• @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    I won’t defend Hefner, but the articles genuinely were (and are) as far to the left as you’ll see in any widely circulated publication. Being associated with porn gave them cover to write whatever they wanted.

    • @[email protected]
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      4310 months ago

      Penn Jillette was a writer for playboy, and Margret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, Roald Dahl

      Like tons of famous autrhors.

      • @Feirdro
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        2210 months ago

        Don’t forget your favorite kids poet, Shel Silverstein

        • @[email protected]
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          710 months ago

          Thanks, I knew I was forgetting one, my wife actually told me most of the list and I think she said him too.

      • @Duamerthrax
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        710 months ago

        Ok, but Penn Jillette is a libertarian.

        • @academician
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          910 months ago

          Sure, but that means on social issues (like the trans rights) he is very “progressive”.

          • @captainlezbian
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            110 months ago

            He is, but that’s rare for libertarians. They tend to be conservatives who like weed

            • @RaoulDook
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              010 months ago

              You clearly haven’t read the platform of the Libertarian party. It’s all about individual freedom, and it’s a good platform.

              • @captainlezbian
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                210 months ago

                I love individual freedom in general. But in my experience they tend to not be the most genuine about their beliefs in it. And I support ideas that they definitely dislike like taxation, collective action, business regulation, and Keynesian economic policy. Also I’ve struggled to take them seriously in part due to Gary Johnson being their most reasonable candidate.

                • @RaoulDook
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                  010 months ago

                  I voted for Gary as he was the best candidate who ran that year. Too bad he didn’t win, we would be in far better shape as a nation.

    • @GraniteM
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      1910 months ago

      The hilarious part is that as the number and availability of nude photos has increased geometrically, buying old vintage Playboys for the articles is legitimately a thing now.

      • @captainlezbian
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        110 months ago

        It doesn’t hurt that their articles were actually iconic.

        Seriously though. My straight mom apparently used to subscribe to playboy.

    • @CluckN
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      1010 months ago

      I just got the magazine for the ads I swear!