Like’

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-02-16T21:11:51+00:00

Well, there goes my respect for Chris Hedges...

paracog · 2015-02-17T02:14:03+00:00

Well, I'd say it's part of the evolution of culture, and that a lot of the fetish aspects of porn are reactions from centuries of repression. Porn is not intimacy, and people crave intimacy, if they can find a partner who is of truly good will, that they can trust not to fuck them over for their money and their children.

Lauzon_ · 2015-02-17T06:22:31+00:00

Hedges is from the Christian anarchist tradition a la Dorothy Day. So it's understandable that he finds pornography offensive. I agree with him that real relationships are vastly preferable. PROVIDED such relationships exist on the basis of something approaching equality -- which is damn difficult in this day and age.

The problem is that he is not recognizing the environment that feminism has created for young men. They are taught to hate their masculinity, so they behave in a more feminine manner, only to find themselves repeatedly rejected in favour of "assholes." Moreover, feminists are creating laws that reverse due process and allow men to be thrown in jail or kicked out of college at the whim of a mentally disturbed woman. I won't even get into marriage.

Hedges is living in a privileged bubble. He is a pullitzer prize winning ex-reporter for the NY Times. He has no idea how hard it is for young men.

PerniciousOne · 2015-02-17T00:09:48+00:00

Why are men not interested in having sex with "real women".

"Real women" have priced themselves out of the market, their expectations have gone up at the same rate as pornography. If people are willing to jerk off to porn instead of having sex with willing women there must be something really wrong with the willing woman.

Also this is completely ignoring that there is a large group of women who are not interested in the majority of guys out there. They only look up, and would rather be a part of a harem instead of settling down with a good guy.

Hyperlingual · 2015-02-16T21:33:23+00:00

I'd say the end of the world is pretty damn attractive then.

SporkTornado · 2015-02-16T21:59:42+00:00

of course porn is what the end of the world looks like. Why else do you think all the raiders from mad max look like bondage gimps http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1d598921eb9fc72477cd5d766e9599eb?convert_to_webp=true

ParanoidAgnostic · 2015-02-16T22:00:11+00:00

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel aroused.

scanspeak · 2015-02-16T23:26:59+00:00

When you have feminism dividing men and women, creating a war between the sexes, then the outcome will be men will find alternative ways to relieve themselves.

The feminist utopia is a world where men and women are segregated, where men provide semen and labor and single mothers are supported purely by the state.

Porn is not the cause of social breakdown, it is the response to feminist destruction of the family and male-female relationships.

thrway_1000 · 2015-02-17T00:41:10+00:00

https://archive.today/dH8Qi

2015-02-17T21:14:40+00:00

ARM ALL THE NUKES!

I know I can survive the apocalypse now.

Title	Chris Hedges: ‘Pornography Is What the End of the World Looks Like’
Author	ThePigmanAgain
Upvotes	2
Comments	13
Date	February 16, 2015 9:11 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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