It’s like watching a clown show. Maybe he should watch more porn and grow up.

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    I have a gut feeling that something really nasty is going to come out about this guy. I mean worse than we all think he already is.

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      I have the same gut feeling. People that behave so righteous usually are hiding something.

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    “It sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17.

    So he’s sharing what kind of porn he looks at with a minor.

    I’m sure the republicans will be very upset about that. Right?..

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      I think the point here is to not look at porn becaue his son is then going to find out about it. “He’s sharing what kind of porn he looks at with a minor” is about as stupid take on this as that article is to begin with.

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        Arguing for involving your own son in the management of your porn habits, is that really the hill you want to die on?

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          No but I really wish it was the hill this chuckle fuck would die on.

          Won’t they think of the children?

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            Won’t they think of the children?

            Oh they do.

            Far too much and not in a healthy way.

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            They did think of the children when they asked themselves “who should keep me accountable for the porn I watch”.

            I’m not sure how they got to that conclusion and I don’t want to know.

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          I’m sorry, but are we reading the same article? There’s no mention of anybody sending porn to anyone let alone about reading books to kids in a costume. You alright man?

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            My bad, my comment required not just reading this article, but having a basic understanding of current events, and that was clearly way too much to expect from you.

            There’s no mention of anybody sending porn to anyone

            “It sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17. So he and I get a report about all the things that are on our phones, all of our devices, once a week. If anything objectionable comes up, your accountability partner gets an immediate notice.”

            So if he looks at anything “objectionable” (meaning porn), it sends it so his underage son.

            let alone about reading books to kids in a costume

            That part was about the conservative outrage about people in drag reading to kids. I was pointing out how drag is apparently too sexual for kids, but their fathers porn watching habits is not not.

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              Clearly it says a report is sent, not the actual content. I’m all with you but let’s not invent stuff

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              I’m sorry my knowledge of internal politics of a country I don’t live in did not match your expectations. Controversy about people reading books to kids in drag indeed sounds really important though and definitely something I should have been aware of. This is totally a failure on my part.

              So if he looks at anything “objectionable” (meaning porn), it sends it so his underage son.

              Previously you said:

              So he’s sharing what kind of porn he looks at with a minor.

              Is he sending his son links to porn or is he not? You’re not being very cohesive here.

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                I’m sorry my knowledge of internal politics of a country I don’t live in did not match your expectations.

                No problem. I just assumed that since you’re engaging in a debate about it, you know at least the basics about the current political situation.

                Is he sending his son links to porn or is he not? You’re not being very cohesive here.

                By looking at porn, the programs he installed on his and his sons devices shares it. It’s cohesive, you just need to thing about for more than 1 second.

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    Every politician that does shit like this gets caught taking it up the ass eventually. And, like, you go girl, but did you really need to be such a dick about everything along the way?

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    This sounds like he and his son have a porn addiction and they work together to act as a deterrent. But I’m sure they just get around the “parental controls” they installed on each other’s devices.

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    I don’t know what’s worse. The fact that he has a buddy system to monitor porn intake or that its his son that looks at his porn history. Guys like this only get weirder as you get to hear more of their story.

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    This title is horrible. People complain that parental software is a huge privacy concern and not fair in a parent-child dynamic as the “spying” only works one way. Yet, here we have a Republican saying “rules for thee AND ME” and people are mad that a parent is risking embarrassment to teach his offspring something he actually believes instead of the usual Republican just pick an issue off **the list ** and force it on random adults.

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      Yeah honestly this doesn’t bother me (caveat that I literally just heard of this today and have zero context). It’s funny and awkward and embarrassing but it doesn’t bother me at all. I have enough other reasons to not like the guy and this doesn’t make the list.

      Editing to add: okay the tool he is using to do this is weird and I’m worried that it might be running over secret government content. That parts not okay.

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        Except he’s the Speaker of the House, 2nd in line of succession to the Presidency, and he’s given this app access to his phone, and who knows who else aside from him and his son have access to it and whatever sensitive information that may be on it.

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          Yeah that’s the bit that bothers me more. If it were just his personal devices then meh, but I’m sure our officials don’t keep a clean separation there.

          Edit: the more I learn about this man the more I dislike him. Wow, it just keeps getting worse.

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      And all this regular effort in avoiding it probably just makes the son more motivated to find ways to avoid detection. Prepaid smartphone, that sort of thing.

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      How did this start? The conversation had to be at some point

      Well sort of porn do you look at son? Don’t worry, this won’t be a one way street. I love PoV cream pies. Now I need you to report to me everytime you look… at what was it again, trans gangbang? Oh thats a good one. Let me know if those temptresses get ya!

      Like srsly. What. The. Actual. Fuck.

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        The reality is that it’s a mechanism of shame/control. You teach the kid that looking at porn is sinful, masturbation is sinful/shameful, etc… Then you install “accountability” software that rats out the kid whenever he pulls it up. He’s just repackaging an authoritarian, abusive household as “accountability.” They also have devices that connect to your TV and will shut off the audio (based on the closed captions) if it detects a profanity.

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          All I can say is I am thankful that tech didn’t exist when I was 17. Fucking hell. The religious bullshit did enough of a number on me.

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          Yup. Same energy as a father daughter dance where everyone signs “purity contracts” and then they get a promise ring to save themselves for marriage. It’s about guilt and control and religious-based puritanism. People are making this seem like a weird sex thing with religious undertones when it’s totally not. It’s a weird religious thing with sexual undertones. Completely different!

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        I imagine something more like this: Son, I got an alert that you’re watching porn. I’ll be there in 5. Dad, why can’t we just watch porn on our own? Don’t be silly son, how else will we hold each other accountable?

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    Um, this is strange behavior acting as righteousness…WTF. Imagine if you were his son and got pinged that your dad is watching porn. I would be totally grossed the hell out if that happened between me and my dad. I’m grimacing as I type this. Or, imagine being the dad watching porn and knowing your son is actively aware that you are doing that. What the hell would be going through your mind to make that okay?

    Or, think about what the son is really learning from this relationship. Sex is bad and people should be monitored for sexual activity. Also, he’s learning that controlling others to that level is acceptable and celebrated. This kid might turn out to be a highly abusive partner that thinks it’s okay to monitor their partner’s phone at all times.

    It also tells us that Mike Johnson is probably interested in monitoring people’s internet habits, especially when it comes to accessing porn. Personally, that is not what I would like for a congressman.

    The whole thing is uncomfortably odd and seems like a major red flag.

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    What the actual fuck, and why would you say this publicly? People who morally abstain from porn are always the weirdest motherfuckers.

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      They all too often give of the vibes of “smells a stranger’s hair as they walk by.”

      And given literally every photo of this dude gives me those “hugs a little bit too long for it to be not weird” vibes hand in hand with the other, this seems pretty on brand.

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      it’s because they have an intense interest in controlling sexual expression, which implies a large amount of interpersonal controlling instincts