I have been browsing the web to get a measure of how much opposition there is to the smear campaign against Craig’s List by numerous state governments, the mainstream media, and the rescue industry. The answer is next to none.
But every now and then I stumble across an article that pours a little cold water on the creative claims made by crusaders pushing a political agenda (which is basically the mission of the rescue industry).
Techdirt very nicely makes the simple point that, if Craigs List really is the “Walmart of online sex trafficking”, then why isn’t law enforcement capitalizing on it to round up all the evil doers that that the rescue industry claims are so boldly advertising there?
Hell, if Craig’s List closes it’s adult section, won’t that just result in the traffickers scattering to the four corners of the earth where they will be much more difficult to snare? Law enforcement should be thanking Craig’s List for bringing all these potential perps together in one place.
And if the rescue industry was really interested in saving children, they wouldn’t be painting Craig’s List as the villain. On the other hand, if they are only interested in attacking prostitution, then targeting Craig’s List makes perfect sense.
Can anybody in the resue industry keep a straight face when they say they aren’t on a commercial or religious crusade?
I think a lot of them are “true believers” and don’t even question the contradictions in their tactics. There is definitely a flavor of doublethink in a movement that actively supports criminalization of an activity that women engage while claiming to be “helping” women who are engaged in it. I suppose that’s not too weird in a world that thinks it’s helping pot smokers by throwing them in prison and destroying their lives.
Movements like the anti-prostitution and rescue industry are transparent in the sense that what they preach is a clearly a rationalization of what they do, not a reason.
You only need look at the history of blacks in America and Jews in Europe to know that persecution of “undesirables” is always cloaked in righteous rhetoric. In the end it’s still just plain old persecution by intolerant people who despise anyone who isn’t like them.