Wednesday, October 9, 2019

“Dare I Mention…?” (South Bay Poly #250 - Oct. 2016)



Some of you have been avoiding any contact with our national electoral process this year, and I can understand that:  I myself was pretty worn out with the election campaign by February or April.  Still, as a polyamorous person, I find this particular election campaign much more interesting (albeit also more depressing) than usual.  Trump and Clinton have given us much more to think about than your more “normal” candidates.

I just watched the second presidential debate.  Trump tries to back away from his “Grab-the-Whatever” remarks of 2006.  He brings up Bill Clinton’s affairs and related legal issues.

Someone online says she always assumed that Bill and Hillary were swingers.  I never did.  I just suspected they had an open marriage.  I have listened to decades of people mentioning his “infidelities.”  Another person online insists it is not our business what goes on in the Clinton bedroom—a debatable point.

In any case, there is more awareness now that not all people are monogamous—and some awareness that there can be such a thing as “responsible non-monogamy.”  The awareness is not great, and many people would denounce the entire idea; but we are making progress.

Meanwhile, back at You-Know-Who.  I mentioned my own ambiguity about the Trump tape.  I fear the return of genuine censorship.  But for some people, it isn’t the words he used, it’s the way he talked about women.  Unpermitted touching is never allowed.

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