Give this woman a pole …

The following observation by Christopher Hitchens gives us a good lens through which to observe our culture:

Nothing optional–from homosexuality to adultery–is ever made punishable unless those who do the prohibiting (and exact the fierce punishments) have a repressed desire to participate” — “God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” p. 40

Anti-masturbation candidate Christine O’Donnell won her primary, which is of no concern to me. Then I saw the clip from Bill Maher’s old show talking about the subject. The woman was in misery, so anxious to knock one off that it would be a quick one-two from bar (or church basement) to bed with her. It is an odd Victorian era notion that we must fight our primal urges. Christianity denies what is natural for the sake of the supernatural. Not a good bet.

Repressed urges come out in some form – repressed sexuality often comes out in urges to ban sexuality in others, as Hitchens notes. Homosexuality is present in mild to heavy doses in many of us, and those who repress it are often dangerous, self-loathing prisoners of their own consciences.

More fun is in store. This country’s right wing never ceases to amuse. The best times are when they take control of the political system. Since there is very little real power in that system, we really can’t be hurt by it. So sit back, grab some popcorn, relax, and enjoy the show. Oh, yeah, and if you are alone and feeling randy, while you’re watching, have a diddle. This O’Donnell gal has a Palin-kind of hotness about her. Her sexuality is seeping through her pores, bypassing her inhibitions. All that’s missing is the pole.
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From the Borowitz Report:

WILMINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – Galvanized by Republican senatorial nominee Christine O’Donnell’s anti-masturbation stance, masturbators from across the state converged on Wilmington today in what some are calling the largest pro-wanking protest in American history.

Carrying signs reading, “O’Donnell: Hands Off Our Masturbation,” the angry masturbators clogged downtown Wilmington, stopping traffic for blocks.

Harley Farger, a leading Delaware masturbator and planner of the Million Masturbators March, said it was difficult to organize masturbators “because they’re used to acting alone.”

Mr. Farger, the executive director of the pro-monkey-spanking group MasturNation, said that the “wank and file” of his organization believe that masturbation is an inalienable right guaranteed by the Constitution.

“Our country was founded by rugged individualists,” he said. “And you know what individualists like to do.”

He said that Ms. O’Donnell’s anti-whacking position was “ill-timed,” adding, “In this economy, masturbation is one of the few simple pleasures people still can afford.”

Tracy Klugian, a homemaker and masturbator from Dover, Delaware, said she is “puzzled” by what she sees as the contradictory nature of candidate O’Donnell’s position: “If you’re against masturbation, why would you want to serve in Congress?”

A spokesman for the Wilmington Police Department, Crandall Darlington, said that the Million Masturbators March could cost the city tens of thousands of dollars, “especially when you include the cost of cleaning up afterwards.”