A Sense of Doubt blog post #1513 - Sex Scandal Bullshit
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I follow Maggie McNeill who also blogs daily.
I do not always agree with her views, but I will freely admit that she's an expert and scholar on thew sex work industry, and so I am wary to disagree as I am not always sure my disagreement has basis in reality.
But she makes several good points here.
Sharing Ms. McNeill.
https://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/an-avalanche-of-bullshit/
An Avalanche of Bullshit
March 1, 2019 by
Maggie McNeill
Last week, a massage parlor pogrom of the sort which has, sadly, become a typical skirmish in the ongoing War on Whores
blew up into national news because a famous person was among the customers arrested:
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged in Palm Beach County [Florida] after being caught in a [massage parlor pogrom]…He is charged with two counts of soliciting someone to commit prostitution, and police say they have videotape of him paying…at…the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, where two women were [also] arrested…after [cops repeatedly got hand jobs for] several-month[s, then claimed without evidence that]…women there were in “sexual servitude”…About 200 arrest warrants have been issued…and more are expected…
Naturally, this resulted in an avalanche of bullshit on Twitter and other social media sites, with prohibitionists moaning while masturbating to their favorite racist “sex slave” fantasies, bootlickers eagerly swallowing every filthy thing cops ejaculate into their mouths, and know-nothing imbeciles imagining themselves to be “sex trafficking experts” who know The Truth about massage parlors in general and these massage parlors in particular, presumably by Divine Inspiration since none of them actually worked at the businesses which were raided.
The Queen of Whore Allies, Elizabeth Nolan Brown, saw right through the propaganda:
…Authorities are calling this a “human trafficking operation,” with some media
outlets invoking “modern-day slavery.” But so far all signs suggest this is just an ordinary anti-prostitution effort. Kraft was charged with…a misdemeanor. Orchids of Asia’s owner, Hua Zhang, was charged with [the usual]…charges [hurled at]…prostitution-business bosses even when everyone involved consents. Martin County Sheriff William Snyder [claimed]…that some of the workers at these spas lived in them and weren’t allowed to leave during the day. This is something we frequently hear from police chiefs and county sheriffs at the start of big “sex trafficking busts” that turn out to yield nothing but ordinary prostitution charges. (
See, for instance, King County, Washington, cops on Korean sex workers there.) Police across the country
have been ramping up stings at massage parlors, driven by…federal law enforcement…and a whole lot of misinformation. In most cases, these investigations don’t lead to trafficking charges but do result in arrests for prostitution or people giving massages without a license. In at least one recent high-profile instance,
they led to a Chinese sex worker’s death. It’s not just undocumented immigrants who
face deportation after an arrest in these stings. Prostitution charges can mean deportation even for immigrants here legally..Despite some reports referring to the spa workers as “
girls,” police have not indicated that any employees were actually underage…cops want you to know they wish they had found horrific abuse instead of just sex workers. “Even though we may have charges on some of them, we’d rather them be victims,”
said Vero Beach Police Chief David Currey…
…One spa worker is currently in [regular jail]…while others are being [locked up in psychiatric facilities]…Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said…he [wants to keep]…the women from deportation [to secure] their cooperation [until he no longer has nee of them]…Snyder said [in complete defiance of the evidence that] it was clear the women were trafficked…[he then fantasized that] “These women are treated as human chattel…They were almost in a zombie-like appearance, it’s really sad. Their lives [will be] ruined [by us if I get my way],” said Snyder…
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As ever, I shouldn’t look at the comments on the article on Facebook. LNB’s article was great work, as usual, but the forces of denial are strong from the usual suspects and accusations from prohibitionists that she’s ignoring evidence which doesn’t back her “sexist” thesis are legion.Sad.
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