Bernie Sanders: ‘Toddlers Should Run Around Naked And Touch Each Others’ Genitals’

[Swordsmyth]

Senior advisor for former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign criticized Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday over past comments regarding children’s genitalia.
Tim O’Brien spoke on CNN’s “New Day” about Sanders, who is currently leading the pack in the presidential race. CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota asked O’Brien how Bloomberg’s campaign can avoid being the target among other Democratic candidates, noting that the former mayor plans to challenge Sanders at Tuesday’s debate.

O’Brien then began to describe what he sees as the “loony side of Bernie,” pointing out an essay written by the Vermont senator in the 1970s about children going around naked and being “liable to see each others sexual organs.”
“We have a candidate who has risen in the polls because of this track record,” O’Brien said about Sanders. “Bernie has loopy stuff in his background, saying women get cancer from having too many orgasms or toddlers should run around naked and touch each other’s genitals to insulate themselves from porn?”


“What?!” replied Camerota, appearing shocked at the comments.
Sanders’ 1970s essay spoke about the pornography business and how the economy “makes its money by playing on people’s sexual frustrations.”

“Now, if children go around naked, they are liable to see each others sexual organs, and maybe even touch them,” Sanders wrote in the essay. “Terrible thing! If we [raise] children up like this it will probably ruin the whole pornography business, not to mention the large segment of the general economy which makes its money by playing on people’s sexual frustrations.”

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[Brian4Liberty]

Bernie was concerned about porn in the seventies but he is all for it today?

[RJB]

Back in 2015, I wanted to see Rand and Bernie go head to head in the general election. I thought we would have a decent debate on genuine capitalism vs genuine socialism instead of varying shades of corporatism. I saw Bernie as honest like a Kucinich.

I was actually sympathetic to the Bernie Bros because I saw Bernie getting the same screw over that Ron Paul got. I actually said Bernie was a lesser evil than Trump, because Bernie was at least honest. (I didn't believe a word Trump said. I have been pleasantly surprised that he has kept his word when he has since then, not to mention his judicial appointments haven't been that bad.)

But now that I look into Bernie's past. Holy moly. The DNC isn't screwing him because he is actually good. They are keeping him out because he has enough skeletons in his closet to fill the Gettysburg cemetery. The guy is a genuine kook.

[Swordsmyth]

Bernie was concerned about porn in the seventies but he is all for it today?

I think his "concern" was just an excuse to sexualize children.