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wottan

wottan

Richmond, BC
July 2004

NOV 11, 2004 02:18 AM

Conservative activist groups are outraged at the movie Kinsey for its glorification of the man who sparked the sexual revolution. Calling the movie propaganda, there are plans by several conservative groups to picket theatres showing the film.



Starring Liam Neeson as the famed professor, the movie opens in the next few weeks nationwide. Bill Condon, the film's writer-director, has described Kinsey as a "complex man [...] in some ways damaged beyond repair." Condon tries to portray the good and bad of Kinsey and wants people to form their own opinions.



Despite the portrayal of Kinsey as a flawed adulterer, conservatives still think that the movie praises him too much by omitting details about an interest in pedophilia and exaggerated findings.



Robert Knight, director of Concerned Women of America's Culture & Family Institute, had this to say about Kinsey:

"Instead of being lionized, Kinsey's proper place is with Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele or your average Hollywood horror flick mad scientist."



Yes, Knight compared a maniacal Nazi doctor who performed depraved and mutilating experiments to a professor who did some of the most interesting work on sexuality in this century.

A reviewer for Focus on the Family also stated that:

"To say that it is rank propaganda for the sexual revolution and the homosexual agenda would be stating the obvious."

TedKoppel

TedKoppel

Glendale, AZ
March 2004

NOV 11, 2004 03:07 AM

I plan on seeing that movie this weekend. This sort of shit drives me insane, because if they looked at what Kinsey's studies proved, they would know that they showed that teaching people about sex makes them smarter about sex. The whole thing was that because they didn't know what they were doing, people were doing potentially dangerous things in bed. Not using condoms, using the rhythm method of birth control, whatever else you can think of.

Oh, and Robert Knight was that guy they interviewed a year or two ago on The Daily Show who was going around protesting the Popeye and Bluto commercial Minute Maid ran, saying it implied that Popeye and Bluto were gay and that Minute Maid was promoting a homosexual agenda, forever tainting his ability to enjoy orange juice. I don't know why he's even interviewed by anyone of authority after that shit.

mokole

mokole

Canada
June 2004

NOV 11, 2004 03:38 AM

maybe i'm out of the loop, but when did homosexuals get an "agenda"? why don't these people picket something worth protesting, like the re-election of a war criminal.

TedKoppel

TedKoppel

Glendale, AZ
March 2004

NOV 11, 2004 03:42 AM

mokole said:
maybe i'm out of the loop, but when did homosexuals get an "agenda"? why don't these people picket something worth protesting, like the re-election of a war criminal.


Well...homosexuals in general do have an agenda. To be accepted by society. Possibly even to be allowed to marry. To these people, that is sickening and horrifying, and I'm sure they think that if they give in, homosexuals will then, as a group, try to molest their children. Because Lord knows it's only homosexuals who do that, and NEVER little girls who get molested. (Can anyone explain to me why the media and public at large act like it's always little boys?)

Lego

Lego

United Kingdom
June 2003

NOV 11, 2004 04:05 AM

mokole said:
maybe i'm out of the loop, but when did homosexuals get an "agenda"? why don't these people picket something worth protesting, like the re-election of a war criminal.



They're not protesting that 'cos they're the people that voted the war criminal in...

mnov

mnov

Vermilion, OH
March 2003

NOV 11, 2004 04:27 AM

Whoa, hold on now. I voted for our president and plan on seeing the movie. Comparing those people to me is like me comparing you to someone like Michael Moore. Relax people... By the way, Lego, where did you get war criminal, John Kerry was not elected...

TedKoppel

TedKoppel

Glendale, AZ
March 2004

NOV 11, 2004 05:15 AM

mnov said:
By the way, Lego, where did you get war criminal, John Kerry was not elected...


I don't get where either of you are getting these things, but whatever.

jashugan

jashugan

USA
January 2003

NOV 11, 2004 06:02 AM

mnov said:
Whoa, hold on now. I voted for our president and plan on seeing the movie. Comparing those people to me is like me comparing you to someone like Michael Moore. Relax people... By the way, Lego, where did you get war criminal, John Kerry was not elected...



Are you implying that fighting for your country makes you a war criminal? Odd.

Pav

Pav

I'm lost
February 2004

NOV 11, 2004 06:34 AM

And the director's name is Condon for Christ's sake. We don't believe in condons.

IKCSmiley

IKCSmiley

Asheville, NC
July 2003

NOV 11, 2004 06:48 AM

Is this 1954 or 2004? Did I step in some type of sexual time-loop that sent me back 50 years? Ever since a boobie popped out in a haltime show (which the show itself should have gotten fined by how crappy it was - who was supposed to be entertained by that??), it seems like we've been going backwards as a culture sexually. What's next? Gays no longer on broadcast TV again? Abortion to be illegal again? confused

(ow wait - those two things have already started... mad )

Cryptosteck

Cryptosteck

I'm lost
February 2004

NOV 11, 2004 06:51 AM

Must the opening of this movie be cast as yet another battle in the liberal vs. conservative war? Who cares if a few ultra-conservatives plan to protest this movie?

Cash

Cash

I'm lost
OLD SKOOL

NOV 11, 2004 06:53 AM

Well hell.......if Conservative Activists are going to boycott the movie, I'm going to buy TWO tickets.....just because.

guesIwaspunkOnce

guesIwaspunkOnce

Canada
August 2004

NOV 11, 2004 07:20 AM




What is it about Americans love of war and distaste for sex, well i guess i know the answer, but for a country that believes it is the leader of the free democratic world they are very affraid of strong independent women

_Sarah_

_Sarah_

Kalamazoo, MI
January 2003

NOV 11, 2004 07:34 AM

A movie about a research study that helped us understand a basic biological function is more controversial than two hours of a bloody, gory crucifixion shown in slow motion?

Oh. Wait. But that movie was about Jeebus and is, therefore, exempt from the "no sex, violence, drugs, music, dancing, alcohol, laughter" rule. whatever

El_Profesor

El_Profesor

Brazil
December 2003

NOV 11, 2004 07:39 AM

TedKoppel said:
I plan on seeing that movie this weekend. This sort of shit drives me insane, because if they looked at what Kinsey's studies proved, they would know that they showed that teaching people about sex makes them smarter about sex.



Maybe it would be more interesting to look at exactly who he was and how he 'proved' his claims...

Imagine an elite group of evil child molesters meeting privately in an undisclosed location. Imagine, too, these wicked sexual predators making plans to conduct grotesque, real-life experiments on innocent little boys and girls. In these experiments, the children will be systematically raped, sodomized, and physically violated. Detailed records will be kept of the children's reactions so that pedophiles worldwide can "enjoy" seeing the results.
Satanic Doctor to Conduct Experiment

Next, imagine this elite group deciding that these horrendous sexual experiments are to be supervised by a well known professor, or "doctor," of zoology. The chosen doctor happens to be an admirer of the infamous British satanist, Aleister Crowley (the Beast), and is himself a pedophile. He will be given millions of dollars to set up a sexual laboratory and institute at a public university somewhere in Middle America.
After this doctor's depraved team completes its abominable research, the mass media will be employed. The nation's newspapers, television, and radio, along with educational organizations, will join in congratulating the pedophile research doctor on a job well done. His name as a great thinker and scientist will go up in lights. The whole world shall sing his praises and be joyful for what this man has done to these little children, all in the name of science.

The Work is Begun and is Successful

And so it is that the doctor of zoology and his helpers go about their grim business of sexual molestation. Thousands of children are thrown into beds. Pedophile molesters described as "research associates" repugnantly and with wicked abandon ravage their cringing, young bodies. Some infants molested are only five months of age. The abused children are counted as statistics and labeled as "scientific subjects."

All goes according to plan. The satanist doctor's name becomes a household word. Educators toast his brilliance. Commendatory books are published examining his work and touting his findings. Clergymen and readers of mass circulation magazines--including family-oriented publications--agree with his conclusions and change their attitudes and behaviors accordingly.

No one seems upset. No one is alarmed. Yet, thousands of children are systematically tortured and raped. The majority of people rejoice that a stunning sexual revolution has taken place.

A Horror Movie...or Real?


The Sex Experiments of Alfred Kinsey



[Edited on Nov 11, 2004 7:39AM]

pabbott_03301

pabbott_03301

Auburn, ME
February 2004

NOV 11, 2004 07:43 AM

I've always had a soft spot for Dr. Kinsey, if only because he was a fellow Bowdoin alumnus. However, I've read enough about him to know that his work was seriously flawed from the scientific standpoint. It is also clear that he was bisexual and that his work had a political agenda to it. Certainly many of his conclusions, such as ten percent of the population being gay, needs to be revisited. Anybody seen any reviews of the flick?

adjunct

adjunct

Philadelphia, PA
July 2002

NOV 11, 2004 08:12 AM

Mr_Grey said:

TedKoppel said:
I plan on seeing that movie this weekend. This sort of shit drives me insane, because if they looked at what Kinsey's studies proved, they would know that they showed that teaching people about sex makes them smarter about sex.



Maybe it would be more interesting to look at exactly who he was and how he 'proved' his claims...

[redacted Nazi propaganda][er, tinfoil hat nutter propaganda, actually]


I keep coming back here to read this post. Thank you, Mr Grey, for providing me with a laugh.

I'm sure that some of Kinsey's work needs to be revised, since it's pretty obvious that some of his work was not entirely objective. However, based on my own anecdotal experience, I'd say that his estimate of 10% of the population being gay is pretty short of the mark.

[Edited on Nov 11, 2004 11:14AM]

[Edited on Nov 11, 2004 by aj]

scooter11

scooter11

USA
OLD SKOOL

NOV 11, 2004 08:43 AM

mnov said:
Whoa, hold on now. I voted for our president and plan on seeing the movie. Comparing those people to me is like me comparing you to someone like Michael Moore. Relax people... By the way, Lego, where did you get war criminal, John Kerry was not elected...



Well, when Michael Moore gets elected to Congress or gets his pet policies written into the Democratic platform, your argument may be something other than howlingly specious...

Merry

Merry

Saint John, NB
December 2002

NOV 11, 2004 09:03 AM

whatever

theantiian

theantiian

Asheville, NC
October 2004

NOV 11, 2004 09:26 AM

Well, the way I see it is if they are going to boycott and protest this movie, then they should boycott and protest against the actors that were in it, I mean, the film wouldn't have been made with 0 actors would it?

So... They should start by boycotting & protesting against Liam Neeson....and his films like... oh I don't know....

Schinder's List?

Yeah. Those right wing conservative fucktards are, in actuality, jew hating nazi's, or at least today's equivalent.

Good Game Logic!

Baka_Amerikanjin

Baka_Amerikanjin

Seattle, WA
January 2004

NOV 11, 2004 09:28 AM

ikcsmiley said:
Is this 1954 or 2004? Did I step in some type of sexual time-loop that sent me back 50 years? Ever since a boobie popped out in a haltime show (which the show itself should have gotten fined by how crappy it was - who was supposed to be entertained by that??), it seems like we've been going backwards as a culture sexually. What's next? Gays no longer on broadcast TV again? Abortion to be illegal again? confused

(ow wait - those two things have already started... mad )



Janet Jackson's boob is the new flux capacitor.

legionnaire

legionnaire

United Kingdom
November 2003

NOV 11, 2004 09:36 AM

These are the same assholes who forced CBS not to air their documentary on Reagan because its figurative tongue wasn't far enough up his ass.

They're a bunch of fucking morons who, yes, do want to take us back to 1954 notions of sexuality because they have the mistaken belief that the Donna Reed show is an historical account rather than fictionalized idealization. In point of fact teen pregnancy rates are lower today than they were in the 50's, women whose scumbag husbands beat them up no longer have to just accept it, people who get married for the wrong reasons can now become divorced and homosexuals don't have to repress their most basic desires for fear of being ostracized. Oh yeah, bring me back to those glorious 50's. whatever

monkeybutt

monkeybutt

I'm lost
May 2004

NOV 11, 2004 09:52 AM

This is Citizen...err...I mean Commandant...um, that is...PRESIDENT Bush. I want you to know that if Kinsey had never existed there would be no sexually transmitted diseases, abortion, unwanted pregnancy, or anything else unpleasant. Now go back to your nice comfortable lives and pretend there's no pain or suffering in the world.

By the way, "someone" took away the story. The link no longer works.

adjunct

adjunct

Philadelphia, PA
July 2002

NOV 11, 2004 09:56 AM

Forget it.

[Edited on Nov 11, 2004 by aj]

Isadore

Isadore

HOPEFUL

Mesa, AZ

NOV 11, 2004 10:15 AM

This is relatively minor, as far as uptight people with "morals" go.
Read this to hear about something truly frightening!!!! eeek

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