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Anthony Comstock
🕑 Added 2024-07-22 17:44:47 +0000 UTCAnthony Comstock (March 7, 1844 – September 21, 1915) was an American anti-vice activist, United States Postal Inspector, and secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (NYSSV), who was dedicated to upholding Christian morality. He opposed obscene literature, abortion, contraception, masturbation, gambling, prostitution, and patent medicine. The terms comstockery and comstockism refer to his extensive censorship campaign of materials that he considered obscene, including birth control advertised or sent by mail. He used his positions in the U.S. Postal Service and the NYSSV (in association with the New York police) to make numerous arrests for obscenity and gambling. Besides these pursuits, he was also involved in efforts to suppress fraudulent banking schemes, mail swindles, and medical quackery.[2]
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outaspaceman
I was reading about how WSB’s Naked Lunch got published. Initially the Comstock laws were used to restrict it’s distribution.. There’s also a Boston Trial which I’m having difficulty reading without hearing Boston Woman and MMarc..😖
Vincent
We need a weekly comment thread figuring out what video game, movie, book, etc is being discussed in the beginning of pre show shenanigans. I think this week is Balatro although I haven’t played it yet. Fun fact: Zachary Comstock is the ultranationalistic theocratic villain’s name in Bioshock Infinite.
KeepingThePlatesSpinning
Clip clop Tom? https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRoAj1B2/
AtheistEagleScout
Anthony Comstock preventing contraceptives = Anti-cum stop
Duff Dyer
Here I thought blue sweatpants girl was going to be another puzzle in a thunderstorm moment. I resisted looking it up for a full 5 minutes.
Ronan da Rosa
Hi sorry, I NEED to hear about the woman who fucked ghosts actually. My hands are totally visible and not down my pants.
Oxford Comma is Mandatory
This dick pissed me off so much I decided to continue ripping my latest porn haul to my NAS.
Daniel
Have you guys ever heard of Curtis Howe Springer and the town of Zzyzz, California? Might make for a good episode
Joshua
Now I know what it would be like if Project 2025 was a person.
Gmork
The net result of Comstockery is complete and ignominious failure. All its gaudy raids and alarms have simply gone for naught. Comstock, of course, was an imbecile; his sayings and doings were of such sort that they inevitably excited the public mirth.” —H.L. Mencken, Prejudices, 1926
