Look, I'm an asshole. I make no apologies for that fact, but the way I see it the whining and the moaning about the appearance of the warning pages on Blogger sites is just another symptom of the crazy sense of entitlement that takes hold in any special interest group. We go from discussing simple non sexual nudity in a welcoming environment, and everything seems rational. We support public breastfeeding, fine. Somehow we eventually break from reality, and it all becomes all so very political. Suddenly we have a RIGHT to offend the public. We have a RIGHT to be nude in the town square. We have a RIGHT to FORCE our neighbors to confront our nude bodies and their irrational attachment to textile products. Gradually we begin to believe that we have a RIGHT to free and unconditional hosting, bandwidth, advertising, and the ability to promote our business without cost or interference. Then we're a little surprised when the public views us as crackpots.Whenever you open an argument by declaring yourself an "asshole", chances are you are not going to get a lot of support.
Look, I'm not whining about Google's sudden decision to censor nudist blogs, but I am complaining, and I am doing something about it. Dreadfree makes the argument that "you get what you pay for" so when you get something for free, you have no right to complain. If that were a truism, then nobody would have any cause to complain about what they see on network television, or hear on the radio airwaves.
I have news for Dreadfree. Even though he pays for his web hosting, he is still at the mercy of a third party, who can shut him down at any time if someone complains. Just because you pay for something does not mean you own it.
Google's censorship came out of the blue for this blog after nearly 3 years of postings. Certainly some "little Miss. Moral Majority" clicked on that little flag icon over and over during that time, but suddenly something caused Google to take action, not only against Diary of a Nudist, but several other nudist blogs as well.
Nudists and naturists do not want to make the lifestyle a political issue, but far-right conservatives were in control of local and national government for over a decade, and in that time tons of anti-nudity laws have been passed, and the FCC has turned into a censorship-crazy agency.
If you don't think that even private nudist resorts are not at risk, then think again, because the right would close them all down tomorrow if it could muster the support.
And I don't know who's advocating that we have the RIGHT to offend the public, or force nudity upon others. This is a weak straw-man argument that comes out of nowhere. Frankly, I'm surprised that Dreadfree would go down that road.
Anyway, I'm chalking it all up to the fact that Dread is having a bad hair day. We all have them now and then.
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