{"id":29014,"date":"2012-08-08T06:55:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T12:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/its-all-about-the-boxes-you-lump-things-into.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:35:53","slug":"its-all-about-the-boxes-you-lump-things-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/its-all-about-the-boxes-you-lump-things-into.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#39;s all about the boxes you lump things into"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I almost didn&#39;t repost this because it seems so obvious, but upon consideration:<\/p>\n<p>1. Maybe it&#39;s not obvious, and that understanding of the distinction in how folks, very broadly speaking, categorize types of\u00a0sexual activity, might be useful and educational.<\/p>\n<p>2. Hey, look, it&#39;s that evil Set Theory stuff. No wonder it&#39;s disliked by the Religious Right: once you start realizing that you can define sets in a certain way, it raises the question of whether there are other ways to group them, an d we simply can&#39;t have that.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102356721871221463140\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"102356721871221463140\">George Wiman<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/114291965269165524866'>Dana Hunter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fblogs%2Flovejoyfeminism%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F08%2FSex.png' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2012\/08\/so-you-say-you-dont-hate-gay-people-part-iv.html'>So you say you don\u2019t hate gay people, Part IV<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI&#39;m sure you&#39;ve all heard it before. If we normalize and accepting being gay, next we&#39;ll have to accept pedophilia! If we allow gay marriage, we&#39;ll have to let people marry turtles, or dogs! I remembe&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> Reshared <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/GVVX38fdqrH' target='_new'>1<\/a> times<br \/> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/GVVX38fdqrH' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I almost didn&#39;t repost this because it seems so obvious, but upon consideration: 1. Maybe it&#39;s not obvious, and that understanding of the distinction in how folks, very broadly speaking, categorize types of\u00a0sexual activity, might be useful and educational. 2. Hey, look, it&#39;s that evil Set Theory stuff. No wonder it&#39;s disliked by the Religious &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/its-all-about-the-boxes-you-lump-things-into.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It&#39;s all about the boxes you lump things into&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,718],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-marriage-equality"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27905,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/13\/it-seems-obvious-to-me.html","url_meta":{"origin":29014,"position":0},"title":"It seems obvious to me","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 13-May-12 10:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"... though, to be sure, I'm not the target audience.The only counter that I hear from the GOP is, \"What women really want is a strong economy.\" Which is certainly a concern for women (and men) alike. And if the GOP proposals, already tried an administration ago and more, could\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&gadget=a&resize_h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.politicususa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F05%2Fpsbt21460_rosie_women_for_obama_button_www-politicalshopping-com-300x297.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28192,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/09\/fair-and-obvious-use.html","url_meta":{"origin":29014,"position":1},"title":"Fair (and Obvious) Use","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 9-Jun-12 11:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"Given that copyright trolls love to threaten their victims with expensive legal costs, even if the \"infringement\" is clearly fair use, this is a seriously good thing.Reshared post from +Electronic Frontier FoundationVictory for fair use and free speech: Appeals court agrees a fair use can be \"obvious\" and that fair\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27065,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/12\/why-the-bible-is-always-obvious-right.html","url_meta":{"origin":29014,"position":2},"title":"Why, the Bible is always obvious, right?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Mar-12 3:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a lot of folks who proclaim that the Bible is the way we should live our lives (if not mould our culture and laws) because what the Bible means is always plain and obvious and manifestly straightforward for all who read it.And then you get a dolt like David\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":624,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/09\/11\/more_random_ini.html","url_meta":{"origin":29014,"position":3},"title":"More random, initial thoughts &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 11-Sep-01 8:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"In retrospect, it's blindingly obvious. 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