Reminder that the atlanta shooter was:
*very religious, spent time in religious treatment center for sex addiction
*had a history of 'relapsing' by visiting sex workers
*addicted to porn
*said he did shooting because of his sex addiction
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*had visited 2 of the parlors for sex before
*which had also been the site for historical prostitution arrests
*he said he targeted them to 'help' others with sex addiction and 'eliminate the temptation'
*stated that his motivation was not racial, it was because of sex
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He explicitly targeted a marginalized group who's subject to arrests, poor mental health support, disproportionate violence, and exclusion from financial services.
Shouldn't the dominant media narrative be solidarity with sex workers?
Did you even know they were sex workers?
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or at the very least, against our negative sex attitude perpetuated by religious sects.
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Everything's about racism. The fact you are talking about something other than race only shows how much it is about racism. Or something
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Good points. Also, it seems many of the sex workers in MPs are illegal immigrants as well.
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There's a general 'discomfort' acknowledging sex work and even sexual health in our society. Doctors, police, lawmakers, parents, journalists, and teachers all have a tendency to avoid directly addressing sex issues.
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This is the one part of sex work where there isn't money: Selling the bad outcomes.
