The people who are trying to shut down backpage are well meaning fools who have antiquated ideas on society and this world that many of us live in.
Originally Posted by ElisabethWhispers
In principle, I agree with you about leaving CL and BP alone.
But then reality sets in.
On Long Island in NY, they just found (accidentally) the bodies of 4 women in the dunes along a half mile stretch of beach. When the snow from recent storms finally melts, they are going to resume searching for a fifth woman that is missing.
All four of the dead women were advertising on Craig's List. I don't know about the missing one. Since the bodies were all dumped in the same area, the police are pretty certain they dealing with a serial killer
So maybe the people trying to shut down CL and BP aren't operating from antiquated ideas. Unless protecting women from a serial killer is now an antiquated idea.
Again, I don't have a solution to the tension between the competing considerations of protecting women on the one hand and allowing consenting adults to do as they please.
I'm just saying that, maybe, policing CL and BP isn't always an example of prudishness and appeasing the Church Lady types.