Do liberals in the media go looking for this kind of crap to present to their readers, listeners, or viewers?
It’s getting so that the liberal media should come with a PG rating so our kids don’t get too totally messed up by them and all the cool trendy ideas they 
present to us and our families. Like the idea that adultery— having sex on the side, and having affairs generally—is “healthy” for your family, your kids, and your marriage; with the ever so astute advisory that it is best if, furthermore, you don’t also tell your spouse.
Wonderful. Go team.
Lorna sent me this U.K. article from the Telegraph, writing:
Hey, Joel:
Liberal thinking at its sleaziest…..
Read some of the comments at the end of the article. It’s pretty telling where people stand on this.
Why having an affair could save your marriage
Having an affair can help to save a struggling marriage, according to a new, controversial self-help book.
Mira Kirshenbaum, who has over 30 years’ experience as a marriage therapist, says the ‘right kind’ of affair can be a positive thing, acting to “jolt people from their inertia”.
The author of When Good People Have Affairs, published this week, argues that because society has so far failed to have a sympathetic discussion of infidelity, the positive sides of cheating have been ignored.
However, she insists that most cheating spouses should never own up, because revealing the infidelity is more damaging than keeping quiet.
…
And here are some choice comments. Most think the author is a total nutcase, and this article is ridiculous. But the thing is, the liberal-left fundamentalists (as I like to call them) —a.k.a. the “progressives”—continue to try to destroy the last vestiges of our sane, stable, civilizing root institutions, by continually pushing the envelope, and squeezing more toothpaste out of the tube, whence it can never be replaced. That’s what they seem to mean by “progressive”. So the next time this insane “adultery is good!” idea is brought up, it won’t sound nearly as idiotic to some people. Before you know it, it’s totally mainstream thinking and it makes total sense.
The Liberal Party of Canada was dead set against and voted against gay ‘marriage’ before they were for it, and that total transformation from totally against to totally, rabidly for… only took a couple of years, so easily swayed are Liberals in their core “principles” of life. Same with the more socialist NDP.
2. Posted by Jay on June 09, 2008 02:36 PM
…Call me crazy but if my wife has a one night stand, I could see how it would be a breather. I know I’m not the easiest to get along with. If she needs to reach out and get what I lack in giving her for a bit, I can accept it. In other words, “Relax, it’s just sex”
The difference is if she has a steady lover, an affair. Transferring her love to another. Then we have issues. Issues that although difficult I hope would be discussed.
I’ve never had an affair, or stepped out on my wife. Have I thought about the one night stand, of course I have. Anyone who’s said they haven’t either live in a 2 person town, or is lying. I know she’s thought about it too. I think this is healthy. We talk about it, share our desires.
When it all comes down to it, I want her to be happy, and I want to be happy. If I can provide love, but cannot satisfy her “earthly” needs, I’m comfortable enough as a person and in a marriage to not take it too much to heart.
I know most will disagree with me.
8. Posted by Lianne on June 09, 2008 01:06 PM
I don’t think there’s necessarily any harm in having sex outside your marriage, but the way to do it is through an open marriage. Infidelity involves lying and betrayal of trust. It is this, not the sex, that destroys the primary relationship.
12. Posted by sandy on June 09, 2008 12:15 PM
I think it can be good – cause sometimes thats what you need to open your eyes to reality. Dont sit around waiting for a spouse to treat you better – find someone who will appreciate you without you having to nag al the time
But most commenters have their heads screwed on straight. For now.
4. Posted by dsrtflwr on June 09, 2008 02:33 PM
It’s gonna get worse. Next, people like Kirshenbaum are going to tell us it’s ok for adults to have sex with children. It’s coming.
I agree. The “progress” doesn’t have an “end date” or an “exit strategy”. Euroliberals are “progressing” rapidly. Extending abortion to AFTER the babies are born… and more such “progress”.
25. Posted by Philip on June 09, 2008 09:15 AM
Wow, Ms. Kirshenbaum should have her own head examined. How dare she put such destructive literature out there when the young and impressionable minds of this generation are already having their minds filled with ideas which don’t make any sense. ….
This one said it the way most commenters did, although the writer puts the emphasis on the stupidity of the therapist. I’d extend the stupidity—the perfidy—to liberals, generally, and their agenda-ridden media and academia divisions. You can play along at home: change the word “therapist” with “liberal media” and/or “liberal academia”:
37. Posted by Sam on June 09, 2008 06:16 AM
Just goes to show that you’d better be pretty picky when choosing a therapist, or someone to advise you in any important way.
There is no legitimate, academic science to back up this person’s crazy claim that adultery improves marriage. Just notice that there was NO credible evidence presented to back up these claims.
And on a personal level, just ask yourself if you’d like to be betrayed by your spouse, and what you’d do if you found out, and that will tell you all you need to know.
These kinds of therapists prey on vulnerable clients willing to pay money to hear messages to justify the immoral things they are doing.
… and we wonder why society is falling apart all around us…
You might want to push back.
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