In this episode of Hot Tub Monologues I discuss the modern conservative solution to most of society’s problems; violence. The call to violence against protesters, homeless people, drug addicts, and other people conservatives don’t like is all together too common. We see it on the news and in our social circles. People who suffer from conservative thinking are convinced that violence is a solution to many of society’s problems including how to care for their own children. As a progressive, I understand that the solution to our social problems is teamwork, compassion, nurturing, and cooperation. Violence should never be used to solve a problem, and society needs to progress past the need to use violence for any reason.
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Join us in the hot tub as we talk with an elderly conservative. Larry loves his family and believes that the family unit is the most basic unit of civilization. So basic, in fact, that it should be responsible for curing all the ills that trouble modern day society. Are you homeless? Then it is up to your family to help you. Mentally ill? Your family should take care of you. Addicted to drugs? Live with your family, they have all the resources you could ever need. After speaking with Larry I break down how his conservative “solutions” fail and demonstrate that he really doesn’t give a shit. Please join us.
In this episode of the Hot Tub Monologues, we explore the modern conservatives’ hatred of nudity. In a conversation I had in my athletic club’s hot tub I met a middle aged progressive with very conservative notions of nudity. There he described to me how uncomfortable it made him feel to see nudity in public, what he thought our obligations are pertaining to nudity as a society, and eventually he just called me a pervert. Please join me as we explore the topic of public nudity and discover how to progress past any discomfort we might have.