How could anybody ever be fooled into believing that you could save anybody with bombs? This one makes the absurdity of this contradiction abundantly clear: Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity!
(Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity" in bold all caps.)
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Comments & Reviews
While I appreciate the anti-war sentiments of this statement, I take serious issue with the fact that it conflates peace with virginity (and, therefore, violence and evil with sexual experience). My guess is that some radicals think this comparison was chosen for relatively superficial reasons. After all, bombing/ peace and sexual experience/ virginity are indeed two sets of opposites, and just about any statement that uses the word “fuck” or references sex in any way is likely to get a lot of people's attention. But in a broader context, the comparison feeds into anti-sex tendencies in Western culture that are at the root of staggering amounts of misogyny and anti-queer discrimination. I've been pissed off by this quote before and am disappointed to see Microcosm Publishing distributing it. It's inconsistent with the anti-oppression ideology expressed in the rest of their published content.
Support the troops? Are you joking? Never. The troops ARE the war. You can't be against the war but support the troops. It's a contradiction. They knew what they were signing up for. They chose the course they took. The deserve what they get.
'bombing for peace is like f*cking for chastity' might make more sense. love this sticker though!
Virginity is a state you cannot return to. Peace is not. Support our troops!!
My boyfriend got this for me then refused to put it on the car.. haha.. It's on the day planner. People love it!
you could not get a better saying on this subject ever
Didn't George Carlin say something similar to this?
i love this sticker!! you don't have it on a button?..
I love this sticker, but I still feel a bit sheepish going around with "Fuck" on my person.
best quote ever
true true