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Published on June 6th, 2011 | by tomkolovos
What Congressman Weiner Really Exposed
Isn’t it about time we stopped pretending that we are shocked, shocked we tell you, that people use the internet to have virtual sex?
And that maybe, just maybe, they lie about it because we all pretend it’s news to us.
For starters, we good Puritans ignore that the most popular form of culture is pornography.
The revenue American’s spend in consuming pornography outpaces the revenue generated by music and theatrical films combined.
Oprah was never the Queen of all media. If there is such a thing, it is Jenna Jameson.
Just ask any guy you know.
In what corner and what under what rock does one have to live to ignore that what constitutes the most amount of traffic on the internet is sexually explicit imagery.
Let’s just remember, for just a moment, that the origin of Facebook was sexual in nature: it started out on the Harvard campus as a way for the romantically spurned Zuckerberg to rate the sexual attractiveness of the female students. Why do you think your “relationship status” is still the site’s First Command(ment)? It ain’t because your grandmother needs to know.
I just watched the press conference where Congressman Weiner admitted to conducting online sexual relationships for about 3 years and that, in fact, the racy pictures he had been denying were of him were indeed taken by him and sent to women he met virtually through Facebook.
The reporters were so puritanical with their questions, so much so, that it made me wonder if that in itself is the real scandal here.
And then, just as the Congressman concluded the press conference, a male reporter was heard yelling: “Were you fully erect?”
“Only if I was doing it right” would sound like the wrong answer, huh?
What Congressman Weiner really exposed today is that virtual sex is the new love that dare not speak its name.
Also read Jessica Bennett on “Why Men Cybercheat” and ask yourself: what’s the difference between what she imperceptively writes about men and sexting and what men and women do when amassing “friends” on Facebook?
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For my sensibility, it is not as much the fact that he participated in “sexting”, but the fact that he was initially and adamantly so dishonest about it. His untruthful maneuvering leads one to wonder about the legal (or illegal) ages of the girls which he was corresponding with. His immorality lies not in the action itself but in the “over-lies” concerning when, where, and who with.
“And that maybe, just maybe, they lie about it because we all pretend it’s news to us.”
Yes, he should not have lied. Andrew Sullivan and I agree on that as well.
I am honestly confused by your fascination that the women may have been of an “illegal” age. What does that mean and why is that relevant here?
It is relevant to me because of the powers gained on the internet by predators,and Weiner twice skirted the question/issue when asked yesterday in his press interview/confession.
Let’s face it; if he’d only been mutually “sexting” with thirty year old (and up) women it would not be much of a story.
There’s no proof whatsoever that he was sexting anyone underage and to go there without any proof is purely incendiary.
The reason this was made into such a big deal, apart from his lying, which I do not discount in the least, is that the person behind BigGovernment.com is setting up sting operations on liberals and liberal causes so he can claim he is conducting investigative reporting.
It’s the same guy who selectively edited Shriley Sherrod to sound like a racist, the guy who set up ACORN etc……
And if you do some reading before I get to writing about it, now ABC News partnered with him to get an inside scoop and then paid off the woman who they interviewed to give them her pictures—except they are calling it “licensing.”
Isn’t that the most interesting euphemism you have heard in a while for payoff???
“Officer, I was not soliciting prostitution. I was merely trying to license the young lady’s services!”
Then why did he twice skirt those pertaining questions during the press conference. Wasn’t the young lady who was sent the crotch text in college? Incendiary? I think not since college age begins at 17-18 and we have not gotten a complete list of his “sexting” partners.
Interesting tid bit: the Congressman’s wife works for Mrs. Clinton; former President Bill Clinton performed their wedding ceremony (first clue this was not going to last). Has anyone checked Bill’s twitter account, lately? At least she is not “standing by her man”.
Interesting tidbit#2–The congressman claimed in his press conference that he had told his wife that he had been conducting online sexual relationships with women before they were married.
He apparently forgot to tell her he wasn’t going to stop.
Men are horny. Does this have any bearing on his job performance? Since he’s not a “family values” hypocrite, I fail to see where there’s a story here.
Side note: I’d probably hit it. He keeps himself together.
Hopefully, you noticed today’s headlines where Weiner admitted “sexting” a teenager but admits no “wrong doing”. Incendiary still?
Hmmm what must we think of this? …..
(CBS/AP)
WILMINGTON, Delaware – U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who has been under fire after admitting to sending graphic photos to women online, acknowledged Friday that he had online contact with a 17-year-old girl but said the communications were “neither explicit nor indecent.”
Police officers went to a high school junior’s home in Delaware Friday afternoon to speak with the girl about her contact with the New York Democrat, police have confirmed. The interview was first reported by FoxNews.com, which had a reporter at the home when police arrived.
Weiner spokeswoman Risa Heller said in a one-sentence statement Friday night, “According to Congressman Weiner, his communications with this person were neither explicit nor indecent.”
A police spokeswoman confirmed that officers had interviewed an area teenager about online contacts with the congressman.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/10/politics/main20070636.shtml#ixzz1P0U641sK