Do you like Ted Cruz now?

[Juxtapose]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/ted-cruz-dildo-ban-sex-devices-texas/

"It rejected the argument from Cruz’s team that the government had a legitimate role to play in “discouraging prurient interests in autonomous sex and the pursuit of sexual gratification unrelated to procreation.” No, government officials could not claim as part of their job duties the obligation to reduce masturbation or nonprocreative sexual activity."

Yes.

Oh hell no!

[Exterminatore]

I agree with much of what he says but banning dildos is unnecessary as I see it.


I’m devoutly religious. I see in scripture fornication and fantasizing labeled as sins, but no general prohibition on masturbation to start with. I suppose if one masturbated without watching porn or fantasizing I don’t even see anything that would necessarily definite it as sin. The Bible was primarily written in Hebrew for the Old Testament and mostly Greek with a tiny, tiny bit of Aramaic for the New Testament. The Greek word at the time for masturbation was Anaphlan which appears no where in scripture. I certainly see nothing in scripture that would ban married couples incorporating those into their sexual activities. So on a religious grounds I see no moral issues with dildos, and believe masturbation to be a personal matter of conscience.


I cannot see for the life of me how dildos are some moral plague or even using or owning one is even morally wrong.


Completely disagree with Cruze here on this matter.

[Fuentes]

Lol i never cared for the guy always thought he was off

[NYCQuestions1976]

Ted Cruz was on vacation in Mexico while the state he represents in the Senate (Texas) started dealing with that unprecedented meteorological anomaly in February 2021 (the extended Arctic outbreak). He didn't return from his vacation early to deal with the crisis, which was a bad decision. Then Cruz made a bad decision even worse for himself by lying about why he didn't return early from his vacation. Meanwhile, in an effort to try and take advantage of the terrible and vulnerable situation Cruz put himself in, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went to Texas to hand out provisions to victims of the deep freeze just outside of Houston. However, also during that same exact time that she was in Texas trying to make Cruz look bad (or more accurately, worse), Ocasio-Cortez's constituents in her own densely populated district in New York City had one the highest Covid infection rates in the country while also having one of the lowest vaccination rates. Yet she wasn't in her district to deal with that issue. I mean, why try to help your constituents in your district in your state when you can embarrass someone across the aisle in another state? This is all you need to know about politicians here in the United States.

[BillyBalls]

Oh Boo Hoo!!

Do you feel the same about the politicians to supported lockdowns and Mandated masks during Covid but yet went to the hair dressers or fancy restaraunts or "super spreader events".

[NYCQuestions1976]

@BillyBalls No, they're huge hypocrites, and I'm very much against the mandates.

[HighlyVolatile]

I always liked Ted Cruz. I don't think he's faultless, mind you. He's a damned politician! But some of my favorites in the US include Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. I also liked Andrew Yang. I probably just picked a triumvirate that will make 99% of people hate me on this site. :-D

[HighlyVolatile]

As a caveat, my thoughts on politicians -- in general -- are so low that maybe that's why. I even liked Trump in a humorous way. It also doesn't directly impact my country here so much in Japan. Even if I cared so much, it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference since I can't vote unless I'm there.

[BillyBalls]

I disagree with most of Andrew Yangs thoughts on policy but he seems to have more sense than the average Democrat.

[HighlyVolatile]

@BillyBalls I sometimes think I'm motivated by a "fuck it" mentality with these things which is not so good but maybe like, "whatever, how much worse can it get? Let's try something really bold."

[exitseven]

I would like to see him on the supreme court someday.

[Juxtapose]

Daaamn really? Even when he doesn't believe the government should allow you to engage in "pursuit of sexual gratification unrelated to procreation"?

[exitseven]

He is a Constitutional scholar. He does not believe in what you think. That is just CNN talking.

[Juxtapose]

Ted Cruz's legal team was arguing against people's right to stimulate their own genitals though. I remember the case back when it happened.

[anylolone]

I still like him, but there isn't a single person with each I'll agree on everything and who I couldn't school on something.

[BillyBalls]

The government is WAY INTO ME and into millions others.

They take a huge chunk out of my paycheck every two weeks.

[Juxtapose]

As into you as a gold digger.

[DaveToo]

I did not, do not, nor will I ever like Ted Cruz.

[msc545]

Hell NO. Cruz is trash.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Oh hell no!

[ninaneedshelp]

that was weird