@sbrinton
I have some pretty BIG news to share with you all today. I have accepted the offer to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy for the Department of Energy.
Guys, meet Sam!

Well yes and no. I don't want the state to get involved in this guy's personal life. He can like any consensual (with adults) shit that floats his boat.
He is free to live his life as he pleases. You and I are free to judge him on this as part of our free will. We aren't compelled to accept his choices as "normal", either.tector wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:54 pmWell yes and no. I don't want the state to get involved in this guy's personal life. He can like any consensual (with adults) shit that floats his boat.
But at some point--and people can disagree where, of course--it is a fair point to use someone's personal predilections as a general marker for their overall mental health. Maybe you think this is not it. OK, what if he was into extreme S&M scat porn? How about with dogs added in? And so on.
Then it comes to which position in our government you are talking about--that might change your answer, too. Probably nobody would care if this dude was a park ranger or a toll booth collector (do they still have those?). Maybe you are OK with him as Mr. Nuclear Waste--fine. How about as President? Or your kid's schoolteacher? I think for a lot of people the answer would not be uniform across the board.