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In reply to the discussion: JOY doing segment on Hefner and civil rights...and YES he was an activist [View all]Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)52. Oh, please. nt
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JOY doing segment on Hefner and civil rights...and YES he was an activist [View all]
jodymarie aimee
Sep 2017
OP
Yes, and reality is complex, even before considering changing societal attitudes.
Hortensis
Sep 2017
#33
right, so maybe he did some bad along with the good? why only allow talk of one? nt
TheFrenchRazor
Sep 2017
#44
Oh, sorry. His doings were "pimpings" of all the OTHER employees he put in scanty
Hortensis
Sep 2017
#21
Are you saying that men should not fantasize about having sex with beautiful women?
oberliner
Sep 2017
#23
This nonsense reply is beneath you. You know that's not what the poster is saying,
Squinch
Sep 2017
#27
Another inaccurate inference to have something... anything to argue against.
LanternWaste
Oct 2017
#77
This isn't fantasy...these women were drugged, some raped ...Cosby went to the mansion.
Demsrule86
Oct 2017
#83
wow. so "our" pigs are ok? sorry, i'm a dem; not a brain-dead cult member. speak for yourself. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Sep 2017
#43
You're certainly moving your initial goalposts wider and wider as the conversation grows.
LanternWaste
Oct 2017
#76
Fuck him - I'm glad he's dead but the damage he did to women will live on.
50 Shades Of Blue
Sep 2017
#11
jodymarie aimee, I totally agree. I am 70 and remember the time period very well.
Jim Beard
Sep 2017
#20
I went back to college and found this attitude prevelant in many, more so than main street America.
Jim Beard
Sep 2017
#36
a lot of people are determined not to see anything wrong with the type of treatment you mentioned.
TheFrenchRazor
Sep 2017
#41
most people are not all good or all bad; it is you who sounds like a repub by insisting that everyt
TheFrenchRazor
Sep 2017
#42
No, they don"t sound like Republicans. They sound like people who are aware of how women are
SharonClark
Oct 2017
#72
What is revealing is some think the way Heffner treated women was just fine...he was a pig.
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#59
I can appreciate his support for many progressive causes even as I deplore his misogyny.
guillaumeb
Sep 2017
#60
it really is not either/or. he did some good and he did some bad. it is a false choice to suggest
TheFrenchRazor
Sep 2017
#39
"Ultimate evil" is a bit extreme. I'll save that for Donald Trump.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#51
Would you call him a progressive if he was as much of a racist as he was a misogynist?
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#63
Plenty of folks pretended to be liberal during the 60's...it was fashionable.
Demsrule86
Oct 2017
#80